Photos

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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1898 - 1909, Caergwrle Ref. HOSM39859
1909, Crabtree Green Ref. HOSM42098
1898 - 1910, Minera Ref. HOSM69959
1898 - 1909, Garden Village Ref. HOSM56043
1909 - 1910, Rhosymedre Ref. HOSM57827
1909, Ridleywood Ref. HOSM57816
1909 - 1910, Ruabon Ref. HOSM58232
1898 - 1910, Southsea Ref. HOSM59797
1905, Bere Ferrers Ref. HOSM37607
1883 - 1905, Crapstone Ref. HOSM42178
1884 - 1885, Hexworthy Ref. HOSM48359
1905, Weir Quay Ref. HOSM63620
1886 - 1901, Yeovil Marsh Ref. HOSM38947
1885, Northover Ref. HOSM39032
1886 - 1901, Lufton Ref. HOSM39362
1897 - 1909, Castletown Ref. HOSM40329
1897, Stamford Bridge Ref. HOSM41998
1898, Boughton Heath Ref. HOSM46831
1897 - 1909, Handley Ref. HOSM47546
1897 - 1898, Littleton Ref. HOSM51685

Books

442 books found. Showing results 19,657 to 19,680.

Memories

29,040 memories found. Showing results 8,191 to 8,200.

Orange Rolling

Orange rolling, Good Friday afternoon up the 'orange pit'. There used to be crowds of people all chasing little oranges down the hill. Never quite sure what you did if you caught one, I'm sure it wouldn't have been fit to eat! Is ...Read more

A memory of Dunstable by Merv Thomas

Passing Place On The Upper Section, Great Orme Tramway

This is a photograph of two tramcars, Nos 6 & 7, at the passing loop above the Great Orme Mines. They are painted in the Dark Ochre livery which was only used for a few years after the ...Read more

A memory of Llandudno by John Owen

The River

My family moved to Brampford Speke in 1972 when I was two and we moved away in the summer of 1977 to Bristol. We lived in the bungalow opposite the village pub. I went to the village school and spent most of the time down by the ...Read more

A memory of Brampford Speke in 1972 by Alison Flannery

I Lived At Rosneath, Ferry Inn

My father was in the Navy and we lived at Ferry Inn during 1952. There were three other families living there, the Thorntons and the Burtons. The Burtons were related to Shackleton, the explorer. My father and his ...Read more

A memory of Rosneath in 1952 by tonythecriminologist

Metheringham Feast

My family used to visit Metheringham regularly to vist my mother's aunt. Her name was Nellie Garrick and she lived in Lime Tree Avenue (I think that is the right name). She was married to Jack Garrick. We used to go on a ...Read more

A memory of Metheringham by Gillian Emerton

Growing Up

I was born in Withington Hospital and brought up for many years in Baguley Hall, I always remember the good times where all the children and the parents came out to play as one, no nastiness, no keep up with the Jones, we all helped each ...Read more

A memory of Baguley in 1951 by Howard Oakley

Lavender Hill

As a family we moved to 10 Lavender Hill in 1948, dad managed the butcher shop, Dewhursts, before that it was Chalks. One side was the fish shop Hitchcocks and the other side Maplesden the funeral parlour. Our back 'yard' opened on ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1948 by Richard Watson

East Hanney, The Green 1956

I lived in the house immediately behind "the big tree" from 1973-1975. I was only 8 or 9 years old and have fond memories of climbing in the lower reaches of that tree. I have a photo my parents took of the tree in ...Read more

A memory of East Hanney in 1975 by Peter Schmaltz

A Special Day

I have fond memories of the church as I got married in May 1973. I will never ever forget the beautiful atmosphere inside. I keep saying I will go back and visit it but I do not know if it still open and being used, can anyone tell me? Kind regards PAULEEN

A memory of Old Burghclere in 1870 by pauleen

Bearsted Maternity Hospital

1948 was the year I was born. My parents were living in Twickenham at the time. My mother was admitted to The Bearsted in Hampton Wick and I was born there. It stands only about 100 yards from Hampton Court Palace ...Read more

A memory of Hampton Wick in 1948 by Susan Morley

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 19,657 to 19,680.

