Maps

2,499 maps found.

1946, Gaunt's Earthcott Ref. NPO712439
1946, Old Passage Ref. NPO797031
1946, Oldland Ref. NPO797447
1946, Pilning Ref. NPO806184
1946, Severn Beach Ref. NPO827804
1946, Shepperdine Ref. NPO829780
1946, Soundwell Ref. NPO834255
1946, New Cheltenham Ref. NPO789517
1946, Nimlet Ref. NPO792273
1898, Staple Hill Ref. RNE838619
1898, Stoke Gifford Ref. RNE840061
1898, Whiteshill Ref. RNE869118
1898, Winterbourne Down Ref. RNE871609
1898, The Batch Ref. RNE846295
1898, The Folly Ref. RNE846357
1897, The Knapp Ref. RNE846433
1898, Severn Beach Ref. RNE827804
1898, Simonside Ref. RNE831491
1898, West Park Ref. RNE864822
1897, Westend Ref. RNE865403

Books

23 books found. Showing results 1,825 to 23.

Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 761 to 770.

South Africa Lodge

I lived in Stakes Hill Road between 1957 and 1970. I used to play with Tamblyn Thornton who Lived in South Africa Lodge and Alex Robertson who lived in the flint cottage in front of South Africa Lodge. Our house was No 54 ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville in 1960 by Richard Martin

Brooks And Pearson Families

My great great grandmother Selina Brooks was born in Cheap Street, Hunslet, in 1875 to an unmarried mother from London named Elizabeth who already had a toddler son out of wedlock. Her stepfather later became William ...Read more

A memory of Hunslet in 1880 by R K

New Money

I travelled to Collyer's School in Horsham from Holmwood between 1967 and 1972. I would leave my bike at a house around the corner after having cycled from Broome Hall, and hopefully be in time for the 8.32. If I missed that, ...Read more

A memory of Holmwood Corner in 1971 by Jeremy Morfey

Seaton Sluice Billy Mill

My grandfather John Johnson was born around 1900 and lived all his early life around Billy Mill and Seaton Sluice. He told me that as a boy of about eleven he spent two weeks' holiday with his friend, the lighthouse ...Read more

A memory of Seaton Sluice in 1900 by Neil Johnson

Crabtree Lane

Hi, the house in this picture is called Ralphs Cross. The road that runs up next to it is now Crabtree Lane. I lived there from 1968 until 1983, near the top, no 43, on the corner of Halepit Road. It was a nice bungalow and I ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham by Jennifer Hudson

Tappa's Tump Nw Morris Hold A Dance Workshop In Loddon Hall Road

What an amazing day! One moment Twyford is enjoying a quiet Sunday morning on a cool February day and then dozens of cars arrive from all over the south of England delivering Morris ...Read more

A memory of Twyford in 2010 by John Howard Norfolk

Happy Days In Woodford Bridge

I've just come across this site. My memory years are really from 1938 up to 1958, when I married and left Crownhill Road, but I have returned several times recently, as it draws me back to 'home', although we ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1940 by Douglas Parrott

Nursery School 1943 50

I spent some classic country living in Ansley Common during the later war years. Walking home from nursery school I would often be ducking for cover under hedges as low flying fighter planes would scream overhead. The ...Read more

A memory of Ansley Common by Brian Riggs

Early Days

I was born at home in Coleford Bridge Road in 1935 and grew up there, went to school in Frimley and lived in Mytchett until emigrating to Australia in 1964. In those early days life seemed very simple, only a handful of cars, making ...Read more

A memory of Mytchett in 1940 by David Greenland

Wonderfl Memories Of My Childhood

I was born in March 1947. I believe it was snowing heavily! My mother and father ran their butchers business in the village and my Uncle Don had a commercial painting and decorating business. My Aunty ...Read more

A memory of North Somercotes in 1955 by Cheryl Clarkson

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 1,825 to 1,848.

Caption For Blisworth, High Street C1965

This village is less well known than the prodigious Grand Junction Canal tunnel that emerges just to the south.

