Maps

2,499 maps found.

1880, Newton Ref. HOSM55021
1880 - 1900, Olveston Ref. HOSM55826
1900 - 1901, Pilning Ref. HOSM56639
1901 - 1902, Swineford Ref. HOSM61087
1880 - 1901, Tockington Ref. HOSM61988
1881 - 1902, Warmley Ref. HOSM63437
1904-1905, Barncluith Ref. RNC633555
1905, Barr Ref. RNC633855
1899, Abson Ref. RNC619218
1899, Almondsbury Ref. RNC624457
1899, Alveston Ref. RNC624726
1904-1905, Ashgill Ref. RNC627674
1904-1905, Auchenheath Ref. RNC628558
1904-1906, Ayr Ref. RNC629391
1881, Hinton Ref. HOSM48609
1881 - 1902, Pennsylvania Ref. HOSM56371
1904-1905, Gilmourton Ref. RNC713840
1904-1905, Fairhill Ref. RNC702797
1905-1906, Fisherton Ref. RNC706181
1904-1905, Flemington Ref. RNC706701

Books

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Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 811 to 820.

South Chingford Parks And Lakes.

I was born in March 1939 and lived in South Chingford 1939-66.  Frances Road 1940-47 and Underwood Road (Ropers Farm Estate) 1947-66. I loved Chingford and still do.  I regularly visit Chingford and was there ...Read more

A memory of South Chingford in 1940 by Robert Randall

Mrs Cladd

Anyone remember Mrs Cladd who lived in a converted railway carriage - at least I think thats what it was - just up from Fairfax Hall, opposite the house called Farthings? She was an old lady who grew what we now call cherry tomatoes, but ...Read more

A memory of Menston in 1961 by Alison Thomas

My Childhood

I was born in 1944 in my grandmother's house named 'Bloemfontein' at Higher Fraddon. She named the house after the capital of the Orange Free State of South Africa where she was born. Her father, my great-grandfather Parkyn, ...Read more

A memory of Higher Tolcarne in 1948 by Peter Crago Goodman

Good Old Days

I was stationed at RAF South Cerney from approx. early 1956 until late 1958. I was just a lowly SAC working in the pay accounting department, but everyone on base thought that a special job! When we could afford to go out on our ...Read more

A memory of South Cerney in 1957 by Geoffrey Biggs

Hessenford

I was so pleased to come across a site talking about 'my' family village of Hessenford. I was also evacauated to Hessenford with my mum and spent my 1st birthday there. This was the first of many August holidays with my Great Aunt ...Read more

A memory of Hessenford in 1944 by Judy Sharp

My Godfather

My Godfather, Peter Jones's parents owned the Scotch Piper. I remember being told about the oak tree which actually grew up through the bar area. I went to primary school just along the way at Lydiate CE where I had the most fantastic ...Read more

A memory of Lydiate by Jan Foster

The Church

Lots of my relatives and friends are buried in the churchyard here. I was christened here by Rev Woodcock who had married my parents. I believe that he may have also christened me in 1955. I sang in the choir with Mr Foot as choirmaster ...Read more

A memory of Lydiate by Jan Foster

Springhead Terrace

I was born at number 11, and was told I did not open my eyes, so Mrs Tyreman baptized me. She had changed from Methodist to Catholic when she married her husband who was a tailor. When the priest came the next morning and blessed ...Read more

A memory of Loftus in 1930 by Joseph Lavelle

Churchill Gardens And The Sherbooms

My father lived in Tunbridge Road and was employed as a landscape gardener by Ian G Walker Ltd of South Godstone, Surrey from May 1946 until July 1959. Churchill Gardens was one of the Gardens he was ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea

Hatchford Church

My father, Capt. F.C. Dyer used to play the organ at Hatchford Church until his death in 1950. It was a pump organ and Bubbles was the name of the hunchback who pumped the organ. We lived in the Semaphore Tower up on Chatley Heath ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1940 by Ron Clibborn Dyer

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 1,945 to 1,968.

