Maps

2,499 maps found.

1921, South Croxton Ref. POP834578
1922, South Denes Ref. POP834598
1923, South Elkington Ref. POP834656
1924, South Elmsall Ref. POP834658
1924, South End Ref. POP834668
1921, South Fambridge Ref. POP834685
1924, South Ferriby Ref. POP834696
1920, South Field Ref. POP834702
1924, South Field Ref. POP834703
1921, South Green Ref. POP834801
1920, South Green Ref. POP834803
1921, South Hanningfield Ref. POP834826
1919, South Hayling Ref. POP834845
1919, South Hill Ref. POP834886
1924, South Lane Ref. POP835002
1919, South Milton Ref. POP835100
1919, South Moreton Ref. POP835121
1923, South Normanton Ref. POP835146
1923, South Owersby Ref. POP835164
1919, South Perrott Ref. POP835189

Books

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Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 131 to 140.

Evacuation At The Time Of The V1 And V2 Attacks On The South East And London

I am adding to my brother's memory written today about our evacuation to North Wales in 1944. A fuller description has been written by myself on BBC North East Wales ...Read more

A memory of Coedpoeth in 1944 by Fred Schofield

Seeking Background Information

In 1839, a family that seemed to include parents and 3 sons, named Fergusson arrived in South Australia. Within a few years they had taken up land near Adelaide and were farming very successfully. One of the 3 sons ...Read more

A memory of Monreith by Lorimer Packer

Wednesbury As A Lad

I have too many memories to many to go into - apprentice Elec; at Patent Shaft steelworks, left Wednesbury aged 20 for 2 years RAF National Service, lived in south Yorkshire since 1954 - think about standing with fire ...Read more

A memory of Wednesbury by George Johnson

Triggered A Few More Memories

Waterloo in the 1940s to 1950s My early memories are of Waterloo where I used to live at Winchester Avenue until 1958. My father died there in 1989. On College Road there were air raid shelters which me and ...Read more

A memory of Waterloo by Graham White

Worthing Front Or Silverstone

In about 1935, when I was 5 years old, my Grandfather used to take us all on gentle rides into the South Downs from his home at 11 Gaisford Road in his circa 1930 Hillman Minx. The beloved Minx was not turbo-charged ...Read more

A memory of Worthing in 1930 by Cedric Marie

St Mary's Church At The Foot Of The Causeway

The church has been extended in recent years by a 'block' (blot?) on the nearest corner of this photo. Although a nice building in its own right it does not fit in with the style of the church. St Mary's ...Read more

A memory of Horsham by M

The 50s And 60s

I lived with my parents,  Ralph and Joan, "Bindy" and sister Judy,  on Birchway, off Ack Lane East, then we moved to 17 Atholl Road.  There were several families with children who my sister and I  spent a lot of time with - Johnny ...Read more

A memory of Bramhall by Richard Caville

Australians On The Cut 1975

Having left Australia on an open-ended working holiday to England in January, 1974 with my girlfriend, it was hard to imagine that within six weeks of arriving in London we'd be living on a leaky old narrow boat ...Read more

A memory of Leighton Buzzard in 1975 by Ross Barnard

Childhood

My father came to Townsend Farm as the tenant in Sept 1940. The farmhouse is shown on the left in the picture titled Townsend. At that time I was only 15 months. My earliest memories are of the later war years. We had evacuees ...Read more

A memory of East Quantoxhead in 1940 by Edwin John Summerhayes

Evac

I was evacuated to Balcombe in 1940 along with the Stanley Technical College pupils from south London. At first, 3 of us were billited at Monks, a large and beautiful home some 3 km out of the village. At that time the Johnston family owned ...Read more

A memory of Balcombe in 1940 by Neville Robinson

Captions

2,444 captions found. Showing results 313 to 336.

Caption For St Neots, From The Air C1955

In around 1910 the Public Rooms on the south of the bridge had been used as a roller skating rink and a few years later as a cinema.

