Maps

241 maps found.

1895, Bourne Valley Ref. RNE646917
1895, Knatts Valley Ref. RNE749631
1895, Team Valley Ref. HOSM61348
1907, Goyt Valley Ref. HOSM70466
1900-1901, Swiss Valley Ref. RNC844021
1902-1903, Llyfnant Valley Ref. RNC759793
1897-1898, Hughenden Valley Ref. RNC741841
1900-1903, Elan Valley Ref. RNC1190915
1902-1903, Artists Valley Ref. RNC627205
1899-1909, Bourne Valley Ref. RNC646917
1902-1903, Gleadless Valley Ref. RNC714717
1902-1903, The Valley Ref. RNC846555
1899-1901, Golden Valley Ref. RNC717280
1905, Rocky Valley Ref. HOSM70990
1895, Temple Valley Ref. HOSM61398
1906, Pleasant Valley Ref. HOSM64844
1883, Swan Valley Ref. HOSM61030
1902-1903, Top Valley Ref. RNC850133
1879 - 1906, Gover Valley Ref. HOSM46685
1878 - 1905, Swiss Valley Ref. HOSM42777

Books

7 books found. Showing results 169 to 7.

Memories

498 memories found. Showing results 71 to 80.

Dinham Weir

The Ludlow weirs were navigation Flash Lock weirs until the railways came to the Teme valley. Sailing Trows from the Severn worked up the river with wheat for the mills from Gloucester returning with flour for the villages and iron bar ...Read more

A memory of Ludlow in 1860 by Max Sinclair

My First Visit

It was a warm bright sunny day in May when my husband and I came to look at a house in Thorngrafton. What a lovely quiet atmosphere it had, apart from the mooing of the cows on the farm and the sound of the house martins singing ...Read more

A memory of Thorngrafton in 2000 by paulinedreece

Unchanged Lerryn

Lerryn is a place that one almost wants to keep secret so that it does not become a popular destination. It has barely changed in a hundred years. A beautiful and unspoilt village in a steep sided valley, Lerryn lies at the tidal ...Read more

A memory of Lerryn in 2004 by Peter Marks

The Watford To Rickmansworth Railway In The Second World War

Croxley Green station is now - in the 21st century - merely a shadow of its former busy life. My Auntie Dorrie (Doris Lacey) worked at this station throughout the Second World War ...Read more

A memory of Croxley Green in 1940 by John Howard Norfolk

Sunday Treat

I remember travelling over to Nantymoel in an Austin 7 from the Western Valley. It was very cramped with my mother and father, younger brother and a friend of the family. This was a regular family outing to see my grandparents, ...Read more

A memory of Nant-y-moel in 1948 by David Thomas

1945 To 1966

My grandparents, Jabez Smith and Kate his wife owned the post office in Coombe Valley Road, formerly Union Road, before and during the war. Their daughter Rose Moss (my Mother) ran it from the age of sixteen. They also owned and lived in ...Read more

A memory of Dover by Ken Moss

Little Sutton In 1950s And 1960s

What memories your comments conjure.  How I loved the 'rec'  as a child.  We started on the 'baby swings' and progressed to the 'big swings' and see-saw and round-a-bout.  The old shelter there was a favourite ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by Janet Lee

Delamere By Sid Grant

The Jewish Fresh Air Home and School was founded in 1921 by Miss Margaret Langdon, MBE, MA (1890-1980) and located at Blakemere Lane, Delamere near Norley, in the beautiful Cheshire countryside.  My time spent there was from ...Read more

A memory of Delamere in 1930 by Sid Grant

Brimscombe Corner & Burleigh 1910 62690

This photo is taken 100 yards up Brimscombe lane, looking back across the Golden Valley. The lane itself leads back up to Thrupp Lane & Dark lane, which is on its way to Quarhouse and the Lypiatt Manor, ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Philip Baker

Fairdene School

I was a pupil at Fairdene School from 1960-1965. I had lived in New York until I was 6, so being a girl with a Yankee accent in a school for young ladies was quite a challenge! The two female headmistresses, Miss Turner and Miss ...Read more

A memory of Chipstead by familylock

Captions

753 captions found. Showing results 169 to 192.