Caption For Sidmouth, Looking West 1924

In the early years of the 19th century the impoverished Duke of Kent came to live at Woolbrook Glen.

Caption For Collingbourne Kingston, The Village And St Mary's Church C1955

The interesting monuments include one commemorating Thomas Pile and his wife, 1560 and 1561: this is a large composition of two recumbent figures and a younger couple, Sir Gabriel Pile and his wife

Caption For Woolston, The Floating Bridge C1955

This 1950s photograph somehow captures the spirit of that austere period following the war.

Caption For Wrea Green, The Village C1965

In the opposite corner is the village school founded by the gift of £180 from a tailor, James Thistleton.

Caption For Stalham, Hunsett Mill C1935

This scene is worthy of a painting; it shows a typical windpump used to drain the reclaimed marshes.

Caption For Chatsworth, Palm House C1876

Demolished shortly after the First World War, this magnificent structure was the brainchild of Joseph Paxton; at the time of its completion in 1840, it was the largest conservatory in the world.

Caption For Outwood, The Windmills 1906

At one time just under half of Surrey's settlements had at least one mill; by the 1830s there were 47 working mills in Surrey.

Caption For Freckleton, The Village C1965

The war memorial stands on the triangular village green in the area within the railings, (far left).

Caption For Whitstable, Harbour Street 1962

The Nelson in Harbour Street is in the centre of the photograph. Landlords here included Henry Hills, Mrs Emily Jane Parsons, and Miss L Parsons. To the right is Duffy, the butcher's.

Caption For Falmer, The Village C1955

We are on the Downs between Brighton and Lewes. Near the rebuilt church there is a thatched barn and an early dewpond.

Caption For Upper Dicker, The Plough Inn C1950

We are in the Cuckmere Valley, with fine views of the scarp side of the Downs.The Dicker, behind the brick wall and trees beyond the pub, is a rather odd-looking mansion, built by Horatio William

Caption For Willingdon, The Post Office C1950

We are on the slope of the Downs between Eastbourne and Polegate. A nearby vantage point at Combe hill is 638 feet high.

Caption For East Barsham, Sheep On The Fakenham Road 1929

The picturesque village has been used for the filming of the BBC series 'Born and Bred'. East Barsham's manor house was built by Sir William Fermor during the reign of Henry VII.

Caption For Sudbury, The Croft And Roman Catholic Church 1900

On the west side of the green area called the Croft, backing on to the river, are the workhouse and St Gregory's off to the left.

Caption For Sudbury, Police Station 1906

This was built in 1901 at the junction of Newton Road, King Street and Cornard Road. The police establishment comprised an inspector, a sergeant, and four constables.

Caption For Hailsham, St Mary's Church C1955

Above are the round quatrefoil windows of the clerestory added in 1889, which must have made the interior much lighter.

Caption For Banstead, The Station C1965

Banstead station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs station, opened in 1865.

Caption For Piddlehinton, The Village C1955

We are looking south-eastwards from the Yetminster road towards the mediaeval Hamstone cross in a triangle of cobbles (centre), with roads at the junction signed to Sherborne (left) and Chetnole (right

Caption For Combe Martin, The Kings Arms Hotel 1926

There are 4 floors, 13 doors on every floor, 13 fireplaces, 52 stairs and 52 windows - hence its new name (after 1933) of the Pack of Cards Hotel.

Caption For Bunbury, The Village C1960

Bunbury is a name familiar to those of us who enjoy Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest', but few people realise that such a village actually exists.

Caption For Bremhill, The Cross, Church And School C1960

The parish church of St Martin is described as 'Anglo-Saxon origins, c1200, C13, C15, restored 1850' (Department of Heritage List). The former school, now the village hall, is dated 1846.

Caption For Boscombe, The Pier 1908

Boscombe developed to the east of Bournemouth in mid-Victorian times, attracting the wealthy and fashionable including Sir Percy Florence Shelley, the son of the poet.

Caption For Trefriw, The Village C1955

Yet the quality of its spring water attracted great Roman interest, and the Trefriw Wells offered recuperative bathing facilities through to Victorian times, and are still a lure for visitors

Caption For Bedford, John Howard Statue And Church 1897

Another great Nonconformist preacher dominates the Square at the opposite end of the High Street to John Bunyan.