Maps

181,006 maps found.

1895, Timsbury Ref. HOSM61903
1891, Edgeside Ref. HOSM38308
1891, Cloughfold Ref. HOSM41298
1887, Greytree Ref. HOSM47113
1887, Peterstow Ref. HOSM56654
1896, Nuthampstead Ref. HOSM55484
1886, Orwell Ref. HOSM55813
1886, Bretford Ref. HOSM38813
1903, Cathiron Ref. HOSM40360
1882, Armitage Ref. HOSM36315
1894, Ruislip Ref. HOSM35132
1897, Aston Ref. HOSM36551
1899, Rushden Ref. HOSM35134
1910, Llangynhafal Ref. HOSM51913
1908, Northiam Ref. HOSM55360
1896, Debden Ref. HOSM43040
1896, Hempstead Ref. HOSM48114
1901, Hinxton Ref. HOSM48737
1901, Ickleton Ref. HOSM49256
1896, Wimbish Ref. HOSM64794

Books

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Memories

29,016 memories found. Showing results 1,481 to 1,490.

Growing Up In Wandsworth

As a young schoolboy I lived in Wandle House off Garrett Lane which was owned by Peabody estates at that time. So, taking a walk from there, I can remember the rag and bone carts passing on their way home to the other ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1960 by Brian Parkinson

Mitcham

Great site, brings back a number of memories. I went to Bond Road School in 1962ish with my twin brother Robert. We left at about 1970 and went Alphea in Merton before going on to Pollards Hill High School. Mitcham has changed so much, who ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Desmond Stevens

Living In The Cpa Mill On Commercial Road, Godley.

I lived in the CPA or Calico Printers Association mill for about 12 years, where my dad was a foreman who worked in the batiks for many years. We had a huge flat which was knocked down many years ago. ...Read more

A memory of Hyde in 1963 by Stephen Durr

W & C French Contractors

This is a Memory Without Evidence. In 1984 I visited my childhood home, "Ivy Cottage" no 58 Epping New Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex. The cottage, in poor condition, was still being lived in. The contractors yard was ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1984 by Denman Lalonde

Playing In Salford

I was born in Salford in 1954, except for a brief spell of 4 years in Newton Heath in the late fifties, I have lived there ever since. When I was 11 years old my friend and I were playing digging on the old nursery croft on ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1964 by Tommy Loomes

51 Hempstead Street

I was born in Dover, but my mum was Welsh and we moved back to her home town when I was small. However, every year we would visit my dad's relatives in Kent (mainly Ashford). My Auntie Nell ran a flower shop here and I remember ...Read more

A memory of Ashford in 1955

Dochgarroch

I started my schooling at Dochgarroch in 1952. There were two teachers, Miss Melville who taught the 5 to 8 year olds and the Headmistress who taught from 8 years old until we left to go to Secondary School. The Headmistress was ...Read more

A memory of Dochgarroch in 1952 by Andy Kennedy

Tarentella Coffee Bar Happy Memories

I met my husband of 41 years back in the 60's, I lived in Shirley, a very new housing estate then, called Shrublands. We used to ride around Croydon and Norbury on his scooter and often visited the Tarentella ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1963 by Christine Weeks/ Nee Cox

Greenford Gardens

We moved to 1 Greenford Gardens in 1936 from Northolt; it was a great place to grow up. Spent most of the time in Ravenor Park playing football/cricket, went to Bethams then Costons Junior with Mr Blount the Headmaster who ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1940 by John Meade

Patricroft, Liverpool Road.

Just over the bridge at approx 112 Liverpool Rd use to be a grocers shop which Joseph Schofield ran. He was Mayor of Eccles in 1904-06 approx and is my Great Uncle. Also attended the Whit Walks where we walked from ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft by Lynette Foster

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 3,553 to 3,576.

Caption For Nantwich, Parish Church, The Choir 1898

This photograph, looking west from the altar, gives a good impression of one of the glories of Nantwich's church – the wonderful carving detail in the choir.

