Maps

9,439 maps found.

1903, Oxton Ref. RNC799269
1903-1904, Roxby Ref. RNC821317
1905-1906, Saltcoats Ref. RNC824568
1903, Newthorpe Ref. RNC791573
1903-1904, Sproxton Ref. RNC837051
1903-1904, Staveley Ref. RNC838904
1925, Catton Ref. POP664710
1925, Barton Ref. POP634295
1925, Denton Ref. POP690146
1904, Londonderry Ref. RNC766204
1904-1905, Gartness Ref. RNC712033
1899-1900, Hillend Ref. RNC736158
1903-1904, Ilton Ref. RNC743319
1903-1908, Manton Ref. RNC774122
1903-1904, Netherby Ref. RNC788841
1925, Aldwark Ref. POP621362
1903-1904, Thornthwaite Ref. RNC847272
1905-1906, Tormore Ref. RNC850365
1903-1904, Wilton Ref. RNC870811
1903-1904, Winsley Ref. RNC871531

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,897 to 1,920.

Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 791 to 800.

Bristol City Docks The History

Bristol's great heritage started from humble beginnings. An Anglo-Saxon settlement by the name of Brigstowe steadily grew into a thriving port. After the Norman invasion of 1066, a castle was built in what is now ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Bassetts Farm

I am an American, but back in the autumn of 1971 - during my 18 months of travel around Europe and North Africa - I spent three months working and living at Bassetts Farm, owned by the Pemble family. Thirty-eight years later it ...Read more

A memory of Horsmonden by Joel Sanoff

Bristol, High Street And The Blitz 1940

Bristol's High Street scene of many strirring events in Bristol's history the heart of the city was destroyed and lost forever in 1940. As a city with docks and industry at its heart, Bristol was a natural ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1940 by Paul Townsend

Born At Cothill Farm And Schooled In Duns

I was born at Cothill Farm in 1947, about 4 miles from Duns. I attended Duns Primary School and Berwickshire High School. My father (James) retired in 1965 at age 70, he and my mother located to the west ...Read more

A memory of Duns in 1965 by David Dickson

Fastest Ferret Gets Guinness World Record

On 11 July 1999, At the North of England Ferret Racing Championships held in Blythe, Northumberland, UK, an Albino Ferret called 'WARHOL' owned by Jacqui Adams of CHIRNSIDE, Berwickshire, ran the 32ft ...Read more

A memory of Chirnside in 1999 by Jacqui Adams

Heather And Gorse Clog Dancers Entertain In Totnes

Tuesday 11th December was a frosty clear night but the crowds of late night Christmas shoppers filled Totnes town centre to enjoy the candlelight, carol singers, buskers and stalls lining both ...Read more

A memory of Totnes in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

Roadhouse Family Pre 1840

I have never had the pleasure of visiting Monk Fryston but my eldest son Brett did while he was in school here in Canada. He was part of the Harrogate Music Festival in the 80's. Dear friends, Pam & Harry Roebuck ...Read more

A memory of Monk Fryston by Bruce Roadhouse

Ollerton By The Sea

my family moved to ollerton in september of 1957,from ushaw moor near durham.the move had been delayed by the birth 5 weeks earlier of my sister patricia,she arrived on my birthday,so the children of the family had had to stay ...Read more

A memory of Ollerton in 1957 by Ruth Hill

Houseboats In The Picture Of Bursledon Bridge

In the photo are several houseboats and yachts moored up to the bank on the LHS of the picture, which was 'Deacon's Boat Yard' (no relation to me!). I lived on the large white motor torpedo boat (when ...Read more

A memory of Bursledon in 1974 by Tim Deacon

The 1960s

I lived my early years here, until the 1970's, having been born in Wells and brought home to Cheddar as a baby. I have many family ancestral links to Cheddar via my father's parents. In the late 1800's-early 1900's my great-grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Cheddar by Christine Derrick

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,897 to 1,920.

Caption For Salisbury, From Harnham 1906

This view is from Harnham Hill, looking north eastwards across the Avon and an area of farmland which is just beginning to become built-up as the suburb of Harnham.

Caption For North Tidworth, Holy Trinity Church C1965

Holy Trinity is in North Tidworth, the centre of the civilian area. A small 13th-century building, Holy Trinity is rather hidden away, but it is the village's jewel.

