Maps

1,651 maps found.

1899, West End Ref. HOSM40557
1884, West End Ref. HOSM57552
1895, West End Ref. HOSM63913
1887, West End Ref. HOSM52467
1896, West End Ref. RNE864034
1898, West End Ref. RNE864036
1898, West End Ref. RNE864042
1897, West End Ref. RNE864057
1897, West End Ref. RNE864058
1895, West End Ref. RNE864060
1903, West End Ref. RNC864037
1922, West End Ref. POP864076
1921, West End Ref. POP864085
1924, West End Ref. POP864042
1921, West End Ref. POP864047
1919, West End Ref. POP864065
1919, West End Ref. POP864067
1947, West End Ref. NPO864030
1947, West End Ref. NPO864044
1946, West End Ref. NPO864054

Books

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Memories

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Brigham Church

Brigham is a village a couple of miles west of Cockermouth. Much of the church at Brigham is Norman, dating to 1080 and has connections to the Wordsworth family. At the time the church was built Cockermouth was ...Read more

A memory of Brigham by Alan Doggart

The Steel Houses

Having lived in Brymbo in a very damp two up two down house in 'The Green' my parents were 'over the moon' to be given a new three bedroomed house; 23, Bryn Hedd, Southsea, (which means peaceful hill) became their home for ...Read more

A memory of Southsea in 1950 by Ken Edwards

Early Memories

My birth on 30 Nov 1946 at 34 Oldberry Road, Burnt Oak, is where it all started for me, but my mother & her parents moved into the house when it was built for the LCC. She's 89 now, but recalls that she, as a 9-yr-old in 1928, ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1946 by Anthony Kerrison

17 Years At West Tilbury

My husband and I moved to a bungalow on the Muckingford Road, West Tilbury in 1972. It was bought from Mrs. Jones (wid). We kept various animals, ducks, geese, chickens, horses and pigeons. We lived there for 17 years when we sold so that we could start our own business. Alma Bacon

A memory of West Tilbury in 1972 by alma

Wonderful Memories

What an unexpected pleasure it was stumbling quite by accident upon this website this evening! I was born in Croydon in 1948 and lived in West Croydon till 1955. I have very vivid memories of the high street, even of being ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1954 by Yvonne Kolessides

The Slate Islands Easdale

                                                  THE SLATE ISLANDS                                                         By Walter Deas Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old ...Read more

A memory of Easdale in 2005 by Walter Deas

My Apprentice Days With Northmet Electricity (Eeb)

I was born in Elmgrove Crescent Harrow in 1933 and lived in Pinner Road North Harrow, moving to Wealdstone in 1934. I started at Bridge Scool in 1938 and followed on to Belmont Sec. Modern School ...Read more

A memory of Kenton in 1948 by Brian Grainge

Lawrence And Peggy Berg

My uncle Lawrence married Peggy Smurthwaite in about 1935 and took over the Hinchley Wood Hotel. It was already well-known to him and his brother, Ellis, because he was a partner in the building firm E & L Berg ...Read more

A memory of Hinchley Wood in 1930 by Ellis Berg

Chippenham Swimming Pool

I was about 12 when the pool opened and what excitement it brought to us kids of Chippenham. I learnt to swim their with my friends (Margaret Ritchie, Jean West etc. and many more). I remember the bank being covered in ...Read more

A memory of Chippenham in 1961 by Sheila Dawn Robbins

Cream Tea Festival In Paignton

Saturday, April 19th was "Morris Day" on Paignton Green and a celebration of all things Morris. More than 150 Morris dancers from all over the country demonstrated this traditional and colourful form of folk dancing ...Read more

A memory of Paignton in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

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Captions

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Caption For Pwllheli, The Promenade 1921

The grand old West End Hotel looks out over the promenade and Cardigan Bay at Marian-y-mor. The seafront terrace, West End Parade, was built in the late 19th century.

Caption For Morecambe, The West End Pier 1896

In 1896, Morecambe opened a second pier, known as West End Pier, which is the one we see here in our picture.

