Maps

2,499 maps found.

1919, Kingswood Ref. POP748289
1919, Kington Ref. POP748327
1919, Nibley Ref. POP792168
1919, North Corner Ref. POP793094
1919, Nupdown Ref. POP795009
1919, Hill Ref. POP734822
1919, Latteridge Ref. POP753249
1919, Alveston Ref. POP624726
1919, Wapley Ref. POP860418
1919, Warmley Tower Ref. POP860828
1925, West Boldon Ref. POP863743
1919, Willsbridge Ref. POP870694
1919, Woodhouse Down Ref. POP873413
1925, West Park Ref. POP864822
1919, Whiteshill Ref. POP869118
1919, Upper Hill Ref. POP857456
1946, Bradley Stoke Ref. NPO647960
1946, Dyer's Common Ref. NPO696118
1946, Dyrham Ref. NPO696352
1946, East End Ref. NPO697168

Books

23 books found. Showing results 2,113 to 23.

Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 881 to 890.

Tattenham Corner In The 1950,S

I use to live along Epsom Lane North Known as the switchback to locals because of the dips up and down in the road, my father bought South Tadworth along there , where I grew up from 1940 to 1957 when I got married. I ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by junesaunders

Portwood Memories

I have vivid memories of the slippery rock in Vernon Park. Other memories from the park were, the bench in the shelter at the lower entrance, I used to run around on top of the bench. The rhodedendron bushes, they were great for ...Read more

A memory of Stockport by lcwood

Swindon 1957 To 1966

We moved to Swindon in 1957 from London (Wimbledon, actually) when my dad, a skilled engineer, got a job at Vickers Armstrongs at South Marston, with a brand new council house thrown in. In those post-war austerity days there was ...Read more

A memory of Swindon by besafisher

The "Brackston" Family

Good morning. I'm researching my family history and have census records of unknown date (possibly1880's) in which Rosina (Rosenna??????) Brackston (38) wife of Uriah, a gardener (41) have a daughter Rosina (16) who was a silk ...Read more

A memory of Croscombe by bracky

Watching Brentford Playing Football 60years Ago.

I have only just found this site for sharing your memories of days long gone by, I used to live at No 30 Coningsby Rd South Ealing W5, we lived in 3 rooms upstairs in this house until my dad was given ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by wrgbuck69

My Early Days In Hackney

Hi , My name is Vic Ballard , I was brought up by my Grandparents from 1942 and lived next door to Cassland Rd school which later became my secondary school , my first school was Orchard Rd at the end of Cassland Rd and ...Read more

A memory of South Hackney by vickyb60

Sidcup In The 1960s

I lived in Sidcup asa child up to the age of 11, moving away from the area in 1970. I went to Days Lane Primary School. I don’t remember there being a high street as such but a row of shops I do remember which included a ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup by lizjeffries

The 11 Plus And Ramsey Abbey Grammar School

I wrote the 11 plus exam in Woodhurst in about 1949 and passed! Miracles will never cease! The school bus didn't come into Woodhurst so we rode our bicycles to Oldhurst, parked them in the garage there ...Read more

A memory of Ramsey by hamishg

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 2,113 to 2,136.

Caption For Arundel, Ford Road 1908

In late Victorian times the town expanded south-west.

Caption For Bothenhampton, The Village 1904

Another of the surrounding parishes into which Bridport borough expanded, Bothenhampton lies to the south-east, with a deep-cut village street which has left a dense cluster of terraces standing on

Caption For Quernmore, The Crossroads C1955

The village of Quernmore is three miles south-east of Lancaster. Quernmore Park Hall lies just over a mile north of the village.

Caption For Frimley, Frimley Street C1955

This is one of the pubs along the A322 at the south end of Bisley's village green.

Caption For Holmbury St Mary, Post Office C1965

Instead, he took his camera down Pitland Street to the south.

Caption For Marden, High Street C1955

Marden lies nine miles south of Maidstone. In this quintessential village scene, we see the village bobby standing next to the red telephone box, with a café selling ice creams behind.

Caption For Bedford, Bromham Bridge 1897

The attractive village of Bromham is now bypassed, so the old bridge over the Great Ouse is mercifully much quieter than it was a few years ago.

Caption For Stratton, The Church 1893

Note how the 14th century north arcade of Polyphant stone contrasts with the more lofty granite south arcade which was built a century later.

Caption For Northleach, Market Square C1950

The half-timbered Kings Head inn in the background recalls the coaching age: Northleach was on the main London, Oxford, Gloucester and South Wales road (the main A40 road now by-passes the

Caption For Headcorn, The Village 1903

On the south side of the street are several half-timbered houses of notable quality, with Shakespeare House and its prominent gable, and the Chequers Inn, both very evident.

Caption For Newport Pagnell, Swan Hotel 1956

The parish church is just south of the High Street - we can see its tower (centre left).

Caption For Barrow Upon Soar, High Street C1965

The camera looks north-south along the High Street as it crosses the Leicester to Nottingham railway, and at a not unattractive group of houses and shops ranging in date from the 18th

Caption For Nottingham, Trent Bridge C1950

Originally the town extended only as far as the River Leen, but during the 19th century it advanced south across The Meadows to the River Trent.

Caption For Nottingham, Chapel Bar C1950

In the distance is South Parade and Old Market Square.

Caption For Borrowdale, The Hotel C1870

This very early postcard view of the Borrowdale Hotel, with Grange Crags behind, shows the Lake District as it was before the tourist invasion really took hold.The traffic-free minor road meanders south

Caption For Southampton, Westgate 1908

Westgate, dating back to the 14th century, provides access to the south-west corner of the old walled town.

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 Barrow Upon Soar, High Street C1965

The camera looks north-south along the High Street as it crosses the Leicester to Nottingham railway, and at a not unattractive group of houses and shops ranging in date from the 18th

Caption For Caernarfon, Castle From The Ferry C1890

Here we get a good view of the banded masonry along the south front. Inspired by the Theodosian Wall at Constantinople, its use at Caernarvon was deliberate and designed to impress.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1897

On the south side of this view is the London House store of house furnishers Walter Baker Northover and Son. Colmer's Hill is the distinctive distant hilltop(centre).

Caption For Sutton, High Street 1902

Although the railway station opened in 1847 some 200 yards south of the Cock Hotel crossroads, development did not really get under way here until the Epsom Downs line opened in 1865, and new station

Caption For Rickmansworth, Moor Park 1897

Moor Park was built in the 1720s for the banker and South Sea Bubble profiteer Benjamin Styles.

Caption For Amersham On The Hill, Sycamore Road C1955

This view is at the junction of Woodside and Rickmansworth Roads and looks south-west towards Oakfield Corner.

Caption For Chiddingly, The Village C1955

South-east of East Hoathly lies the large scattered parish of Chiddingly, a typical rolling Wealden-edge village composed of scattered hamlets, farmsteads and woodland.