Maps

2,499 maps found.

1899, Berwick Ref. RNC639229
1899, Bibstone Ref. RNC639561
1901-1904, Biddick Hall Ref. RNC639672
1905-1906, Bogend Ref. RNC645135
1904-1905, Brocketsbrae Ref. RNC651334
1898-1899, Hawkesbury Ref. RNC728820
1899, Heath End Ref. RNC730019
1904-1906, Heathfield Ref. RNC730273
1901-1904, Hebburn Ref. RNC730398
1901-1903, High Shields Ref. RNC733486
1899, Frampton Cotterell Ref. RNC709059
1899, Frampton End Ref. RNC709062
1899, Frenchay Ref. RNC709279
1899, Frogland Cross Ref. RNC709661
1905-1906, Frognal Ref. RNC709695
1904-1905, Glespin Ref. RNC716621
1899, Easter Compton Ref. RNC698218
1904-1905, Edmonston Ref. RNC699375
1904-1905, Elsrickle Ref. RNC701050
1899, Engine Common Ref. RNC701354

Books

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Memories

1,578 memories found. Showing results 961 to 970.

Woodlea Drive, Bromley. '50s/'60s.

I lived at 42, Woodlea Drive from the age of 9 until 18 when we moved in 1963. My dad bought the plot and we used to visit it regularly until the house was completed, and we moved in. Our house was at the top of the ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1954 by Nigel Hurley

Denham Court

I was also in Denham Court for about a year in 1960. I remember Mr Hill. I actually enjoyed my time there. My dad had died and my Mum was in hospital for a long time. Coming from South London, I found the freedom and grounds of the ...Read more

A memory of Denham in 1960 by Brian Keating

Irby

I moved to Irby in 1957 and remember the sandstone cottage that was there before the library. I think a lovely girl called Prudence Cottrell lived there and she had a strawberry roan pony that was always in the garden. Mrs Matthews had the ...Read more

A memory of Irby in 1959 by Susan Reid Povall

Evacuees

Hi Fellow Evacuee! My mother and 6 brothers and sisters were evacuated to Gilfach Goch from South London. I was aged 7 when we first arrived. We were separated into different families. I stayed with my mum, at Mrs John, who we all ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1940 by Martin Jordan

The Broadway 1979 1980

I was born in the house on South Avenue that my mum lived her entire life in until her death in 2006, I vividly remember a few shops on the Broadway from this period, including Safeway (now a small arcade. A short way along ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Neil Emery

Childhood In Abercwmboi

I was born in Abercwmboi in 1954 but my parents moved south in 1956. We returned there several times every year, staying with my grandparents Eddie and Sue Milton at 39 Bronnallt Terrace every Christmas and again for ...Read more

A memory of Abercwmboi in 1959 by Pauline Lucas Milton

It's All Chicken Feed!

Hello all, my name is Robin Harries, and in 1965 I was a teenager. Mr Moore (I think Len was his name) used to drive the Ford van and deliver to our farm (which was Cwmdraw Farm) with the chicken feed. He was a lovely ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith in 1965 by Robin Harries

Childhood

My sister and I and our older brother, who did not survive, were born at 175 Hursley Road in the 1940s. The house is still standing and is now owned by Draper's Tools. We drove by on a cold, damp late October day in 2008 and ...Read more

A memory of Chandler's Ford in 1940 by Valerie Cranmer

Bristol At Sea

Over a thousand years ago Bristol's harbour developed around the lowest bridging point of the River Avon. The exceptional tidal range of the Severn Estuary and Avon carried laden ships into the city and scoured the river of ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Crystal Radio In Chingford.

Back in the early 1950s my girlfriend lived in South Chingford. I'd stay with her and her parents for a weekend every 8 weeks when I got a pass home from the Hydro Electric Construction job in Scotland. Often we'd ...Read more

A memory of South Lambeth in 1950 by Denman Lalonde

Captions

2,476 captions found. Showing results 2,305 to 2,328.

