Maps

2,499 maps found.

1881, Mangotsfield Ref. HOSM53064
1880, Oldbury Naite Ref. HOSM55721
1881, Shortwood Ref. HOSM59164
1881 - 1902, Staple Hill Ref. HOSM60336
1880, Thornbury Ref. HOSM61693
1901 - 1902, Upton Cheyney Ref. HOSM63102
1895 - 1920, Monkton Ref. HOSM53998
1913 - 1920, Hebburn Ref. HOSM48029
1919, Filton Ref. POP705621
1919, Frogland Cross Ref. POP709661
1919, Hambrook Ref. POP726030
1919, Harry Stoke Ref. POP727714
1925, Hebburn Colliery Ref. POP730399
1925, Hedworth Ref. POP730539
1919, Earthcott Green Ref. POP696659
1925, Jarrow Ref. POP744920
1919, Mangotsfield Ref. POP772866
1919, Rangeworthy Ref. POP813359
1919, Leyhill Ref. POP755525
1919, Longwell Green Ref. POP767247

Books

23 books found. Showing results 1,681 to 23.

Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 701 to 710.

The Top Woods And The Tunnel Beneath The Wittingto Estate

My Dad was a sergeant in the RAF; along with Mum (Jean), brother Robert, and sister Carol we lived in married quarters in Medmenham. I remember Roddy Banks and Chris Waillin and the big ...Read more

A memory of Medmenham in 1959 by Chris Carr

Kelly's The Bakers

Does anyone remember Kellys The Bakers of South Moor? Any information, would be very grateful.

A memory of South Moor

Gainers Terrace

I lived in Gainers Terrace in the 60's with me ma, da, and brother Tom. I loved seeing the ships being built from my bedroom window, late at night the room would be all lit up with the light from the welders! My mother's cousin ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend in 1860

Living In Oulton

I lived in Oulton until I was 11. We then emigrated to South Australia but I have great memories of England and long to return, which I'm hoping to do in the next couple of years. We lived in St Johns St and I remember a rag and ...Read more

A memory of Oulton in 1949 by Jeanette Wilde

1970 South Beach

Does any one remember the cinema on the South Beach by the Jubilee Park?

A memory of Saundersfoot by Peter Williams

Trehafod 1931 To 1955 And Beyond

I was born in 1930 at Rhydyfelin but moved to 37/38 Trehafod Road during 1931 and 1932 via Llwyncelyn. Both my father and grandfather worked at the colliery for a number of years. My grandfather, George Richards, ...Read more

A memory of Trehafod in 1930 by Allen Richards

Fond Memories Of Old Coulsdon

Remember Old Coulsdon well, moved there when I was 9 or 10 in 1963. My father worked for the CEGB in Croydon. We left Old Coulsdon in 1972 for South Africa where I still stay today. Went to Keston Primary and ...Read more

A memory of Old Coulsdon in 1964 by Ian Headland

Arnold Road School

I lived in Coombes Road, Dagenham and started school in 1950 at Arnold Road infants school. I have fond memories of Mrs Owen who taught history at this school. In 1952 my family moved to the prefabs in Goresbrook Road but I ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1950 by James Kemp

Howards Chip Shop

I was born in Elliott Street, moved to 10 South Street - my brother was born there in November 1943 - I was eight years old and an only child - I was so excited I ran around to Howards Chip Shop in the main street and got knocked ...Read more

A memory of Widnes in 1943 by Sylvia Brady

South Weald School 1959 Ish

The old school was still in the village - the toilets seem to be well remembered - how I hated those. The old school for me smelled of those tablets of paint which were used in art class, for dabbling. That smell ...Read more

A memory of South Weald in 1959 by Dermot Keenan

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 1,681 to 1,704.

Caption For Halland, Cross Roads C1965

We are on the Eastbourne main road, south of Uckfield.

Caption For Chipstead, St Margaret's Church 1886

The south side of St Margaret`s Church is seen looking across the churchyard from Church Lane.

