Maps

2,499 maps found.

1904-1905, Lesmahagow Ref. RNC755141
1899, Leyhill Ref. RNC755525
1904-1906, Kincaidston Ref. RNC747592
1904-1905, Woolfords Cottages Ref. RNC874252
1898-1899, Yate Rocks Ref. RNC875682
1904-1905, Uddington Ref. RNC856367
1899, Thornbury Ref. RNC847006
1904-1905, Tillietudlem Ref. RNC848420
1905, Townhead Ref. RNC851169
1904-1905, Tarbrax Ref. RNC845167
1899, The Knapp Ref. RNC846433
1901-1904, Whitburn Ref. RNC867523
1905-1906, Whitelees Ref. RNC868958
1898-1899, Wickwar Ref. RNC869909
1899, Willsbridge Ref. RNC870694
1899, Winterbourne Ref. RNC871603
1904-1905, West Mains Ref. RNC864647
1899, Westerleigh Ref. RNC865769
1899, Westerleigh Hill Ref. RNC865771
1904-1905, Westwood Ref. RNC866531

Books

23 books found. Showing results 1,777 to 23.

Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 741 to 750.

Fishing In Hawhill Park Duck Pond In 1955

The 10 year old boy in the photo is me. I was fishing for sticklebacks. I remember a man pointing a camera at me. I lived at 62 Castleford Road opposite the library which is at the edge of the park. My ...Read more

A memory of Normanton in 1955 by John Wood

Good Ole Days!

My first school on moving from South London to 124, Brook Road was High Cannons at Well End. Then to Lyndhurst, a few teachers from memory : Tony Smith, Mr Thurston, Mr Fennel and who could forget Wendy Watford & her ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood in 1960 by Stephen Ruby

Slate Mining

Slate miners of Staylittle and why they moved to the coal mines in South Wales, Grancher and his father were in this category. Did the slate mining in Staylittle stop?

A memory of Staylittle in 1880 by Pamela Gray

Handley Page Estate

My father was transferred to Handley Page, Radlett from London in 1955. We moved to Bricket Wood where I lived until I got married in 1970. Remember playing on the swings and roundabout on the green, which was opposite ...Read more

A memory of Bricket Wood by Denise Large

1942 At 14 Years Old My Life Changes

After our family home in Trafalgar Avenue, Peckham was damaged by the 'blitz' for the 3rd time, my mother decided enough is enough. She got in touch with her sister who lived in the country (South Norwood) to ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1942 by Royhenry Knight

Marlands

Does anyone have memories of Marlands in the early 1960's? It was owned by the 'Simpsons' and operated as a boarding school. Like me, most (if not all) of the children, were in the care of local authorities, coming to Marlands from ...Read more

A memory of High Halden in 1963 by Dilly Braimoh

South Park

My mum went to South Park in the early 30s and I attended from 1962 to 1969. Recently, I have come across some memorabilia - would anyone be interested?

A memory of Lincoln in 1930

Church Road

I remember Church Road for the wonderful Holy Trinity Church (still there and a poignant link with old Bracknell). It also housed the old council offices where we paid our rates when we first moved to Bracknell from South London in ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell by Patrick Cooper

Lived On Gas Street

We lived on Gas Street. My family name was Gilder and my parents names were Leonard and Olga nee Carless. My cousins Pamela (nee Gilder) and Gerry Lees still own the Gilders Fishing Tackle Shop in Failsworth. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Failsworth in 1957 by Susan Beech

56 Victoria Terrace

My mum, Esther Scott, lived at the above address and remembers; Jean Gardner, Anne French, Jack, Audray, Ronald & Colin Ripley. Ronald & Colin are on one of her wedding photos! She moved to South Yorkshire ...Read more

A memory of Victoria Garesfield by Nigel Davison

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 1,777 to 1,800.

Caption For Fleckney, Wistow Hall C1960

With the parish church, the Hall stands on the deserted medieval village of Wistow, about half a mile to the south of Newton Harcourt.