Caption For Newlands Corner, 1922

This is one of the county's most famous beauty spots on the crest of the North Downs, providing breathtaking views across the Weald to the South Downs and Littlehampton, and into Sussex from its height

Caption For Guisborough, Priory Gardens 1899

Here we see the priory ruins viewed from the south as in the view of 1885; but by the time of this photograph, Margaret, later first Lady Gisborough, along with her head gardener, Kew-trained

Caption For Walkern, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin C1960

The church stands on a slight mound to the north-east where it is safe from damage, although photographs of flooding show water lapping up against the path leading to the south porch.

Caption For Lancaster, Castle Warden, John O'gaunt's Chair 1927

The only Norman parts of today’s church are the stones used in the re-building of the south doorway.

Caption For Lancaster, Parish Church, King's Own Memorial Chapel 1927

The only Norman parts of today's church are the stones used in the re-building of the south doorway.

Caption For Swindon, Bridge Street C1955

The View South-East This view is little changed from S254006 (previous page).

Caption For Bedford, Town Bridge C1955

In one form or another is has stood on the site for centuries; it carries the main road from the south; it is a symbol of the involvement by the town's citizens with their river.

Caption For Hampstead, Heath From Parliament Hill 1898

The Heath, extending from Kenwood House in the north to an area around Parliament Hill in the south, occupies some 800 acres; it has been popular with artists and authors (and the Gordon Rioters) since

Caption For Kings Norton, The Church Of St John The Baptist C1955

From the south the full beauty of the church can be seen as it floats above the fields.

Caption For Rugby, School House C1955

By 1740 the original premises were very dilapidated; the Manor House at the south end of High Street was purchased for £1,000 to provide a new Master's House.

Caption For Liverpool, The Overhead Railway 1895

Here we have a close-up view of the Overhead Railway, which ran from north to south in the city and yet did not hold up traffic going down to the Pier Head.

Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill 1897

The main street of Allington village (bottom left) leads into this panorama of Bridport, looking south-east from the town's open country, with St Swithun's Church the prominent building (centre right).

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1897

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

Caption For Preston, New Road 1924

Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.

Caption For Plymouth, Drake's Statue 1930

SIR DRAKE, whome well the world's ends knewe Which thou didst compasse rounde: And whome both poles of Heaven ons saw, Which North and South do bound : The starrs above will make thee known,

Caption For Manchester, Eye Hospital 1889

The Eye Hospital movement had started in King Street as a public charity in 1815; by 1840 the hospital had moved twice and settled at No 3 South Parade, and were treating around 3,000 out-patients per

Caption For Houghton, The Village 1914

Running parallel to the south of the road, the Great Ouse meanders between the two towns, and Houghton took advantage of both road and waterborne trade.

Caption For Ware, New Road 1925

At the south end of New Road were shops, stores and businesses, including F Cutmore, sanitary engineer, decorator and undertaker.

Caption For Royston, Parish Church C1965

Some of the original small lancet windows and the early south aisle timber roof are still visible.

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road C1965

Within five years his business had outgrown his premises; this prompted his move into South Road, where he described the business as 'a cabinet maker and furniture warehouse'.

Caption For Cheam, The Lumley Chapel, Interior 1890

The carved alabaster tomb of the first Lady Lumley, who died in 1592, dominates this view of the chapel's south side.

Caption For Swindon, The White Hart, Oxford Road C1950

The original inn stood on the opposite side of the road, on the south- western corner of what is now the busy Oxford road into Swindon.

Caption For Bransgore, The Crown Inn C1960

It employed 600 staff in and around Romsey, and its bitter appeared in almost every pub in the south of England. Strong's was taken over by Whitbread in 1969 and ceased trading in 1979.

Caption For Preston, New Post Office 1903

The original Preston Post Office had been at the south end of Wide Shambles in a building leaning on the side of the shambles.