Caption For Abertillery, Penybont And Cwmtillery 1955

Between the 1880s and the early 1920s, workers flocked from all over the south-west to find work in Abertillery's coal mines.

Caption For Grays, The Lightship C1955

South of the town, a long-redundant lightship lies on the slipway near Argent Street; its light was hauled up to the masthead on cables.

Caption For Compton, Post Office C1955

A secluded village in the middle of the Downs near the Hampshire border, south of Harting. There is a fine Neolithic long barrow on Telegraph Hill, which is 534 feet high.

Caption For Turners Hill, Corner Shop And Chapel C1960

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs. St Leonard's church was built in 1895.

Caption For Bedford, Lower River And Weir 1921

The photographer is positioned on the south-east corner of Mill Meadows Island looking north to Boatslide Weir Bridge with its rustic-style balustrades.

Caption For Oving, The Village C1955

of Waddesdon, the last two villages on this tour, Oving and Whitchurch, are on the Quainton- Whitchurch Hills, a ridge of Portland limestone that gives fine views over the Vale of Aylesbury to the south

Caption For Chipping Campden, Old Campden House And Church C1955

The 120-foot tower of St James' dominates this view from the south-east. The church is notable for its 15th- century frontals, which are said to be the earliest set in the country.

Caption For Northleach, The Green 1952

The Green continues south from the market place. The half-timbered house on the right dates from Tudor times.

Caption For Sleaford, West Banks C1955

To the south are further artisan terraces and short side streets. The early 19th-century cottages on the left were lost in the 1960s.

Caption For Wadhurst, Lower High Street 1903

Wadhurst, a village about six miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells, was a centre of the iron industry during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Caption For Eastleigh, Leigh Road C1960

What the Army did for Aldershot, the London and South Western Railway Company did for Eastleigh, helping to transform a forgotten rural backwater into a bustling and thriving town.The image of the

Caption For Redditch, St Stephen's Parish Church C1950

Dragging a cumbersome plate camera with him, he took four photographs, looking north, south, east and west.

Caption For Lee On The Solent, Lee Tower C1955

Inside there was a restaurant, a cinema and reputedly the south coast's best ballroom. Unfortunately, it was pulled down in 1971. Lee has definitely lost some of its character.

Caption For Maidstone, The Colonnade C1955

To the south is the oldest nonconformist chapel in Maidstone, the Unitarian Church of 1736, where William Hazlitt's father was minister from 1770 to 1780.

Caption For Chedworth, St Andrew's Church C1960

The most outstanding feature is the fine Perpendicular windows on the south side, which were reputedly installed by the Neville family in 1490.

Caption For Inveraray, Loch Awe And Kilchurn Castle C1955

Additional buildings were added on the south and north sides during the 16th and late 17th centuries respectively; these in turn created an irregular courtyard to what had been a free-standing tower.

Caption For Marlborough, London Road C1950

We are looking south-east towards Savernake. On the extreme left is D H Corneby, baker and confectioner. Further on is T C Baker, watch and clock repairer.

Caption For Sutton, Langley Park Road 1903

In this view, looking south just past the junction of Cavendish Road and Albion Road, the two large houses on the left remain, but flats and a close of small modern houses, Milestone Close

Caption For Cookham, The River 1901

The celebrated village of Cookham, a mile or so south of Bourne End, is seen here from the boatyard on the Buckinghamshire bank, although curiously until 1992 a strip of about 30 feet along

Caption For Luton, Park Road 1897

Park Road eventually became Park Street, and is now fully developed through to its link with the modern relief roads to the south of Luton.

Caption For Leicester, The Pavilion, Victoria Park, London Road C1965

It is regrettable that the Pavilion is clearly visible from London Road as one arrives from the south, and it may be that a tree screen could be considered helpful.

Caption For Culham, The Stores C1965

Th A415 heads south along the 15th-century causeway above the marshy river meadows to Culham Bridge, built in 1416-22 by Abingdon's Fraternity of the Holy Cross, but now by-passed by a modern bridge.