Caption For Windermere, From Biskey Howe 1887

The rocky knoll of Biskey Howe, rising abruptly above the built-up area of Bowness, has long been a favourite viewpoint – from here a large proportion of the lake is visible.

Caption For Windermere, Rigg's Hotel 1929

It stands on the north side of what is now the main A591, opposite the railway station.

Caption For St Austell, Fore Street 1920

Towards the west end of Fore Street, a gilded glass sign advertises Hepworths the tailors beyond Reuben Rogers` grocery stores (right).

Caption For Troutbeck, The Village C1880

The name of this small settlement on the slopes of Wansfell Pike between Windermere and the Kirkstone Pass means exactly what it says - 'the trout stream' - and it stands above a stream with the same name

Caption For Troutbeck, The Valley C1880

The Troutbeck valley is one of the quietest in the Lake District, and in this view, taken from the old coach route between Windermere and Penrith, the essentially rural nature of much of the district

Caption For London, The House Of Lords 1901

The chamber of the House of Lords is prepared for Edward VII's first state opening of Parliament. The throne on the right is for Queen Alexandra.

Caption For Woburn, Bedford Street C1955

Note the traditional checkerboard brickwork on the cottages to the right, which also appear to have been the subject of some infill building since the 18th century.

Caption For Lincoln, Monks Abbey 1890

This rural scene, about a mile east of the city centre along Monks Road, is now much changed.

Caption For Weybridge, St Charles's Church Interior 1904

This is the interior of the 1881 addition to St Charles Borromeo church; the pictures on the walls show the stations of the cross.

Caption For Grangetown, Bolckow Road C1960

Bolckow Road was the busy commercial centre of the Grangetown community, as we can see here from the wide selection of local shops and the parish church of St Matthew in the centre.

Caption For Warrington, Park Gates 1901

Councillor Frederick Monks of the Monks Hall Iron Foundry presented the Town Hall Gates to Warrington on Walking Day, 28 June 1895.

Caption For Warrington, Sankey Street C1955

Warston Pictures proudly presents 'My Six Convicts' at its Cameo Cinema on the corner of Springfield Street, opposite Bank House (right.)

Caption For Fylingdales, Early Warning System C1960

The gigantic white 'golf balls' of the Fylingdales Early Warning System were a landmark on the eastern side of the North York Moors National Park for many years, before being replaced in the 1990s with

Caption For Bath, London Road 1907

Continue east along London Road to Beaufort Buildings West and East, long gently curving terraces of 1791 to 1815.

Caption For Batheaston, Stambridge C1960

Further downhill, at Fiveways, the road on the right is Fosse Lane. Here the Roman Fosse Way climbs out of the Avon valley to cross Banner Down on its way to Cirencester, the Roman town of Corinium.

Caption For Ramsey, High Street C1955

Ramsey attained early importance with the foundation of its abbey in 969. It survived for around five hundred years until Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century.

Caption For Troutbeck, The Valley C1880

The Troutbeck valley is one of the quietest in the Lake District, and in this view, taken from the old coach route between Windermere and Penrith, the essentially rural nature of much of the district can

Caption For Frome, Orchardleigh Park 1964

The last of the Champneys family, Sir Thomas Mostyn, made many alterations to the park including the creation of the lake and a moat around the church.

Caption For Galway, Beach C1955

A view of one of the beaches which look out over Galway Bay to County Clare and the limestone landscape of the Burren.

Caption For Rugby, Caldecott Park C1960

OPENED in 1904, Caldecott Park was designed by Mr Edward Thomas of Aughton, Lancashire, who won £20 for his plan (a triangular park with a large clump of trees in the centre) in a newspaper competition

Caption For Keighley, From Parish Church C1900

The industrial and commercial parts of the town co-existed in a very confined space. The mill chimneys were an ever-present reminder of the source of the family's wagepacket.

Caption For Clitheroe, The Castle 1927

The death of Henry I in 1135 saw England torn apart by civil war.

Caption For Godalming, High Street 1895

Here we have a splendidly detailed view of Godalming's High Street towards the end of the Victorian era.