Maps

181,006 maps found.

1897, Wellbrook Ref. HOSM63646
1885, Gunthorpe Ref. HOSM47247
1885, Sharrington Ref. HOSM58933
1902, Freeby Ref. HOSM45905
1902, Leesthorpe Ref. HOSM51028
1902, Wymondham Ref. HOSM65329
1892, Easby Ref. HOSM44171
1913, Stainton Ref. HOSM60183
1897, Byley Ref. HOSM39722
1896, Treyford Ref. HOSM62495
1898, Corney Ref. HOSM41835
1922, Kirksanton Ref. HOSM70584
1922, Silecroft Ref. HOSM59367
1924, Bletchley Ref. HOSM38188
1898, Cosgrove Ref. HOSM41938
1898, Crownhill Ref. HOSM42484
1898, Kingsmead Ref. HOSM50179
1924, Kingston Ref. HOSM50192
1898, Medbourne Ref. HOSM53409
1898, Mursley Ref. HOSM54501

Books

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Memories

29,016 memories found. Showing results 1,701 to 1,710.

Woodlands Holiday Camp Swimming Pool

I was brought up in Kemsing at the foot of the Downs and we children would walk up to Woodlands Holiday Camp to swim for a shilling or so. On a fine weekend you could take your swimming things and some ...Read more

A memory of Sevenoaks in 1960 by Philip Dew

George Appleton

My great uncle lived with his family at 46 Park Browad in Landewednack. The family history suggests he and his family lived around here until a move to the Lizard. He was a doctor and 2 of his sons followed his profession and also ...Read more

A memory of Lizard in 1880 by Janet Hammond

Simply The Best

My parents took us to Kilchattan Bay every year from the mid 1960s. As far as my sister and I were concerned we didn't want to go anywhere else but KB. Used to love climbing the Suidhe which was a ritual for all Glasgow ...Read more

A memory of Kilchattan Bay by David Roach

A Child In Kinghorn

I lived at 54 High Street, Kinghorn, Fife, Scoland, and went to school in Kinghorn and Burntisland. I remember the fish trains at night going to Burtisland and beyond and clanking up the hill as they came out of Kinghorn station. I also remember that it was double summer time.

A memory of Kinghorn in 1953 by Geoffrey Shenton

Gibbet Street

This used to be at the side of the old fire station where the metro club is now. It was moved to make way for the Aarchen way. I think they used it as a rubbish tip.

A memory of Halifax in 1969 by Steven Boocock

What Is The Origin Of Mathias?

Hello everybody I want to know what is the origin of the name "Mithian". I did hear that the significance is: Saint Matthias in Italian, but I am not sure, because I can't find any information. Do you know what is ...Read more

A memory of Mithian in 2011

Birth

I was born at USAF, Hospital, Burderdop Park, Chiseldon Highworth, Wiltshire, UK. I don't have any memories, but I do have a desire to find all I can. I wish to know as I have no memories. I have dreamed of going there, but cannot afford ...Read more

A memory of Chiseldon in 1956 by Dianne Fulton

The Minature Railway

This model rail was built by a man from Wales and the money for it was provided by Randolph Turpin, the former boxer and middle-weight champion of the world. He lost his title to the American, Sugar Ray Robinson. The ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood in 1955 by Gladys Foulds

Many Memories

I was born in Madeley in 1951. My father was a coach driver for A.L.Jones of Victoria Road. I spent a lot of my early years sitting on the front seat of the coach, and sometimes on the engine cover next to Dad. I'm sure ...Read more

A memory of Madeley in 1963 by Terry Drury

Newsvendor

This isn't my memory, I want to know if anybody remembers my uncle Jack. He died in Maidstone hospital in 1985 aged 74 (I didn't know of him then) he was described as a retired newsvendor, so, I was wondering if anybody remembers him. ...Read more

A memory of Maidstone in 1985 by Yvonne Wright

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 4,081 to 4,104.

Caption For Horley, Station Road 1905

Gatwick remains in Sussex, but Horley north of the River Mole was returned to Surrey. However, this brief selection of views of Horley are included in this book.

