Maps

2,499 maps found.

1898, New Cheltenham Ref. RNE789517
1898, North Common Ref. RNE793077
1898, North Corner Ref. RNE793094
1897, Northwick Ref. RNE794501
1898, Oldland Ref. RNE797447
1898, Over Ref. RNE798586
1898, Ram Hill Ref. RNE813098
1898, Petty France Ref. RNE805517
1881 - 1919, Hawkesbury Ref. HOSM47869
1881, Hawkesbury Common Ref. HOSM47870
1881 - 1919, Hawkesbury Upton Ref. HOSM47871
1880, Rockhampton Ref. HOSM57927
1884, Abington Ref. HOSM35587
1881, Abson Ref. HOSM35364
1879 - 1880, Gaunt's Earthcott Ref. HOSM46131
1901, Hallen Ref. HOSM47404
1880 - 1900, Ingst Ref. HOSM49364
1879 - 1881, Iron Acton Ref. HOSM49467
1881, Little Sodbury Ref. HOSM51686
1881 - 1902, New Cheltenham Ref. HOSM54708

Books

23 books found. Showing results 1,921 to 23.

Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 801 to 810.

Life In Newport

I lived in Newport with my Mom Gladys, Father Jock and sisters Tina, Trisha and Jacky. We lived in Prospect Road for many years. My fondest memories are of meeting the gang in The Town Square outside "Mary Lambs" ...Read more

A memory of Newport in 1957 by Alex Henderson

Best Years Of My Life

From my birth in 1945 to my departure from Greenock in 1958 I think I can honestly say were the best years of my life. I was born in Oakfield Terrace, I was the middle of three children. Tough times? Who knew, everybody was ...Read more

A memory of Greenock in 1958 by Allister Jones

South Harrow In The 1950s 60s

I was born in 1950 and lived at 27 Eastcote Lane, with a superb view of the gas holder from my bedroom window. I remember Macdonalds the fishing equipment shop which was almost opposite my house and apparently ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow by Christopher Porter

St Catherine's Boarding School

I have very fond memories of the school and Mr and Mrs Cooper, and I was one of the privileged children to move to Parkstone in Dorset when the Coopers moved there. I was in Miss Stoddart's class and I can still ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1960 by Robert Broughton

Privateers And Pirates

The Llandoger Trow - It is rumoured that Daniel DeFoe had met Alexander Selkirk ( shipwrekced sailor who had been rescued by a Bristol ship) in the Llandoger, on whose story he based his book 'Robinson Crusoe'. The ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Bristol University Facts

While Bristol may be better known nowadays for being home to Wallace and Gromit than to a top-class university, its college has gained a reputation as a science leader, particularly in medicine and engineering. Founded in ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Old Hall

This is the seat of the Biddulph family; it was built in the early sixteenth century, probably to replace an earlier Saxon, possibly fortified, house that has been identified on Bailey's Hill, to the south west of the Old Hall.  It was ...Read more

A memory of Biddulph by Lauren Hughes

Growing Up In South Woodford

I lived In Priory Close which faces the shops on South Woodford high road, I left when I married aged 19. My memories are of a wonderful childhood. I used to play out with all the other children who lived in the ...Read more

A memory of South Woodford in 1965 by gelobeney51

A Very Big Step

My wife and I went to Caio some 6 months after we married. I was recalled into the army 2 days after our wedding due to the Sues crisis although I was only away from home for 4 months it was long enough for me to loose my job and so ...Read more

A memory of Caio in 1957 by George Larbey

Grove Farm, Paddockhurst Road

I used to live at Grove Farm Cottages, Paddockhurst Road, Turners Hill. My father was Noel Sargent and worked as a farm employee for Grove Farm which was either managed or owned by a Mr. Hocken. My father's name ...Read more

A memory of Turners Hill in 1959 by Terry Sargent

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 1,921 to 1,944.

Caption For Kidderminster, Harvington Hall C1960

Harvington Hall near Chaddesley Corbett lies 3 miles south east of Kidderminster.

