Maps

2,499 maps found.

1898, Boldon Colliery Ref. RNE645510
1898, Awkley Ref. RNE629276
1898, Bridge Yate Ref. RNE650008
1946, Downend Ref. NPO692667
1946, Little Sodbury Ref. NPO757976
1946, Latteridge Ref. NPO753249
1946, Leyhill Ref. NPO755525
1946, Little Badminton Ref. NPO756847
1946, Hanham Ref. NPO726499
1946, Hawkesbury Ref. NPO728820
1946, Hawkesbury Upton Ref. NPO728823
1946, Horwood Riding Ref. NPO740913
1947, Hebburn Colliery Ref. NPO730399
1946, Moorend Ref. NPO783317
1946, Morton Ref. NPO783989
1946, Mount Hill Ref. NPO784806
1898, Little Sodbury Ref. RNE757976
1898, Moorend Ref. RNE783317
1897, Lower Morton Ref. RNE769576
1898, Primrose Ref. RNE810903

Books

23 books found. Showing results 1,897 to 23.

Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 791 to 800.

Mike Daley

I lived in Fleetwood in Crake Avenue until Christmas 1970 when we moved down south. I always remember the events at the Marine Hall, the top names in wrestling, as my Uncle Richard (Dicky Allen as everyone knew him) was the caretaker ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood in 1962 by mick.daley

A Wonderful Christmas Time

We arrived in England on 15/12/1988.  My hubby Stephen and I were to be married on 7th January 1989 in Biddulph. I was amazed at the size of Heathrow Airport and for the first time in my life, I saw an English taxi, the ...Read more

A memory of Biddulph in 1988 by Martie Shallcross

My Holidays At South Shields In The 1940s And 1950s

My lovely memories are of going to South Shields from London to stay with my mum's brother, we stayed in Marsden Street and my cousins lived round the corner. We would leave London about 5 ...Read more

A memory of South Shields in 1950 by Margaret Foyle

Rhoos Hall (Aka Roos Hall Or Rose Hall)

Previously I had posted to My Memories, a much longer, "informative" post, but I learned from further research that a lot of what I had previously heard was not accurate in fact.  My memories remain unchanged, ...Read more

A memory of Beccles in 1995 by Julie Freitag

'holiday House'.

I was born and lived the early years of my life in South Molton.   My father had his own building firm there.   In 1958 we moved to Croyde Bay my father having bought this large house on the cliffs above the bay for £1800.   This photo ...Read more

A memory of Croyde by Steve Cundy

Cowgate

The view is of Cowgate looking south. The white building in the background is the Green Dragon Inn - once a haunt of Dick Turpin. The beck, mill dam and church are just to the left. Welton once had 3 water mills - the last of which was working into the 1950s

A memory of Welton by Maurice Mann

Waterloo In The 1940s To 1950s

My early memories are of Waterloo where I used to live at Winchester Avenue until 1958. My father died there in 1989. On College Road there were air raid shelters which me and other kids played in after the ...Read more

A memory of Waterloo by Graham White

Goldthorpe The Miners Welfare Hall

Ooh, I remember going to the Goldthopre Welfare Hall to see musicals staged there by the South Yorkshire Musical Comedy Society in the 1960s when they moved from their former home, the Mexborough Empire ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe in 1963 by Richard Roper

George Norman Brown Footballer For Jarrow St Bedes 1948 49

Hello, My dad used to play football for Jarrow St Bede's and later, South Shields Mariners. I want to research this as he has no momentoes from this era. I know that he was known ...Read more

A memory of South Shields in 1949 by Heidi Turner

Coverack 1969

In 1969 I was 15 and quit school. I was hitch hiking and ended up in Coverack. I was drinking in the local pub, the Paris Hotel I think, when some construction guys offered me a job digging ditches and laying sewer pipes. It was ...Read more

A memory of Coverack in 1969 by Rod Templar

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 1,897 to 1,920.

Caption For Saddington, St Helen's Church C1955

Situated on the south-west side of the village, the church was heavily restored by Frederick Peck of Maidstone in 1872.