Caption For Wisbech, The Market Place 1929

Although it is ten miles from the sea on what is now an artificial River Nene, Wisbech maintains its long tradition as a sea port.

Caption For Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922

This passageway, which now runs from St Mary's Street down into the car park beside the meadows, formed one of a tight network of passages and closes which provided cramped tenement accommodation in this

Caption For Bottesford, Market Street C1955

On the A52 between Nottingham and Grantham, Bottesford is the most northerly settlement in the county.

Caption For Kilby, Main Street C1965

Kilby is a Scandinavian form of the Old English 'cilda-tun'; the first part means 'child', or more probably 'young nobleman'.

Caption For Manchester, Chetham College, Chetham Room 1889

When he died in 1653, Humphrey Chetham had already started the work of educating the 'sons of honest, industrious and painful parents'.

Caption For Lacock, Church Of St Cyriac C1955

We can see the porch attached to the west tower, and also the good proportions of the building. Inside, the wide three-bay nave is tall and light with thin piers.

Caption For London, The Royal Victoria Docks C1965

The biggest docks were the Royal group east of Canning Town on the north bank of the Thames. The Royal Victoria Dock opened in 1855, enclosing 94 acres of water.

Caption For Pembroke, Main Street C1955

The castle, re-built in stone from 1189 by William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, keeps a broody watch on the town - as it has always done. Henry Tudor, the future King Henry VII, was born here in 1457.

Caption For Earlestown, Market Street C1960

Here and above we see contrasting aspects of one of the town's most important thoroughfares: a quiet residential section overlooked by the comforting bulk of the Town Hall, and the busy shopping

Caption For Wilmslow, St Bartholomew's Church, The Interior 1896

The original lower height of the chancel roof can easily be seen, but otherwise, the interior is very similar to today`s church.

Caption For Puttenham, Post Office And Church C1955

Across the A3, Puttenham village lies just south of the narrow chalk ridge of the Hog's Back.

Caption For Abingdon, Christ's Hospital And St Helen's Church 1924

The churchyard to the west of the church is framed on three sides by remarkable and complete sets of almshouses.

Caption For Hoghton, The Tower 1895

The home of the de Hoghton family, the house (which is still there today) was mainly built in the reign of Elizabeth I.

Caption For Hurst Green, The Cross 1950

This is the T-junction at the centre of Hurst Green.This stretch of road has a history all of its own. In 1826 J C Macadam laid a new road surface here as a trial.

Caption For Measham, The School C1965

In the mid to late 1950s, this pattern of school building was springing up everywhere.

Caption For Whalley, Moreton Hall 1897

Moreton Hall, Whalley lies just over the boundary from Great Harwood at the other side of the valley of the Calder.

Caption For St Ives, Cromwell Statue 1901

Shortly before this photograph was taken, the Town Council approved an expenditure of £850 to be paid to Frederick Pomeroy RA for the design and execution of a statue of the Lord Protector

Caption For Ingleton, Thornton Foss 1929

The village nestles at the foot of Ingleborough, one of the famous Three Peaks, but it was the waterfalls walk that brought town dwellers to the area.

Caption For Edinburgh, Palace Of Holyroodhouse, Entrance 1897

In August 1543 two treaties were ratified at Holyrood for the marriage of the infant Queen Mary to Henry VIII's son Edward.

Caption For Luton, Hoo C1955

Originally designed in 1767 by Robert Adam for the 3rd Earl of Bute, this unique country house was reconstructed in 1843 after a fire in which little of the original building was left untouched.

Caption For Durham, Silver Street C1955

Silver Street is typical of the narrow winding streets that lead to the focal point of the city, the Market Square.

Caption For Luton, Luton Hoo C1955

Originally designed in 1767 by Robert Adam for the 3rd Earl of Bute, this unique counrty house was reconstructed in 1843 after a fire in which little of the original building was left untouched.

Caption For Hartlepool, The Beach 1903

The crews of the fishing boats prepare to hoist sail once they have cleared Hartlepool.