Caption For Bramley, St James Church C1960

The large south window of the chapel is filled with 16th-century glass and is the work of Flemish craftsmen.

Caption For Salisbury, St John Street C1950

St John Street is the main entrance to the city from the south.

Caption For Lewes, High Street 1898

Lewes, the medieval guardian of the gap through the South Downs cut by the River Ouse, occupies a fine hilltop site which produces a superb townscape.

Caption For Carmarthen, Coracles 1898

In the background is a popular promenade called the Bulwark, an embankment extending for about a mile on the south side of the river.

Caption For Whiston, The Post Office C1960

Two miles south east of Rotherham, Whiston was a large village by the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

Caption For Alfriston, Cuckmere Valley From High And Over C1960

High and Over, or Hindover, is a vantage point on the South Downs, overlooking the Cuckmere river valley.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, North Vickerstown

Baden-Powell, who served with distinction in South Africa, and Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in South Africa, are both honoured in the street names of Vickerstown.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, North Vickerstown

Baden-Powell, who served with distinction in South Africa, and Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in South Africa, are both honoured in the street names of Vickerstown.

Caption For Aberdovey, The Front 1895

It is sheltered from the north wind by hills rising to the sombre Welsh mountains south of Cadair Idris. Today it is popular for watersports, but formerly it was an important sea port.

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Caption For Rye, 1894

This view shows the town from the south and the fine parish church of St Mary. Seaside and Coastal Sussex: From Bosham to Rye

Caption For Charlwood, Recreation Ground 1904

The house to the left is an 1850s villa named Charlwood House, not to be confused with the 15th-century timber-framed one south of Gatwick Airport's perimeter fence.

Caption For Ab Kettleby, St James' Church C1955

On the exposed Wolds, the ironstone church is situated on the south side of the village street, away from the main A606 Nottingham to Stamford road.

Caption For Blunham, The Hill And Square 1968

Firmly back in Bedfordshire and heading south, our route passes through Blunham, a most attractive village, where the poet John Donne was rector from 1622 until his death in 1632, although he was also

Caption For Crichel House, House And Park 1904

He at once embarked on a programme of rebuilding and extension, doubling the size of the house, and moved the entire village of More Crichel except for St Mary`s Church, a mile away to the south in

Caption For Bodmin, St Petroc's Church 1931

The embattled south porch has two upper floors for priest's chambers. A little stone roofed house close to the west door is St Guron's Well.

Caption For Sutton, Cheam Road C1960

Between those on the right is the south porch of Trinity Methodist Church. Just beyond, a saloon car turns into Church Road, at the foot of which stands the parish church of St Nicholas.

Caption For Retford, Sir Frederick Milner School C1955

The Sir Frederick Milner School was built as a secondary modern school in the south- east of the town, amid a maze of narrow streets.

Caption For Herstmonceux, Castle, West Front 1890

A mile south of the main road, on a spur some 80 feet high on the edge of the Pevensey Levels, lies the parish church of Herstmonceux and this spectacular brick-built castle.

Caption For Chiddingfold, The Pond And Village C1955

This attractive group, which makes the most of the possibilities of tile-hanging walls, is on the Petworth Road just south-west of the Green.

Caption For Abingdon, East St Helen Street From Town Hall Roof 1900

From the Market Place our town tour heads south along perhaps the best street in Abingdon for the survival of older buildings: East St Helen Street.

Caption For Corfe Castle, From The West 1890

Masonry rises on the skyline from the Butavant Tower (left) and the walls of the west bailey to the 80ft-high keep and the south-west gatehouse.

Caption For Ab Kettleby, St James' Church C1955

On the exposed Wolds, the ironstone church is situated on the south side of the village street, away from the main A606 Nottingham to Stamford road.

Caption For Bridport, South Street 1897

This looks Southwards along South Street to St Mary`s parish church (centre).

Caption For Coleshill, The Church C1955

Moving east we reach Coleshill, a mile south of Amersham.