Caption For Cattistock, General Vew 1906

The church's carillon consists of 35 bells, which were cast at Louvain; their lovely tunes are often heard across the valley.

Caption For Addlestone, 'holly Tree' 1904

A beautifully-posed scene - all eyes are on the photographer - on a sunny day in the early years of the 20th century.

Caption For Langdale Pikes, The Mountain 1888

Another view of Harrison Stickle, highest of the Langdale Pikes, this time from the valley at the bridge near the Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, a favourite haunt of walkers and climbers.

Caption For Barry Island, The Sands 1910

Barry Island was a popular holiday destination for the valley miners for their annual 'miners' fortnight'; suits, caps, full-length skirts and hats appear to be the order of the day.

Caption For Willington, The Green C1955

Willington stands on the Trent and Mersey Canal in the Trent valley to the south of Derby.

Caption For Coniston, From Church Tower 1906

This view from the church tower was taken looking towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.

Caption For Brynmawr, Clydach From The Hafod Road C1955

The road on the right had an extremely steep gradient and was the old roadway before the Heads of the Valleys Road.

Caption For Beaminster, The Square C1955

Beaminster (pronounced Bemmister) is situated in a deep valley, surrounded by a ring of picturesque hills, with a gap broken by the singing waters of the River Brit.

Caption For Mildenhall, The Old Bridge 1952

Sitting in the delightful Kennet valley a couple of miles east of Marlborough is Mildenhall - known locally as 'Minal'.

Caption For Widecombe In The Moor, The Church C1871

This tiny hamlet, tucked high up in the East Webburn river valley, huddles about its central green.

Caption For Ynyshir, The Park C1965

As we have seen even the smallest colliery village wherever it may be in the Rhondda Valleys has its own park.

Caption For Bakewell, Buxton Road 1923

Following the Wye valley for several miles, it then climbs steeply towards Taddington before plunging dramatically downhill to rejoin the river again.

Caption For Earls Barton, The Village C1955

Earls Barton is surrounded by the lush countryside of the Nene valley, making it popular with house hunters.

Caption For Coniston, From Church Tower 1906

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.

Caption For Woodchester, The Village C1960

Beyond the terraced streets of the village is Woodchester Mansion, set in a remote valley and keeping its secrets within an unfinished masterpiece of Victorian architecture; mysteries and

Caption For Widecombe In The Moor, C1960

Widecombe, probably Dartmoor's most well-known village, stands in the broad valley ('Wide Combe') of the East Webburn river.

Caption For Branscombe, The Village 1898

Branscombe runs down a beautiful little valley ('Brannoc's combe') to a break in the cliffs with a tiny beach.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, The Canal C1955

The town of Bradford-on-Avon can be seen in the distance clinging to the valley side.

Caption For Laxey, The Waterfall 1896

In 1930 a flash flood swept down Laxey Valley with sufficient force to destroy the central section of the T-rocker, though it was later restored.

Caption For Chalford, On The Canal 1910

As it climbs the area known as Golden Valley, the scenery is magnificent.

Caption For Stourport On Severn, The Weir C1965

This part of the Severn between Stourport and Lenchford remains one of its most pleasant stretches, the river running through a valley and wooded hills.

Caption For Polperro, The Old Mill 1908

The watermill at Crumplehorne, in the valley just above Polperro village, is a good example of an overshot waterwheel and its launder.

Caption For Branscombe, Ye Old Mason's Arms 1931

Branscombe is strung out down a deep valley running from the Devon downlands to the sea at Branscombe Mouth.

Caption For Branscombe, Ye Old Mason's Arms 1931

Branscombe is strung out down a deep valley running from the Devon downlands to the sea at Branscombe Mouth.