Caption For Dyffryn Ardudwy, The Village C1955

The village is a stopping-point on the way north or south along the coast, with just a prehistoric burial chamber and some beautiful hill walks to delay the traveller - unless you were making for the large

Caption For Oakley, The Church C1960

The nave is mainly 12th-century, while the 14th-century south chapel has an external arched tomb recess under its three-light window (centre).

Caption For Ibstock, Station Road C1965

The back of the Crown Inn can just be seen in the centre, where Station Road becomes Hinckley Road, curving south past the parish church, and on to Nailstone and Market Bosworth.

Caption For Turton, The Tower 1897

Turton Tower lies four miles south of Darwen, and four miles north-east of Bolton. The villages of Turton and Turton Bottoms are next to the Tower.

Caption For Bedford, The River And The Bridge 1921

This view looks across the river to the south bank, now a much changed view. The Picturedome at this time was showing 'Madame Peacock' daily at 3, 7 and 9 o'clock.

Caption For Crawley, Parish Church 1903

However, a substantial amount was demolished, and more is soon to go at the south end.

Caption For Garstang, The Canal Wharf C1955

Stone, slate and lime would be carried from the north, and Wigan coal from the south.

Caption For Wisbech, South Door, St Peter's Church C1950

The room above the south porch has now been converted into the parish office. In early times, it is believed to have been the home of the Grammar School.

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

They lie in a north-south axis on the western edge of the town; they measure as high as 22ft 6in, and are as big as the stones at Stonehenge.

Caption For Compton, The Coach And Horses C1950

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.The Norman church of St Mary

Caption For Ashtead, The Street C1955

The medieval parish church, Ashtead Park house and its landscaped park, now part of the City of London Freemen's School, are south of this main through road, the A24 London to Worthing road.

Caption For Dormansland, The Post Office C1965

Immediately south-east of Lingfield lies the race course, founded in 1890, and beyond that is the next station on the railway line, Dormans.

Caption For Forest Green, The Common C1955

Moving east towards Leith Hill, but still south of the woodland that covers the greensand hills, the tour reaches Forest Green, a hamlet scattered around an extensive green.

Caption For East Farleigh, River Medway 1898

This peaceful scene shows the 14th-century five-arched ragstone bridge, which is considered by some to be the finest in the south-east.

Caption For Bournville, Mary Vale Road 1949

Situated 4.5 miles south of Birmingham, Bournville was chosen by George Cadbury in 1879 as the site for his new factory and for a model village for his workers.

Caption For Beer, Pillow Lace Workers 1901

A lace maker works at a floral sprig of Honiton lace outside her cottage door at Beer in South Devon.

Caption For Bristol, The Docks 1953

During the early decades of the 19th century, Bristol was losing trade to Hull, Liverpool, London and the South Wales ports owing to its high dock charges.

Caption For Warburton, The Bridge 1897

At this time Warburton was a small village on the south bank of the Mersey, five miles west of Altrincham and twelve miles from Manchester.

Caption For Bedford, County Schools 1897

South-west of the town centre, along the Ampthill Road, on a large site between it and the railway line, the County Schools were built in the 1880s on a grand plan with a massive tower and,

Caption For Aylesbury, The Market Place C1950

It is now restored and car free; the central areas are surfaced with Denner Hill setts, a hard stone from the Chilterns above High Wycombe which is used all over the south of the county for kerbs and

Caption For Aylesbury, Parson's Fee C1965

Parsons Fee leads south-west from Market Square past Prebendal House, the home of John Wilkes, the radical MP for Aylesbury from 1757 to 1764, and behind high brick walls.

Caption For Boston, Shodfriars Hall 1889

In South Street, Shodfriars Hall is an echo of the four friaries established in the medieval town.

Caption For Thornton Cleveleys, The Little Church Within The Trees C1955

Whereas Marton and South Fylde worshippers had to bring their dead to St Chad's, the parish church of Poulton, people from the new town of Fleetwood had to come to Meadows Avenue, which used to be called