Maps

181,006 maps found.

1880, Lostford Ref. HOSM52350
1902, Hallaton Ref. HOSM47399
1902, Welham Ref. HOSM63639
1899, Wilbarston Ref. HOSM64596
1886, Hatton Ref. HOSM47814
1886, Howsham Ref. HOSM49057
1886, Kingthorpe Ref. HOSM50228
1886, Legsby Ref. HOSM51047
1887, Rothwell Ref. HOSM58139
1887, Thoresway Ref. HOSM61590
1886, Usselby Ref. HOSM63132
1899, Axford Ref. HOSM36619
1899, Manton Ref. HOSM53195
1899, Oare Ref. HOSM55626
1899, Durley Ref. HOSM58685
1886, Martock Ref. HOSM34896
1923, Crosby Ref. HOSM42382
1879, Crich Ref. HOSM42350
1879, Farley Ref. HOSM45153
1897, Mayfield Ref. HOSM34901

Books

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Memories

29,016 memories found. Showing results 1,691 to 1,700.

A Happy Childhood

I lived in Jubilee Cottages in Nethercote with mum and dad. My dad, Charlie Wilson, collected milk from the farms in the area, his lorry being based at Swepstone Dairy. Mum, Florence, worked in the dairy making Stilton ...Read more

A memory of Newton Burgoland in 1955 by Christine Mattinson Ne Wilson

More Of Enfield

Swimming at the open air pool was so compulsory at George Spicer and then Kingsmead schools but then we grew a little and in the holidays worked at Pearsons and danced at the Court above Burtons in the market square. Those days it ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1970 by Gordon Thompson

Bicycles And A Happy Hunting Ground.

Being the offspring of parents otherwise engaged, and only partially supervised by a succession of Nannies, whose only concern was that we should be clean and respectably dressed when we got up to mischief, ...Read more

A memory of New Milton in 1950 by Roger Williams

Hazel Slade House Racing Stables

I was an apprentice jockey with master Robert Charles Ward from 1954 to 1960, then I went in the Forces, then I emigrated to Australia and now live in Victoria, in Langwarrin. With reference to Mrs Gillian ...Read more

A memory of Hednesford in 1954 by Clive Brookes

Royal Liverpool Childrens Hospital

I lived in Heswall from 1952 until 1966. In the spring of 1964, myself and number of my chums were asked to convert an old ship's lifeboat, which had been placed in the garden to the rear of the hospital, into a ...Read more

A memory of Heswall by Mike Howard

Boddington School Maureen Simpson.

I attended the school from 1946-1951. The teacher at first was Miss Semper, who I do not remember too well. After her came Mrs. Pat Bishop, who was a lovely lady, she and her husband lived in the school ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boddington in 1946 by Maureen Tuffin

Waterman's Almhouses

As a small child, I lived in Beckenham, and we used visit my grandmother who lived in a flat in Queen Adelaide Court. From her lounge window we could see the Almshouses. At that age I did not have any real understanding of what ...Read more

A memory of Penge in 1965 by Max Latter

Pig Sty Peache Road

I'm not sure of the year, but a pig sty used to stand where there are now flats on the left hand side of Peache Road on the corner going towards Downend. I used to hear the pigs squealing when I was quite ...Read more

A memory of Downend by Julie Mainstone Smith

Terrible Place

I lived and went to school in Shotton Colliery, and hated the place. Luckily I realised that living there was not for me, so at the age of 16 I joined the RAF and was posted to Wiltshire, clean air, beautiful rolling downs, ...Read more

A memory of Shotton Colliery in 1950 by Edward Falcus

I Lived Opposite When Fort House Was Bombed

I remember seeing the house before and after the bomb struck. The front of the house was demolished leaving just the front of the ground and first floor hanging there. At the time I lived opposite and the upper floors of our home collapsed as well.

A memory of Gravesend in 1945 by Janet Church

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 4,057 to 4,080.