Caption For Bedale, Market Place 1908

The market town of Bedale is a few miles to the north-east of Masham.

Caption For Elham, The Square C1960

The Square or old Market Place of Elham adjoins the church yard on the north side, and a weekly market was held here until the 18th century.

Caption For Sutton, The Green 1894

It is an attractive open area, and this view looks north past the pond across Bushey Road, with the row of elms on the right.

Caption For Skegness, The Beach 1890

Bracing is a good word to describe the north and east winds that frequently blow into the coast here, but the sand beaches are superb compensation.

Caption For Coningsby, Silver Street C1955

This view looks to the north end of Silver Street and its junction with the High Street, the main Sleaford to Skegness Road.

Caption For Sleaford, Southgate C1950

Moving north, just beyond the Handley Memorial, and heading for the Market Place, we see buildings mostly from the late 18th- and 19th-century phase of Sleaford's prosperity, with the castellated house

Caption For Clapham, High Street C1965

Further north-east along the High Street, Frith's photographer now looks back in the Clapham Common direction past Cato Road (left).

Caption For Churchtown, Botanic Road C1965

Church Town in the parish of North Meols had long had a tradition of sea-bathing, associated with a couple of local festivals known as Big and Little Bathing Sundays, when the natives took to the waters

Caption For Aylesbury, The Vale Park C1950

At the bottom end of the High Street is The Vale, a park formally opened in 1937 in fields between the now vanished London and North Western Railway station (demolished in 1960) and the gas works, also

Caption For Caldy, The Village C1955

Pevsner in The Buildings of England says of Caldy: 'Cheshire is something of a Surrey of the North, but Surrey has nothing to compare with this'.

Caption For Wallasey, The Village 1952

We are looking north along Wallasey Village, with the bollards at the top of Leasowe Road visible on the left. The cobbled street to the immediate left, just beyond the chemists, is Lycette Road.

Caption For Garston, Manor Work Assessment Shop C1955

In 1931, the widow of Stafford Bourne (the son of one of the founders of Bourne & Hollingsworth's store in London) sold Garston Manor to Benskins the brewers, who transferred it to the North West Metropolitan

Caption For Letchworth Garden City, The Council Offices C1950

The Georgian-style council offices, now North Herts District Council's housing department, were built for the Urban District Council in 1935 to a design by Bennet & Bidwell, architects of many of the buildings

Caption For Much Hadham, The Church C1955

Adjacent, to the north, is the old palace which belonged to the Bishop of London. Some of the windows in the church were designed by Henry Moore, who lived in the nearby hamlet of Perry Green.

Caption For Talybont, General View C1955

This compact village is situated on the main coast road north of Aberystwyth; it grew up to serve the workers of the nearby lead mines and woollen mills.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The Castle From The River 1890

An evocative view from the north-east of the part of the town immediately below the Castle and the impressive Castle and prison itself.

Caption For Forth Bridge, 1897

Designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, the Forth Bridge cost £3,000,000 to build. Of the workforce of 4,500 men, 57 were killed in work-related accidents.

Caption For North Nibley, The Tyndale Monument 1897

Two carefully-posed groups of young girls are a feature of this photograph of the village of North Nibley, with the 111 foot- high memorial tower to the martyr William Tyndale on the knoll

Caption For Bedford, Suspension Bridge 1921

The hatted ladies are leaving the Suspension Bridge on the north bank, the Embankment Gardens side: casual wear in the 1920s was somewhat more formal than today.

Caption For Wendover, From The South West 1901

This long view of Wendover is taken from the opposite direction to No 44773, looking north-east from the foot of Bacombe Hill; here the national long distance footpath, the Ridgeway Path, leaves the road

Caption For Wanborough, St Andrew's Church C1965

The tower and spire rest on crossing piers and arches to north, south, east and west. Monuments dating back to 1418 include Thomas Polton and his wife, in brass with demi-figures 13 ins long.

Caption For Dunnottar, Castle C1900

The castle stands to the south of Stonehaven on a rocky headland overlooking the North Sea. It was here, in July 1650, that Charles II was entertained by the Earl Marischal.