Maps

2,499 maps found.

1899, Blackhorse Ref. RNC642641
1904-1905, Blackwood Ref. RNC643039
1904-1905, Bonnington Linn Ref. RNC645836
1904-1905, Bothwell Ref. RNC646603
1899, Bradley Stoke Ref. RNC647960
1904-1906, Braehead Ref. RNC648143
1904-1905, Braehead Ref. RNC648149
1904-1905, Braidwood Ref. RNC648380
1899, Coalpit Heath Ref. RNC672602
1905-1906, Collennan Ref. RNC675523
1904-1905, Douglas West Ref. RNC692289
1898-1899, Doynton Ref. RNC692874
1904-1905, Draffan Ref. RNC692892
1904-1905, Drumclog Ref. RNC693803
1905-1906, Dundonald Ref. RNC695352
1901-1904, East Boldon Ref. RNC696938
1919, Bridge Yate Ref. POP650008
1898-1899, West End Ref. RNC864057
1901-1904, West Harton Ref. RNC864330
1898-1899, West Littleton Ref. RNC864586

Books

23 books found. Showing results 2,041 to 23.

Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 851 to 860.

Living In Aveley 1948 68

Hello. I came across this site yesterday quite by accident and was really taken away by all the memories. Here are mine - I was surprised by the names and everything else that came back to me. Forgive me if I don't spell ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1948 by Colin Newberry

Elmwood School

I attended Elmwood from 1969 - 1971 I moved from south London to Wallington in 69 and can remember walking through the park from Wallington to Hackbridge some of the names have come back to be after looking at some of the posts ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge in 1969 by Tom Ellinor

Manc Schoolkids On The Prowl!

Remember being at a school in South Manchester called, Egerton, (where kids from Moss Side, Rusholme etc hailed from) and often, we'd be packed off, and taken to various parts of Cheshire to sniff with awe at freshly cut ...Read more

A memory of Delamere by itrose949

Southlands School,South Hill Ave, Harrow On The Hill.

I went to Southlands school harrow on the hill from 1958-1968 when it closed down. It was a victorian building and catered for day girls and borders. Many of the borders had parents living ...Read more

A memory of Harrow on the Hill by 24jenny

The Plough Inn, Kibblesworth

This is for Margaret Elliot, I am from Kent but my adopted Grandad, Fred (Frederick Joseph) Johnson was the landlord of the Plough Inn during and after the Second World War and my mother and I were evacuated there and ...Read more

A memory of Kibblesworth by elstonevans

Growing Up In Mitcham In The 1970's

Lovely to read some of the reminiscences of old Mitcham, it was such a lovely place to grow up in during the late sixties and early seventies, before changes started happening. I left in 1990, aged 25, before the ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham

Northolt

I lived close to Greenford Grammar (GCGS) and went to school there between 1963 - 1968. Many of my new schoolfriends lived in Northolt or North Greenford so I found myself spending much of my early teens there. In particular, I have fond ...Read more

A memory of Northolt

Blue Pencil Cafe, County Oak Crawley

Built as an Egg Farm and local produce outlet pre WW2 it became a Transport Café during the 1940's through the 1950's and into the 1960's. Well known on the A23. As a schoolboy I lived 100 yards south over the ...Read more

A memory of Crawley in 1954 by Tony Tester

Woodford Memories

Born and bred in Woodford. Had a paper round at WH Smith on the Woodford railway station. Not too bad in the summer but freeezing cold on the winter mornings. Sang in the choir at St Barnabas Church and receive 3 ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green in 1955 by Mike Francis

Looking For Family

Hi, this is a long shot. I'm trying to trace my family from Northolt, my aunt and uncle, Alice and Albert Priest; they have six children, Teddy, David, Jimmy, Annie, Trudy and Danny who will all be in there 40's to 60's now. ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Bernie Brodie Browne

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 2,041 to 2,064.

Caption For Bewdley, Severn Side (North) C1940

At intervals on Severn Side, both north and south, steps leading from the sandstone quays were constructed.