Caption For Langold, The Children's Swimming Pool C1965

To the south of the lake the Coal Board built a children's swimming pool. It was later made rectangular, but now appears disused and empty of water.

Caption For Ollerton, Thoresby Hall, Library Fireplace C1960

The main suite of rooms is south of the Great Hall. The library has an ornate chimneypiece carved in oak by a highly skilled carver from Mansfield.

Caption For Retford, Cannon Square 1954

Frith's photographer was outside St Swithun's churchyard, looking through Cannon Square towards the south-east arm of the Market Square and the 18th-century White Hart.

Caption For Poole, High Street 1900

It still maintains strong links with the sea, having become a mecca for yachtsmen.The prosperous town, built where the sea meets the wild heathlands of Dorset, is one of the largest along the south

Caption For Weymouth, Parade And Clock Tower 1898

The Esplanade stretches south-westwards fromn the Georgian and Victorian apartments and hotels of Gloucester Terrace (right), with Royal Terrace dominated by the Royal Hotel (centre), to a glimpse of the

Caption For Bingley, Main Street C1955

You would take your life in your hands if you tried to take this view looking south up the A650 Bradford-Skipton road in the centre of the Airedale town of Bingley today.

Caption For Dunnottar, Castle C1900

This impressive and forbidding-looking castle stands to the south of Stonehaven on a rocky headland overlooking the North Sea.

Caption For Navenby, High Street C1965

South of Lincoln a string of villages grew up along the western edge of the limestone ridge, mostly along the spring line.

Caption For Worthing, Western Esplanade And The Beach 1906

The pier in the distance, rebuilt in 1889, suffered a disastrous storm in 1914 which turned the South Pavilion into an island; it was rebuilt, and the pavilion itself was destroyed by fire in 1928.

Caption For Bosham, The Quay C1900

The Village 1902 Here we look south down the main road into the village as it nears the estuary.

Caption For Sutton, The Quarry 1890

It lies to the south of Carshalton Road, and east of the Congregational Church.

Caption For Burgh Heath, The Sugar Bowl C1955

The Sugar Bowl stands south of the junction with Reigate Road, on the east side of the road.

Caption For Oughtibridge, The View Over The Valley C1960

Sheffield at 275ft is four miles away, while the South Yorkshire Mental Hospital (375ft) is a mile from here.

Caption For Watchet, Harbour 1927

Watchet was one of medieval Somerset's most important towns, and its harbour remained important into the 20th century, exporting iron ore from the Brendon Hills to the south.

Caption For Bedford, Swan Hotel And The River 1898

Holland had worked for the Duke of Bedford at his seat at Woburn Abbey some ten miles south-west of Bedford, and the duke had acquired the old inn in 1787.

Caption For South Cave, West End C1955

Named after the original landowner, Justin de Cave, South Cave is a village of two halves, separated by the castle, built in 1787.

Caption For Minehead, The Parade 1892

The new seaside resort was mostly laid out south of the old town on flatter land between the Lower Town, largely destroyed by fire in 1791, and the sea.

Caption For Burrowbridge, The Mump C1960

Two miles south-west of Othery, the Taunton Road skirts the Mump, a natural tor rising steeply from the surrounding Moors.

Caption For Hailsham, The Church 1900

This view, from the south east near Vicarage Road, shows a heavily Victorianised medieval church; it further suffered in 1943 when a bomb blast destroyed all its stained glass.

Caption For Clifton Hampden, The Bridge Over The River Thames 1890

Scott also rebuilt the river bridge in 1864, a fine red brick one in a medieval style, seen here from the south by the Thames. We can just see the church spirelet.

Caption For Studland, New Inn 1890

Lawrence was one of Wellington's infantry, serving in the 40th Regiment of Foot in campaigns from South America and the Peninsular War - where he was wounded in the storming of Badajoz in 1812 -

Caption For Wilmslow, Lindow Common C1955

This view looking south over Lindow Moss towards Alderley Edge, overlooks the area where Lindow Man, a first-century sacrificial victim, was found in 1984.

Caption For Newtown Linford, C1960

The church is comparatively plain apart from its large 15th-century traceried window on its south side.