Caption For Lanchester, The Green And King's Head C1955

Roman Lanchester, or Longovicium, lies half a mile to the south-west; it was one of the principal forts along the road between York and Hadrian's Wall, and was built about the year 122.

Caption For Storrington, The Monastery 1894

The view looks south-east; the pond on the right survives, and on the left is the Boys' and Girls' School with its bellcote.

Caption For Beachy Head, 1903

Between Seaford and Eastbourne the South Downs reach the sea in spectacular style with chalk cliffs rising sheer over 500 feet from the sea.

Caption For Uckfield, High Street 1904

Continuing south-east across Ashdown Forest, the tour finishes at Uckfield, a town now by-passed and the terminus of a commuter railway line to London, the continuation to Lewes having been closed.

Caption For Crawley, Tillgate Mansion 1907

Tilgate Mansion was situated about a mile south of the town on the edge of Tilgate Forest, part of the woodlands that comprise St Leonards, Tilgate and Worth Forests; they run in a swathe from Horsham

Caption For Penarth, The Roundabout C1940

The south side of Windsor Road lay undeveloped until c1880 with the construction of the block seen here beyond the roundabout.

Caption For Sutton, Grange Vale 1904

The Epsom Downs railway line was opened in 1865, and branched south from Sutton station to its first stop, which was Belmont.

Caption For Chesham, Red Lion Street C1950

Here the photographer looks south-east from the East Street junction past Hyatts Yard and, past the gable of Zion Hall, to White Lion Yard with the roof of the Trinity Baptist Church beyond, whose

Caption For Coningsby, The Mill C1955

Coningsby, on the south bank, has lost much of its historic character: in this view of Silver Street the house in front of the mill survives, but not the mill; all to the left has gone, and the road at

Caption For Farnham, The Spinning Wheel 1913

In the main street of The Borough, and facing on to Castle Street as it runs up to the south side of the castle, this early 17th-century, half-timbered building with its complex pattern of quatrefoils

Caption For Cheam, Upper Mulgrave Road C1950

In the distance is the broad concrete bridge installed in 1927-28 carrying the four-lane by-pass south to Belmont and north towards London.

Caption For Stapleford, The Church C1955

In Church Road there are some older houses and the parish church; the south churchyard boundary runs along Church Lane to the left.

Caption For Clanfield, The Rising Sun C1955

Clanfield sits in a valley to the west of the A3, 12 miles north of Portsmouth, and 6 miles south of Petersfield. Its name derives from Old English, and means 'field clean of weeds'.

Caption For Borth, Beach 1892

of a single street with houses on both sides that gradually spread between the railway station at the north end of the village to a group of fishermen's houses built in the lee of a promontory at the south

Caption For Bridport, St Mary's Parish Church 1902

This is St Mary's parish church in South Street, seen from the north-east.

Caption For Mitcham, Lower Green C1962

To the south-east is Mitcham Common, which offers more open space and increased rural character.

Caption For Maidenhead, Ray Park Avenue 1911

It is in effect the north-south spine road of the prosperous middle class estate as far north as Ray Mill Road East, the north limit of Ray Lodge's former grounds.

Caption For Swanage, From The Pier 1897

We are looking towards Stair Hole, where the downlands of Dorset meet the sea, is hollowed out by vast caverns, many used by smugglers for centuries.The South West Way Coastal Footpath, once an old

Caption For Buttermere, 1889

We are looking south from Lower Gatesgarth.The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.

Caption For Penrith, Aerial View C1953

The latter benefited from huge quantities of the bird manure 'guano' imported from South America to Whitehaven, carried by rail to the town in tons, and retailed by J and W Maxwell in Cornmarket

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.Turton Tower is basically two buildings, a pele

Caption For Lincoln, Cathedral, South Porch 1895

Known as the Judgement Porch from its carved scenes of the Last Judgement, the south porch of Lincoln Cathedral led into the richly carved Angel Choir, the east arm of the cathedral built for St Hugh's

Caption For Goudhurst, Measuring The Hops 1904

From Victorian times up to the start of the Second World War, Goudhurst and other Wealden villages among the hop fields were subjected to an annual late summer invasion of entire families from South