Maps

181,006 maps found.

1896, Pauperhaugh Ref. HOSM56185
1896, Pigdon Ref. HOSM56629
1896, Stanton Ref. HOSM60300
1896, Tranwell Ref. HOSM62225
1882, Presthope Ref. HOSM57099
1882, Shipton Ref. HOSM59226
1882, Weston Ref. HOSM64131
1897, Hack Green Ref. HOSM36685
1897, Broomhall Ref. HOSM39170
1897, Faddiley Ref. HOSM45066
1897, Hunsterson Ref. HOSM49152
1897, Ravensmoor Ref. HOSM57504
1897, Stapeley Ref. HOSM60333
1897, Barbridge Ref. HOSM60540
1897, Willaston Ref. HOSM71345
1887, Narberth Ref. HOSM34946
1887, Llan-Mill Ref. HOSM51943
1906, Stepaside Ref. HOSM60425
1903, Banwen Ref. HOSM36974
1897, Cimla Ref. HOSM40975

Books

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Memories

29,052 memories found. Showing results 1,721 to 1,730.

Hopedene

I was born in Hopedene at the beginning of July 1960. I think it was good neutral territory as my father was Nursing at the General, and my mother was a Physio at the RVI. They had moved down to Corby at the start of the ...Read more

A memory of Elswick in 1960 by Richard Wilson

Football

I left Blaengwynfi in 1952 when I was fourteen. My father was Emlyn (Capers) Thomas and my mother was Betty (Scotch) Thomas. I had four brothers and a sister. I remember that I was one of the ball boys at the football pitch at the top ...Read more

A memory of Abergwynfi in 1950 by Robert Thomas

The Old Quay, Newlyn

This photograph shows "The Old Quay" which was a medieval construction inside the outer arms of the Newlyn Harbour. Behind the Old Quay is the South Pier and the extreme end of the North Pier shows to the left of the picture ...Read more

A memory of Newlyn in 1955

My Paper Round

I worked as a paper boy at Newby's in Taunton Lane. I got up at 5 am and went to the shed behind the shop to sort and mark-up the papers. I then did 2 rounds before school for 6/- a week per round and 5/- for the marking up; a ...Read more

A memory of Old Coulsdon in 1959 by Richard Everest

Great Haseley

I was five when I moved to Great Haseley from Newington, near Stadhampton, with my mother, father and brother. The year was 1957 and Horse Close Cottages was a new housing estate - we were thrilled to have a bathroom and an ...Read more

A memory of Great Haseley by Linda Twibill (Nee Ring)

Eastwood Nottinghamshire

I lived with my grandmother (Elizabeth Jones), mother and sister at 72 Church Street Eastwood until I was about 7 years old (1956). My grandmother owned 4 (possibly 5) cottages in a row (ours being number 72) in Church ...Read more

A memory of Eastwood in 1954 by Diane Elizabeth Hobson

My Memories

There is a museum inside this building which is only open to the public on certain days. This is one of my early memories of Healton Park, when I was a child my parents took me and my sister for a day out, to the park. Later we ...Read more

A memory of Prestwich in 2011

Listers Of Willington

My mother told me about her great-uncle who was schoolmaster at Willington during 1850's,'60's or '70's before moving on to a school at Tudhoe. He was John Lister and his wife was Sarah Lister. Are there any Coates or Lister families still there?

A memory of Willington in 1870 by Jenny Lister

Mother's Memory

My mother remembered being looked after by Olive and Jack Carr of Chester-le Street during her teenage years. Kitty, my mother, attended 'Chester-le-Street Secondary School' where she won a prize in 1932-33: the Theodore ...Read more

A memory of Chester-Le-Street in 1930 by Jenny Lister

Firwood

Firwood 1958 our family came from the US to settle our Aunt Ethel & Uncle Edmund Smyth's estate Firwood. Edmund had been the 1st Bishop of Lebombo, Africa & Ethel had been a missionary & painter. Firwood had a dairy on the ...Read more

A memory of Brownshill in 1958 by Terri Smyth

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 4,129 to 4,152.

