Photos

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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1896 - 1897, Davenport Ref. HOSM42905
1897, North Rode Ref. HOSM55285
1895 - 1919, Blanchland Ref. HOSM38142
1919, Muggleswick Ref. HOSM44556
1887 - 1899, Baclaw Ref. HOSM36667
1887 - 1899, Dolgarrog Ref. HOSM43430
1885 - 1902, Harringworth Ref. HOSM47709
1885, Little Oakley Ref. HOSM51566
1919 - 1922, Kingsdown Ref. HOSM50247
1886 - 1899, Glan-Yr-Afon Ref. HOSM46276
1899, Llangwm Ref. HOSM62759
1853 - 1888, Eppleworth Ref. HOSM44874
1898 - 1911, Fyfield Ref. HOSM45933
1898 - 1911, Netherton Ref. HOSM54648
1894 - 1895, Addlestone Ref. HOSM34022
1883 - 1885, Marlcliff Ref. HOSM53187
1885, Oversley Green Ref. HOSM55904
1887 - 1888, Bonthorpe Ref. HOSM38292
1887 - 1888, Calceby Ref. HOSM39807
1887 - 1905, Hagnaby Ref. HOSM47346

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 Valerie Tomlinson

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 Sheridan Davies

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 Dave Blackthorn

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 John Owen

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 John Owen

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 Michael Luff

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 Peter Saunders

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 Walter Scharnagl

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 19,777 to 19,800.

Caption For Cossington, The Village C1965

In the village are a good variety of houses, including the early 16th-century rectory, and Hallside Grove, a Gothicised house of quality.

Caption For Fairford, The Mill And Bridge C1950

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.

Caption For Gisburn, The Bridge 1921

Note the two farm carts with shafts designed for sturdy horses to the right of the yeoman farmer's dwelling.

Caption For Bisham, Abbey And Church 1890

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.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Alleyne's Grammar School C1955

The school was founded in 1558 in the will of Thomas Alleyne, a priest and Oxford scholar who was born in Uttoxeter.

Caption For Tirril, The Institute C1955

The latter two had acknowledged the influence on the Movement of Quaker simplicity in life-style and design.

Caption For The Lizard, View From Green C1955

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.

Caption For West Burton, The Village 1909

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.

Caption For Shipley, Glen 1909

Just on the outskirts of Saltaire lies this beautiful glen, which in Victorian times was a firm favourite for a summer-time walk.

Caption For Lower Swell, The Village C1955

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.

Caption For Whitchurch Canonicorum, Church Of St Candida From West 1900

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.

Caption For Cossington, The Village C1965

In the village are a good variety of houses, including the early 16th-century rectory, and Hallside Grove, a Gothicised house of quality.

Caption For Cardiff, Friary Ruins, Cathays Park C1955

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.

Caption For Stourbridge, High Street 1931

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.

Caption For Charmouth, The Beach C1960

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.

Caption For Stroud, George Street 1910

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.

Caption For Harlaxton, 1890

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.

Caption For Appledore, Quay 1923

Full tide brings its own burst of activity, as small passenger boats in an orderly seamanlike manner position themselves to approach the slipway.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, On The Sands 1898

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.

Caption For Masham, St Mary's Church 1927

The lower part of the tower of St Mary's, which we see here from the spacious Market Place, is 11th-century.

Caption For Penarth, The Pier 1896

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.

Caption For Stamford, Browne's Hospital, The Cloisters 1922

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.

Caption For Stourbridge, High Street 1931

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.

Caption For Stourbridge, High Street 1931

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.