Maps

9,439 maps found.

1883, Littleton Ref. HOSM51691
1883 - 1884, Camerton Ref. HOSM39909
1882 - 1883, Corston Ref. HOSM41919
1882 - 1883, Wilmington Ref. HOSM64675
1899, Blackrock Ref. RNC642884
1919, Ashgrove Ref. POP627681
1919, Walcot Ref. POP859619
1898-1899, Newbridge Ref. RNC790680
1899, Larkhall Ref. RNC753102
1946, Littleton Ref. NPO758332
1946, Southdown Ref. NPO835533
1946, Townsend Ref. NPO851265
1898, Ridge Ref. RNE816496
1899, Timsbury Ref. RNC848600
1899, Radford Ref. RNC812716
1899, Littleton Ref. RNC758332
1899, Northend Ref. RNC794238
1946, Corston Ref. NPO678148
1898, Littleton Ref. RNE758332
1898, Larkhall Ref. RNE753102

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Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 1,071 to 1,080.

A 'wealden' House Converted To 'continuous Jetty' Type

Interesting photo: this timber-framed building is actually a 'Wealden' converted to 'Continuous Jetty' type. "Towards the close of the 15th century, an entirely new kind of dwelling appeared in ...Read more

A memory of Tenterden by Jonathan Gurr

Post Office And Local People

My husband was stationed at RAF Acklington. I used to collect my marriage allowance at the post office. I recall a VERY cold day waiting for a bus. I had just returned from the heat of the Far East and was unaware how ...Read more

A memory of Red Row in 1959 by Rosemarie Hodge

Amazing Bacton

I am an artist from Belgrade, Serbia and I loved Bacton at the first sight. The most wonderful Christmas of my life was in Bacton! I will never forget it! My friend has lived in Bacton, so I had to see that magic place, Bacton. I ...Read more

A memory of Bacton in 2007 by Dora Zorica Kljajic

One Of My Playgrounds

I lived in Tollers Lane, Old Coulsdon and would regularly go to the Marlpit Lane rec' to play rounders, football and hide and seek around the memorial. There was a hole in the chain-link fence behind the memorial which gave ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon in 1957 by Richard Everest

Horden 1930s

I was born in 1928 at 20, Cotsford Crescent, the third son of a miner William Holmes. All his brothers were miners and myself and my brothers worked underground. I remember Lumleys shop as it was not far away and Mr. Lumley refused to ...Read more

A memory of Horden in 1930 by Albert Holmes

4 The Gap And 7 Parkside

NO 4 THE GAP My memory of Marcham started in 1946-7. My grandmother, Lydia Lawrence, used to live at no 4 The Gap. She was born in Long Wittemham, then she ...Read more

A memory of Marcham in 1946 by Graham Davis

Early Years

I was born 1945 at Mason Green Farm and attended the little school from 1950 until 1954 when my father moved on to other employment away from the area to Furness in north Lancs. My sister Barbara who is 4 years younger than me ...Read more

A memory of Bashall Eaves in 1950 by George Appleton

Calder Farm Roddam

Last year I visited the place in search for memories of my old folks. I came from Argentina, my country, and stayed at Cheviot View B & B run by Dean & Kay Wilkinson, lovely people, located in close by Powburn village. ...Read more

A memory of Roddam in 2000 by Alejandro Bouquet

My Early Days In Romford

I was born in 1929 in my parent's house at 40 Medora Road, adjacent to the old football ground. Any time I hear the Sousa march - 'Liberty Bell' - I am reminded of Saturday there. It was played at the close of every match ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1940 by Geoffrey Styles

Sproul Family

My father, Joseph MacNab Sproul, his brothers, sisters and parents always lived and were born in Washington, they are all gone now and I am trying to find some information on them. My grandparents were Samuel and Ellan, I was told ...Read more

A memory of Washington by John Sproul

Captions

2,645 captions found. Showing results 2,569 to 2,592.

Caption For Newark, The Castle 1895

This photograph shows the north-west wall of the ruined castle towering above the river Trent.

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate 1899

In this delightful and evocative view, we see the north or `top' side of Westgate.

Caption For Ware, Ware Park Sanatorium 1925

Ware Park, rebuilt in the 1880s by William Parker, is located about three-quarters of a mile north-west of Bengeo on the outskirts of Hertford.

Caption For Coity, Castle 1899

Coity Castle stands less than two miles to the north-east of Bridgend. There is a legend of how Payn de Turberville acquired Coity following the Norman conquest of Glamorgan.

Caption For Edgware, George V Memorial Gardens, Canon's Park C1955

The present building on its site, now the North London Collegiate School, dates from 1910, and it is difficult to say with absolute certainty whether any of the original fabric is incorporated in the structure

Caption For Lyme Regis, Victoria Pier 1912

This view is north-eastwards to Black Ven (top left), Charmouth and Cain's Folly (centre right).

Caption For High Wycombe, The Abbey 1906

To the north of the town, Crendon Lane was gated near where the station now is, and a track wended its way towards Amersham over Wycombe Heath, an area infested by highwaymen.

Caption For London, The Old Curiosity Shop C1875

This caused the Sardinian Chapel to be moved several hundred yards north.

Caption For London, Old Curiosity Shop C1950

This caused the Sardinian Chapel to be moved several hundred yards north.

Caption For St Ives, The Broadway 1901

On the left is the North Hunts Constitutional Club, now the offices of Ewing Reeson, photographer.

Caption For Worthing, South Street 1899

An 1821 Act of Parliament specified financial limits within which Worthing Town Commissioners could purchase land to erect a building to hold their meetings and provide and maintain a town clock.

Caption For Stourport On Severn, River Severn And Bridge C1955

Wood Green Farm still cultivates acres of pasture on the north bank of the Severn as far as Burlish Top, but changes came about after World War II.

Caption For Kippax, The Leeds Road C1960

To transport the huge coal output, the North Eastern Railway ran the line to nearby Castleford from 1878.

Caption For Stonyhurst, The College 1899

The house, which was at one time the largest building in the north of England, was built by Sir Nicolas Sherburn (Shirburn) around 1690.

Caption For Wetherby, Market Place 1909

The playground was the street, with the girls allowed on the south side, the boys on the north side near the Black Bull.

Caption For Glasgow, The Stock Exchange 1897

Victorian Glasgow may have been a parvenu compared with Edinburgh, with its ancient history as Scotland's capital and its 18th-century reputation as the Athens of the North, but Glasgow's unparalleled

Caption For Thorp Arch, Church 1893

To the north of the village is the massive Thorp Arch industrial estate, developed during the war as a munitions factory directly on the Wetherby to Church Fenton railway line.

Caption For Glastonbury, The Abbey, St Joseph's Chapel 1927

This photograph is a good general view of the chapel looking from the north-west.

Caption For Binfield, All Saint's Church C1955

Victorian iron screens are on the west, north and south of the chancel.

Caption For London, The Old Curiosity Shop 2003

This caused the Sardinian Chapel to be moved several hundred yards north.

Caption For Southsea, South Parade Pier 1892

In the meantime, development, in the main of a residential nature, continued to spread north and east across Portsea Island.

Caption For Caister On Sea, The Castle 1908

The man in the skiff is floating on the tranquil moat, which is said to have once been connected to the Yare and then the North Sea.

Caption For Swindon, Town Station 1961

During both World Wars this vitally important strategic route carried an immense amount of military traffic north and south.

Caption For Southsea, The Promenade 1892

In the meantime, development, in the main of a residential nature, continued to spread north and east across Portsea Island.