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 Blunham, The Hill And Square 1968

He was Rector of Blunham from 1621 until his death in 1631, during which period he also held the post of Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London.

Caption For Hathersage, The Village 1902

A small boy watches the antics of the Frith cameraman as he positions his camera for this picture of the main road to Sheffield.

Caption For Dronfield, High Street C1965

Dronfield parish once consisted of the townships of Dronfield, Dore, Coal Aston, Holmesfield, Unstone, Little Barlow and Totley.

Caption For Portreath, Rough Sea C1965

Portreath's first pier was built in 1760 by Francis Basset, a member of one of Cornwall's most prominent mining families.

Caption For Plymouth, Drake's Circus C1950

The north side of Cobourg Street is almost unchanged.

Caption For Nuneaton, Arbury Hall C1960

Considered to be one of the finest Gothic Revival houses in England, Arbury is built on the site of an Augustinian monastery demolished during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Caption For St Neots, Paper Mill At Little Paxton 1897

Vast quantities of water are required to manufacture paper, hence the situation of the paper mill at St Neots on the Great Ouse.

Caption For Boscombe, Undercliffe Drive C1950

Boscombe spent much of its history in Hampshire, until bureaucracy reassigned it to the County of Dorset in the 1970s.

Caption For Frizington, Main Street C1950

The village nonconformist chapel is prominent on the right of this photograph of Frizington, a large former coal mining village just inland from Whitehaven.

Caption For Darley Dale, C1955

This is a closer view of Darley Dale, looking towards the solitary tree-topped Oker Hill, which was the subject of a sonnet by William Wordsworth published in 1829 about two local lads going to war

Caption For Leicester, De Montfort Hall, Regent Road C1955

De Montfort Hall has been used for nearly a century for all types of meetings, entertainment, education and civic celebrations. A host of stars have performed here, for the acoustics are first-class.

Caption For Whippingham, The Church C1955

Whippingham village lies close to Osborne House, and Victoria's consort Prince Albert had a hand in the extraordinary design of the church.

Caption For Yarmouth, The Harbour C1960

There are few scenes on the Isle of Wight more captivating than Yarmouth harbour on a busy sailing day.

Caption For Brixham, Fore Street 1922

Because the town had been so heavily dependent on the single industry of fishing, the Depression of the 1930s arrived in Brixham early.

Caption For Colchester, Vineyard Street 1904

One row of houses further on is the line of the old Roman wall, whilst just off-camera to the right are the ruins of the Norman St Botolph's Priory, the first in the country founded by the Augustinian

Caption For New Mill, The Implement Gate C1955

Here we see an imaginative and creative new use for a selection of discarded farm implements, including a scythe, sickles, hay rake, spades, ploughshare and pitchforks, which has become a minor curiosity

Caption For Rodborough, The Fort 1890

By exploring the high ground around the town it is possible to gain some idea of the scale of industrialisation around Stroud.

Caption For Oxford, High Street 1937

When walking the street's length from east to west, you can appreciate the sweeping curve which gradually reveals some of Oxford's most striking landmarks.

Caption For Oxford, Addisons Walk, Magdalen College 1937

The tree-shaded Magdalen Walks along the bank of the Cherwell are truly delightful and a perfect way to study the changing seasons.

Caption For Hilton, The Village C1955

Two miles south of Bulbarrow, one of Dorset's highest summits, Hilton and neighbouring Milton Abbas share some of the most beautiful countryside in the county.

Caption For Newquay, Dancing On The Beach 1912

Dancing to the accompaniment of the small band playing on the left is clearly a popular pastime. Note the lines of canvas bathing tents at the head of the beach.

Caption For Leiston, Sizewell Road 1922

Awnings are out on the sunny side of the street, and the long shadows point to the end of the afternoon. The children are just out of school.

Caption For Coombe Bissett, The Village C1955

This picture shows the River Ebble and the A354 Blandford Road running side- by-side through the village of Coombe Bissett, a couple of miles south of Salisbury.