Caption For Ipswich, St Stephen's Lane 1921

It is three years after World War I, and a packet of ten Wills cigarettes can be bought in this tobacconists for 3d (three old pence).

Caption For Gloucester, Hooper Monument 1891

Contemporary reports of Bishop Hooper's execution refer to his tongue sticking out of his mouth after his forty-five minutes of agony, as if he was still trying to speak just one last word.

Caption For Plymouth, George Street 1889

Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.

Caption For Whiteparish, The Church C1955

The church was built in 1841-45 by Thomas Henry Wyatt and D Brandon for the Rt Hon Sir Sidney Herbert, Secretary of War, a member of the Earl of Pembroke's family.

Caption For London, Elephant And Castle 1885

This crowded region south of the river was once the heart of London cockney life.

Caption For London, St Paul's 1890

This panoramic vista of the City and St Paul's was probably taken from the southern tip of Southwark Bridge.

Caption For Llanfoist, The Boathouse On Canal 1893

This wharf on the lower slopes of the Blorenge is one of the most photographed places on the Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal.

Caption For Oxford, Cornmarket Street 1922

The most striking building amid the shops is the rough-hewn late Anglo-Saxon tower of St Michael's Church, with its two tiers of paired belfry windows.

Caption For Stocksbridge, From The Clock Tower C1955

A retired steelman looks across the industrial landscape of Stocksbridge, the steel-making town in the valley of the River Don between Sheffield and Penistone, on the edge of the Pennine moors.

Caption For Kettering, The Market 1922

The bank on the left of this photograph became an insurance office, and the adjoining dental surgery is also the premises of an insurance company.

Caption For Oxford, Eights 1922

The object of Eights Week is for each crew to move up one place in a complex table of positions maintained from year to year.

Caption For Wragby, The Church C1965

The parish church lies east of the Almshouses, which can be seen beyond the chancel.

Caption For Basildon, Market Place 1961

A large proportion of the settlers were young themselves—look at the number of children and pushchairs here.

Caption For London, St Paul's 1890

This panoramic vista of the City and St Paul’s was probably taken from the southern tip of Southwark Bridge.

Caption For Altrincham, Stamford New Road 1903

Altrincham is situated only 8 miles south-south-west of Manchester, and its popularity as a residential area for business people grew with the opening of the Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway

Caption For Sheffield, Fargate C1955

In the mid-1950s Sheffield was one of only a handful of cities that still had faith in its tramway system.

Caption For Peel, St German's Cathedral 1893

St German's was begun by Bishop Symon of Argyll in c1230 as the cathedral church of the Sudreys, built on the site of the old parish church of Kirk German.

Caption For Wastwater, Victoria Hotel 1889

Wasdale and Wastwater can be said to have seen the birth of the sport of rock climbing, and climbers from all over Britain stayed at local hostelries such as the Victoria Hotel.

Caption For Teddington, The Bridge 1899

As every schoolchild knows (or used to), the tidal Thames finishes at Teddington. The main river is crossed by this spindly-looking suspension bridge of 1888, seen here from the lock island.

Caption For London, Opening Of Tower Bridge 1894

This is a truly historic photograph, which shows the lowest crossing of the river Thames (except for the new Dartford motorway bridge) on the day it opened in 1894.

Caption For Seabrook, 1903

The village of Seabrook has now merged with the town of Hythe, but at the time of this photograph was quite separate.

Caption For Dullingham, Cross Green C1955

The main part of Dullingham village lies along the southern edge of the grounds of the early 18th-century Dullingham House, hence the picturesque thatched estate cottages.

Caption For Howth, The Abbey, The Tomb Of The 13th Earl Of Howth 1897

Howth Abbey church, although ruined for many years, contains a number of fine monuments. The best known is the tomb of the thirteenth Earl of Howth.

Caption For Stoney Middleton, The Church C1955

Completely overlooked by the towering limestone cliffs of Middleton Dale, the village church of Stoney Middleton is one of the few completely octagonal churches in England.