Caption For Durham, The Cathedral From Observatory Hill 1918

The long, battlemented single-storey building immediately in front of the west towers is the Galilee Chapel, built by Bishop Hugh Le Puiset, who was known more affectionately as Bishop Pudsey (1153-1195

Caption For Ely, The Cathedral C1878

The west end. The porch is known as the Galilee porch, so called because as Galilee was the furthest place in the Holy Land from Bethlehem, so too is the west porch furthest from the altar.

Caption For Plymouth, The Guildhall 1889

The fine tower at the west end of St Andrew's, built by Thomas Yogge in 1481 and now housing a peal of ten bells, used to look out over Guildhall Square, which is now a car park.

Caption For Brighton, West Pier 1902

West Pier, now sadly derelict and awaiting restoration, was enlarged at the seaward end in 1890 to accommodate a larger pavilion.

Caption For Rode, Village C1960

Rode church is at the south-east end of the village, the bulk of which is to the north-west towards the River Frome. This view was taken from the south-west.

Caption For Sherborne, The Village C1960

Sherborne Park separated the village into east and west ends back in the 14th century, but there is a uniformity throughout of well restored cottages, fronted by long well stocked gardens and bounded by

Caption For New Rossington, The Colliery, West End Lane C1955

The winding gear and smoke-belching chimney of the colliery dominate the end of the council houses of West End Lane, New Rossington, at a time when coal was still king in South Yorkshire.

Caption For St Leonards On Sea, Parade And Sussex Hotel 1890

It is still to some extent separate from Hastings, and certainly still that town's genteel 'west end', although the modern town has engulfed Burton's original development.

Caption For Skelton, The Village C1955

The west end of Skelton is laid out around a central green area, on which is located the war memorial.

Caption For Durham, The Cathedral 1892

The nave, transepts and the four west choir bays were built between 1093 and 1133; Bishop Hugh Pudsey added the Galilee Chapel at the western end in 1175; the two west towers were built between

Caption For Andover, Views From Iron Bridge 1908

Returning to the west end of the bridge, a most dramatic view of Andover was to be seen over Micheldever Road in 1908. Today, raw chalk has been conquered by soft greenery, obscuring the town.

Caption For Pembridge, C1955

The building on the left is the appropriately named Westend Cottage which was built in the 17th century.

Caption For Farnham, West Street 1899

Farnham's long main street, with West Street at one end and East Street at the other and the Borough between, lies along an ancient route.

Caption For Skelton, West End C1955

The west end of Skelton is laid out around a central green area, on which is located the war memorial.

Caption For Wroxham, The Church 1921

St Mary's church is now approached through a housing estate, but is well worth a visit to admire the magnificent Norman doorway as well as the contrasting simple but lovely modern screen at the west end

Caption For Ashover, Eastwood Grange C1955

Nether End c1955 Baslow, situated 8 miles west of Chesterfield and 12 miles south of Sheffield, was once a part of the parish of Bakewell, but became independent in July 1869, taking with it

Caption For Hinderwell, West End C1960

This shows a pretty view of the west end of Hinderwell.

Caption For Haddenham, West End C1950

Driving through West End, the visitor is reminded of the Dutch engineers who were brought over to work on the fenland drainage and for whom some of the terraced cottages were built.

Caption For Cape Cornwall, 1890

Cornwall's only cape lies almost as far west as Land's End; lacking any tourist apparatus, it is a beautiful and quiet headland.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Beach And Burton Cliff 2003

Here we see National Trust shingle and cliffs at the end of Beach Road, with the buildings (top right) comprising the Burton Cliff Hotel.

Caption For West Hanney, Eddins Pond C1955

The route turns west, and passes through East Hanney to West Hanney, a village with two parallel lanes and a small green at the east end.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, St James' Cathedral Church 1922

Here we see the west end of the cathedral; Robert Lofts, decorators and plumbers, beyond, is now the cathedral shop.