Places
36 places found.
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- Shanklin, Isle of Wight
- Ventnor, Isle of Wight
- Ryde, Isle of Wight
- Cowes, Isle of Wight
- Sandown, Isle of Wight
- Port of Ness, Western Isles
- London, Greater London
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Killarney, Republic of Ireland
- Douglas, Isle of Man
- Plymouth, Devon
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Southwold, Suffolk
- Bristol, Avon
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Cromer, Norfolk
- Edinburgh, Lothian
- Maldon, Essex
- Clacton-On-Sea, Essex
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Felixstowe, Suffolk
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Colchester, Essex
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Hunstanton, Norfolk
- Chelmsford, Essex
- Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Brentwood, Essex
- Glengarriff, Republic of Ireland
Photos
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Maps
181,031 maps found.
Books
442 books found. Showing results 19,777 to 19,800.
Memories
29,040 memories found. Showing results 8,241 to 8,250.
The Six Bells Inn
An old coaching inn on the main road. The upper storey is hung with ornate tiles, and the building has a Horsham stone roof. Horses pulling stagecoaches needed to be changed every ten miles or so. This provided business for plenty of inns with stables, which were spaced along trunk roads.
A memory of Horley
Spooner's Corner
Living in Park Street Lane from 1940 to 1961 I passed this corner every day to go under the railway bridge to the recreation ground and school or on to the village. The branches of the Horse Chestnut tree in the foreground ...Read more
A memory of Park Street in 1940 by
Gwendoline Hodges
It is as if my grandmother Gwendoline Edith Hunt, nee Hodges, has ceased to exist. For years and through various forums I have searched for information about her and her family (Wooton locals....Horace and Ethel Hodges who ...Read more
A memory of Northampton in 1930 by
The Gates To 'hell'
I remember Shotley Gate 1954/55. I wish I could erase it from my memory. 12 months of sheer Hell at the infamous Ganges. I enjoyed my Naval Service and I did well, but Ganges almost defeated me. I danced a jig when they demolished the place! JW
A memory of Shotley Gate in 1954
Pagham Lagoon Sluice
I'm not a Pagham local but have visited the place many times over the last 20 or so years. I've always been intrigued by that old concrete structure at the southeast tip of Pagham Lagoon but have been unable to find a ...Read more
A memory of Pagham in 1870 by
Whose Bus Is This ???
This early motor wagonette was probably operated by J. Fred Francis from Colwyn Bay to Old Colwyn for a three-penny fare until the coming of the Trams in March 1915. It succeeded a two horse omnibus which ran between the two ...Read more
A memory of Old Colwyn in 1900 by
Castle Square Bus Terminus
Castle Square of the 1950s and 60s had a vibrancy that is absent nowadays. This was because all of the local bus services terminated there and a constant stream of people dismounted to go about their business ...Read more
A memory of Caernarfon in 1959 by
Westerham From 1954 1965
I moved to Westerham in 1954 from London aged 7.. the smogs were too much. I went to Hosey School and remember teachers, especially Mr Goldsmith. Memories include parading outside the school and raising our caps when ...Read more
A memory of Westerham by
Freddie Holmes Garage
I attended the primary school, just down the Maldon Road from the garage in the photo, which was run by Mr Holmes. The sweet-shop behind the pumps was popular with us kids! Headmaster of the primary school was Mr ...Read more
A memory of Great Totham in 1960 by
A Good Time In Much Hadham
I spent about one year in Much Hadham as German prisoner of war, 1946 till July 1947, working for the Hertfordshire War Agricultural Executice Committee; I specially was engaged in our camp labour office as clerk, ...Read more
A memory of Much Hadham in 1946 by
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In the village are a good variety of houses, including the early 16th-century rectory, and Hallside Grove, a Gothicised house of quality.
Beyond the mill, which dates from Norman times, is the square tower of St Mary's. This parish church has some fine stained glass in 28 windows paid for by John Tame, a rich wool merchant.
Note the two farm carts with shafts designed for sturdy horses to the right of the yeoman farmer's dwelling.
Situated between the River Thames and Quarry Woods, made famous in Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows', Bisham is one of Berkshire's most historic villages.
The school was founded in 1558 in the will of Thomas Alleyne, a priest and Oxford scholar who was born in Uttoxeter.
The latter two had acknowledged the influence on the Movement of Quaker simplicity in life-style and design.
We are less than a mile inland from the true Lizard - the most southerly point in England - and at the end of the A3083, which rolls out across the peninsula from Helston.
Without through traffic, this thousand-year-old village retains its rural traditions and sense of history. A century ago, West Burton was a lively farming village with a market and many shops.
Just on the outskirts of Saltaire lies this beautiful glen, which in Victorian times was a firm favourite for a summer-time walk.
The stone flaming urn of the war memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, holds centre stage at the crossroads in this attractive village built exclusively in the native Cotswold stone.
Only this church and Westminster Abbey have the honour of holding the relics of the saint to whom it is dedicated. St Wite was killed on an Anglo-Saxon mission to Germany.
In the village are a good variety of houses, including the early 16th-century rectory, and Hallside Grove, a Gothicised house of quality.
Greyfriars House was built for William Herbert c1570 utilising the old Franciscan friary on the site as a quarry, the friary having been closed at the Dissolution.
Between 1914 and 1920 there were huge increases in the price of basic foodstuffs, but by the time this picture was taken they were falling to near pre-war levels.
Note the Beach Cafe (left) and the groynes on Charmouth beach; we are looking eastwards to Cain's Folly (centre) and Golden Cap (right). Offshore are the Mouth Rocks.
The Wilts and Dorset Bank on the left, now the Natwest, was almost new when the picture was taken. It had entrances in both George Street and Russell Street.
Gregory Gregory, a bachelor, was probably responsible for as much of the design as his architects, Anthony Salvin and later William Burn, as it rose slowly throughout the 1830s and 1840s.
Full tide brings its own burst of activity, as small passenger boats in an orderly seamanlike manner position themselves to approach the slipway.
This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.
The lower part of the tower of St Mary's, which we see here from the spacious Market Place, is 11th-century.
An outraged public were relieved to witness work on a new pier by Mayoh's of Manchester in April 1894 and its subsequent opening the following year.
Browne's Hospital (72317 and 72319, these pages) is one of the most important medieval almshouses in England, dating from 1475 when it was founded by the wool merchant William Browne.
Between 1914 and 1920 there were huge increases in the price of basic foodstuffs, but by the time this picture was taken they were falling to near pre-war levels.
Between 1914 and 1920 there were huge increases in the price of basic foodstuffs, but by the time this picture was taken they were falling to near pre-war levels.
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