Caption For Daventry, The Canal C1965

A pair of loaded working boats head south on the Grand Union Canal from Braunston Tunnel.

Caption For Pelynt, Church And Village C1955

The impressive Webb's Hotel is a well-known landmark on the south side of The Parade in Liskeard. Sad to say, it is no longer a hotel, and the garage on the right is now a food store.

Caption For Bridport, West Allington 1913

This view is looking north-westwards from the junction with North Allington, at the bottom end of South Street.

Caption For Eckington, Chesterfield Road C1955

Chesterfield Road c1955 Eckington township is situated 6 miles north-east of Chesterfield and 7 miles south-east of Sheffield, and may be the place mentioned in the early 11th- century will of

Caption For Scarborough, Fishing Boats 1890

A row of drifters settled on the South Beach. The sheer volume of boats of all shapes and sizes is staggering. Again, the east coast herring fishing boats are prominent.

Caption For Holywell, The Great Ouse 1914

The village takes its name from the well on the south side of the churchyard. It gained importance from the ferry which it operated over the Ouse to Fen Drayton.

Caption For Sandhurst, Church 1939

An imitation Norman doorway in the porch entrance of the south-west tower may have been based on an original piece.

Caption For Southampton, Above Bar 1900

This photograph, taken in what is known as Above Bar, shows Bargate facing south. There were originally seven gates into Southampton's old walled town.

Caption For Donaghadee, Beach 1897

A view looking south round the sweep of the bay to the little harbour, once used by the mail boats to Portpatrick in Wigtownshire. Boats are drawn up on the pebbled beach, where girls are playing.

Caption For Carbis Bay, Donkeys 1928

Once a common sight on the beaches of the south-west, they have long since disappeared. The distant headland is Godrevy Point, with Godrevy Island just visible to its left.

Caption For Repton, High Street C1950

High Street runs south from the church and is still lined by attractive houses, some timber framed, others in Georgian red brick.

Caption For Preston, Old Tram Bridge 1893

A twelve-mile section from south of the Ribble to near Wigan opened around 1780. In 1800, with the canal at north Preston, the company ran out of money.

Caption For Winster, Main Street C1955

Winster Rocks, also known as Wyns Tor, is an outcrop of Dolomitic limestone to the south of the village, on what is now a long distance footpath known as the Limestone Way.

Caption For Winster, View From The Rocks C1960

Winster Rocks, also known as Wyns Tor, is an outcrop of Dolomitic limestone to the south of the village, on what is now a long distance footpath known as the Limestone Way.

Caption For Rottingdean, The Windmill C1965

This black weatherboarded smock windmill stands in a striking position on the South Downs, overlooking the coastline.

Caption For Kingstown, Queen's Road 1897

A view looking south along Queen's Road, the entrance to the pier is on the left. The church is a well-known landmark for those coming over in the ferry from Holyhead.

Caption For Redditch, Evesham Street C1950

Just a few miles south of the industrial Midlands, Redditch became famous for the manufacture of needles, fishhooks and bicycles.

Caption For Scarborough, 'evening' 1890

There is plenty of activity in the South Bay as fishing boats are prepared for sea.

Caption For Perranporth, The Rocks 1912

The cliffs to the south of Perranporth are riddled with the adits of old mine workings, which followed the rich veins of tin and copper that ran from the granite intrusion of Cligga Head into the surrounding

Caption For Finningley, The Pond C1955

Once many villages were clustered around the village pond, and this shot of Finningley in South Yorkshire shows it was no exception.

Caption For Sprotbrough, The Village C1960

The commanding tower of the village parish church overlooks the quiet South Yorkshire village of Sprotbrough, now divorced from the neighbouring town of Doncaster by the busy A1M motorway.

Caption For Neath, Victoria Gardens 1898

The town has, in fact, a long industrial background: it was once a centre for the production of copper - South Wales's first smelter was built here in 1584.

Caption For Bedford, Castle Close C1960

The garden shown in this photograph was situated in the south-eastern corner of the grounds of Castle Mound.