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 Basildon, The Industrial Estate C1965

Basildon's first new factory, South East Essex Wholesale Dairies, opened in 1951. Over the next two years, the No 1 Industrial Estate sprang up around it.

Caption For Lower Slaughter, The Mill C1960

The River Eye flows through the village on its way to join the River Dickler, which in turn feeds the Windrush to the south of Bourton-on-the-Water.

Caption For Hayling Island, The Ferry C1955

Hayling Island is 4 miles long and 10 square miles in all, with popular sandy beaches in the south.

Caption For Woolverstone, The Church C1955

In 1888-90 a new nave and chancel were built over the north aisle of 1830, which left the earlier church as the new south aisle and chapel.

Caption For Misterton, High Street 1958

East and south of the church, the High Street has a number of good houses, including the 18th-century Elm Farmhouse in the distance.

Caption For Southborough, The Parade 1896

Since it was gradually absorbed to become a suburb of Royal Tunbridge Wells, this small village south of Tonbridge supported a number of businesses in its commercial centre.

Caption For Bournemouth, The Pavilion C1955

The newer Bournemouth International Centre, with its 3500 capacity auditorium, has now joined the Pier Theatre and the Wessex and Tregonwell Halls to make the city the entertainment capital of the south

Caption For Doune, Castle From Bridge 1899

Situated to the south-east of the town on the left bank of the river Teith at its junction with the Ardoch, Doune Castle derives its name from the Gaelic word 'dun', meaning a fortified place.

Caption For Ashover, Eastwood Grange C1955

Nether End c1955 Baslow, situated 8 miles west of Chesterfield and 12 miles south of Sheffield, was once a part of the parish of Bakewell, but became independent in July 1869, taking with it

Caption For Bournemouth, The Pier 1908

Bournemouth Pier stands above the original mouth of the River Bourne. Its construction marked the town's commitment to its role as a resort.

Caption For Frome, Oldest House 1907

At the south end of Cheap Street, seen on the right, were the premises of H R Hughes; the building has a narrow three-sided front and a stone-tiled roof, also with three planes.

Caption For Broom, The Village 1901

Situated to the south of Alcester on the Midland Railway line, Broom railway station was the interchange for a cross-country route linking up with the Midland main line from Rugby to Bedford.

Caption For Ferring, The Village C1960

In the picture we can see a bus stop sign on a concrete post, for Southdown route 106 only, Worthing to South Ferring.

Caption For York, Minster C1890

The south face was undergoing repair work at this time. Pollution, mainly from the smoke from the railways, did a lot of damage to both glass and stone.

Caption For Great Cornard, Church 1895

The apparent terracing between the river and the church is actually hedges on either side of the Marks Tey to Sudbury railway line and of the road from Bures to Sudbury running south to north across

Caption For Fleckney, The Grand Union Canal C1965

bypasses Fleckney on its eastern side; the photograph looks north east across Second Lock, towards Kibworth bridge and Bridge House, as the waterway winds towards Newton Harcourt and South

Caption For Littlehampton, Beach Hotel 1890

The old Beach Hotel seen here gave visitors good views south across The Green to the Promenade and the coastal shipping coming in and out of the harbour to the west.

Caption For Newark, Free Library 1890

The library needed funds, so Sketchley approached the South Kensington Museum and persuaded them to lend various bits and pieces for an exhibition.

Caption For Doune, Castle From Bridge 1899

Situated to the south-east of the town on the left bank of the river Teith at its junction with the Ardoch, Doune Castle derives its name from the Gaelic word 'dun', meaning a fortified place.

Caption For Bedford, The Promenade 1897

In this view, looking north-east from the bridge on the south bank of the Ouse, the Swan Hotel is seen without ivy.

Caption For Biggleswade, Market Place 1925

Three miles south of Sandy we reach Biggleswade, now by- passed by the A1.

Caption For Penarth, Esplanade Hotel From Pier 1896

Being on a headland, there are two shores here - north and south. Along the latter runs the wide Esplanade, with extensive views across the Bristol Channel.