Maps

9,439 maps found.

1898, Thornthwaite Ref. RNE847272
1898, Threapland Ref. RNE847613
1898, Selside Ref. RNE827556
1898, Shipton Ref. RNE830322
1895, Westgate Ref. RNE866031
1898, Weston Ref. RNE866255
1895, Walcot Ref. RNE859613
1947, Killerby Ref. NPO747151
1947, Staveley Ref. NPO838904
1947, Windsor Ref. NPO871178
1947, Woodhouse Ref. NPO873393
1898, Dalby Ref. RNE687677
1898, Fishpool Ref. RNE706232
1897, Heathfield Ref. RNE730278
1898, Howe Ref. RNE741399
1898, Howsham Ref. RNE741667
1897, Hunton Ref. RNE742470
1898, Kelfield Ref. RNE745775
1898, Kenn Ref. RNE746129
1947, Flixton Ref. NPO706858

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,945 to 1,968.

Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 811 to 820.

Growing Up British

Since my birth coincided exactly with the outbreak of World War II in the September of 1939, my mum must have felt that childbirth was synonymous with calamity;  I was Mum's 'war effort'. Home was a semi-detached two-storey ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1945 by Heather Rohrer

Bat And Ball Railway Station Near Sevenoaks

My wife, Elizabeth, and I bought a house in Sevenoaks when we married in 1971 and had nearly five happy years living just to the north of the town, close to Bradbourne Park lakes before business forced ...Read more

A memory of Sevenoaks in 1971 by John Howard Norfolk

Sizewell Holiday.

As a kid I spent a couple of August weeks in Sizewell, staying in a timber-built bungalow just before the rise leading up to what is now the Power Station. The little bungalow was set back off the (dirt) road, and had no running ...Read more

A memory of Sizewell in 1949 by mike

My Mother Veronica Kenny Vera Preston Lancashire

My mom had a best friend, her name was Marie, who married Bill and my mother was their maid of honour. My family in Scotland still have the picture of the wedding day with Bill in his army uniform. ...Read more

A memory of Preston in 1940 by Sandra Kenny Maher

My Life Time At North Seaton Colliery

I was born in Ashington in 1940 and moved to 10 Wood Row, North Seaton Colliery with my mam and dad Sadie and Harry Seymour, my brother Gordon and sister Joan. I remember that the street was full of rats ...Read more

A memory of North Seaton in 1945 by Harry Seymour

A 19th Century Marriage At Widcombe Church

James Cholmeley Russell, the barrister, financier, property developer and Welsh railway entrepreneur married Eleanor Catherine Broome at Widcombe parish church on April 26th 1893. She was the daughter ...Read more

A memory of Widcombe in 1890 by Nick Booker

Memories Of A Painter

I used to go to Keswick quite a lot as a child, to visit my great-uncle, David Dickson. He was born in North-Shields, but lived in Keswick for a good number of years, from about 1928-1967until he died. He used to paint ...Read more

A memory of Keswick in 1958 by Brenda Glover Nee Malone

St Peters Court

I was a boarder at St Peter's Court, Bacton, Norfolk in the 1950s and a few years ago I found Rosemary, the daughter of the headmaster, in a village nearby. Sadly no one else had left their names so that some of us old boys could ...Read more

A memory of Bacton in 1950 by Gerald Wase

My Memories Of Selly Oak And Bournbrook

I was born in Bournbrook, Birmingham in 1950, daughter of Kenneth Clarke born 1924 and Joan Clarke (nee Price) born 1927. My father was born at 21 North Road, Bournbrook, son of Edith Clarke and Jack ...Read more

A memory of Selly Oak in 1950 by Sue Coates

Off To School I Go!!

It’s so strange that you can remember so many things from early childhood, all those years ago! And it still feels clear as if it was yesterday and they bubble up into your brain after lying there undisturbed in the ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1930 by David Hinge

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,945 to 1,968.

Caption For Leatherhead, Bridge Street C1955

We are looking up Bridge Street past the North Street junction.