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

They lie in a north-south axis on the western edge of the town; they measure as high as 22ft 6in, and are as big as the stones at Stonehenge.

Caption For Uplyme, Church Street C1960

We look eastwards down Church Street from the Main Road on the south side of the Talbot Arms and Doon Beg (far left).

Caption For Snape, The Village 1900

This delightful village, 2 miles south of Bedale, was once the support for the castle.

Caption For Sunbury On Thames, Thames Street C1955

The houses on the right, including The Little House facing the camera (and now painted a bright pink), have the River Thames as their south boundary.

Caption For Fittleworth, Fittleworth House 1908

Its left-hand projecting wing has blinds to protect these rooms from the sun, as it faces south.

Caption For Morfa Nefyn, The Bay 1930

The headland at Porthdinllaen offered a natural anchorage, sheltered from the prevailing south-west winds. This was the only good harbour on the west coast of Lleyn.

Caption For Staplehurst, Village 1903

Staplehurst grew as a result of being on the South Eastern Railway's route from London to Dover.

Caption For Bridport, West Allington 1899

Further along the south side of the street (left of centre) is the Old Inn. West Court is behind the hand-cart.

Caption For Launceston, Castle Entrance C1955

This, the south gate to the castle keep, is today the main entrance, but it is thought that in the castle's heyday the north gate was the main access.

Caption For Welton, The Cross Roads C1955

The parkland of 18th-century Welton Place sweeps south to the north bank of the Grand Union Canal, in its cutting leading to the east portal of the Braunston Tunnel.

Caption For Sheffield, Gleadless Valley 2005

building swept ever outwards, mainly to the north and east of the city centre, the 'scarlet fever' of private red-brick detached and semi-detached houses and bungalows filled the southern, south-western

Caption For Broughton Astley, The Stream C1967

The photograph looks south-east along the culverted stream bordering Station Road, with housing of the 1920s and 30s on the extreme right.

Caption For Langham, The School And School Lane C1950

There are two prominent buildings of quality in the village, firstly the 13th-century parish church of St Peter and St Paul, and Langham Old Hall with its date stone of 1665 built into the south

Caption For South Luffenham, St Mary's Church C1955

Internally, the church has a good late 12th-century north arcade and a later south arcade. The great Gothic Revival architect George Edmund Street (1824-81) restored the building in 1852 and 1861.

Caption For Aylesbury, Narbeth Drive C1965

This took development as far east as the old main road which had turned south to Walton, now marked by King Edward's Avenue.

Caption For Morcombelake, Old Cottages 1904

This discreet little settlement in the parish of Stanton St Gabriel occupies a web of small lanes on the south-facing slopes of Hardown Hill and derives its name from three Old English words: 'mor' (

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road 1904

From the south-east, a look at the Institute, which has now sprouted a clock, put up in 1891 in memory of Thomas Cramp, the town's diarist and total abstainer.

Caption For St Cleer, Church 1906

Inside, the 14th-century north aisle has octagonal granite piers, while the 15th-century south aisle has piers of Polyphant stone with carved capitals.

Caption For Cheam, The Old House C1955

The old Tudor timber-framed cottage formerly stood slightly further to the south, before being purchased by Epsom Rural Council in 1922 when it was dismantled and transferred to this present site.

Caption For Slyne, The Post Office Corner C1955

Slyne, with Hest, also near Lancaster, saw Bonnie Prince Charlie's 1845 army of Scots passing on their way south.

Caption For Newark On Trent, Bridge Street C1955

All survives in Bridge Street, which leads out of the south- east side of the Market Place in the distance.

Caption For West Bay, The Harbour C1955

The view is south-eastwards to the Bay House Cafe and East Cliff (centre).

Caption For Chiddingly, Muddles Green C1955

Half a mile south of the hamlet with the parish church and Chiddingly Place is another small hamlet, Muddles Green, where cottages fringe a small green.