Caption For Shottermill, The Village C1960

Although this view is titled Shottermill, strictly speaking it shows Springhead in Camelsdale just over the Hampshire border on the south bank of the young River Wey - Shottermill is on the north bank

Caption For Abingdon, Abbey Gardens, Trendell's Ruins 1925

Moving north of the Checker and across Abbey Close and into Abbey Gardens, we reach the site of the abbey church, which was about 300 feet long, and the cloisters and monastic buildings.

Caption For Windlesham, Village 1909

But he warned that the 'north-west heaths belong to the soldiers', and that here were 'all the camps, training grounds and rifle-ranges that do not belong to Aldershot'.

Caption For Disley, Market Street C1960

Right in the far north-eastern corner of the county, Disley straddles the busy A6.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Marine Parade 1930

This view was taken north-eastwards along Marine Parade, below Langmoor Gardens (left), to the Bay Hotel, 1830-built Madeira Cottages and Cobb Gate Jetty (centre).

Caption For Ollerton, The Dukeries, Old Ollerton Church C1955

Ollerton village was at the crossroads of three major routes, and its inns catered for the coaching trade, but now, mercifully, it is by-passed and tranquil.

Caption For Tealby, The Village C1960

This chapter gives a snapshot of north Lincolnshire in the 1950s, as all the views were taken then: our tour takes us next to Tealby, a pretty village at the western foot of The Wolds.

Caption For Southwold, From The Pier 1906

With its broad greens, its sandy beach, the lighthouse on North Green, and its picturesque buildings, Southwold has long been popular.

Caption For Lakeside, A Woodland Tent Site, Y.M.C.A. National Camp C1960

The YMCA outdoor activities centre is on the western shore of Windermere, a little distance north of Lakeside.

Caption For Uley, The Tumulus C1960

A mile north of Uley there is another long barrow, known as Hetty Pegler's Tump.

Caption For Anstey, Pack Horse Bridge C1965

Isolated, as the road now crosses the water to its north, the bridge seems to take about itself an air of romance, probably associated with the image of luxury-laden animals in fact, their loads

Caption For Edgware, The By Pass, Moat Mount C1960

The A1 sweeps north between Moat Mound Recreation Ground and Mill Hill Golf Club, and is little changed since it was built, apart from the introduction of high level lighting standards.

Caption For Cambridge, Pembroke College 1890

This view looks north along Trumpington Street, with Pembroke College on the right, and the Peterhouse Museum on the left.

Caption For Frome, The Blue House, Women's Almshouse 1949

The north and south wings housed poor women, whilst the central area was a charitable boarding school, later becoming fee-paying.

Caption For Rothesay, The Pier From Chapel Hill 1900

The effects of the naval blockade by the North on Confederate ports caused severe distress and hardship amongst British mill workers.

Caption For Menheniot, Church 1912

There is a Charles I letter over the north door.

Caption For Hailes, Abbey C1960

Situated in the north-west Cotswolds, Hailes Abbey was founded in 1246.

Caption For Tealby, The Village C1960

This chapter gives a snapshot of north Lincolnshire in the 1950s, as all the views were taken then: our tour takes us next to Tealby, a pretty village at the western foot of The Wolds.

Caption For Lowestoft, The Esplanade 1887

The Esplanade had semi-detached villas and Bath-style terraces for the upper and middle classes, designed by John Thomas.

Caption For Aylesbury, Market Square C1955

This view looks along the north side of Market Square past the war memorial into Cambridge Street on the left of the Round House and the High Street to its right.

Caption For Heswall, The Church C1935

St Peter's is a building of some antiquity, and this view of the rear of the parish church does not do justice to its clarity of line or the aesthetic appeal of its architecture.

Caption For Odiham, Chalk Pit 1903

This view, looking north towards the entrance (in the Alton Road), shows several cottages built of chalk, some of which have since been demolished.

Caption For Abbots Ripton, The Flower Gardens C1955

The parish of Abbots Ripton lies a few miles north of Huntingdon. At the time of the Dissolution it was held by Ramsey Abbey.