Maps

181,006 maps found.

1906, Cheriton Ref. HOSM71074
1909, Bidston Ref. HOSM70061
1906, Freshfield Ref. HOSM70377
1900, Esgairgeiliog Ref. HOSM70341
1895, Abinger Hammer Ref. HOSM65737
1895, West Clandon Ref. HOSM70168
1895, Eashing Ref. HOSM70370
1910, Linchmere Ref. HOSM70604
1895, Merrow Ref. HOSM70769
1896, Sandhills Ref. HOSM71076
1895, Broadford Ref. HOSM71191
1913, Moor Park Ref. HOSM71251
1909, Hammer Ref. HOSM70487
1909, Woodingdean Ref. HOSM71219
1896, Stobhall Ref. HOSM60589
1895, Birtley Ref. HOSM70038
1900, Harnham Ref. HOSM70494
1902, Avoncliff Ref. HOSM49410
1892, Fulwood Ref. HOSM70411
1891, East Hauxwell Ref. HOSM47956

Books

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Memories

29,053 memories found. Showing results 1,801 to 1,810.

Aberbargoed

I was born in Pill, Newport, Mon, in 1938 and with my grandmother Charlotte Selina Jane Rossiter used to visit relatives in Aberbargoed. As in other memories, I shall never forget passing beneath the endless drums in the air ...Read more

A memory of Aberbargoed in 1940 by Ernest Stephens

Old Southall Remembered

I lived in old Southall (Norwood Road - Norwood Green end) during the 1960s to the 1990s and have seen great changes. I went to school at Clifton Road, and the school had a great Headmaster, Mr Hancock, for a while. One ...Read more

A memory of Southall

Warners

As a young child I can remember several holidays taken at the Warners holiday camp at Seaton. The serious business of 'motoring down to Devon' was never taken lightly, lunch was prepared the night before to be eaten at Stonehenge, where ...Read more

A memory of Seaton in 1965 by Michael Gough

Pig Farm

I can recall going with my father up to Barkingside after an air raid during the Second World War and seeing a farm that had been hit. There were fire hoses all over the road and pigs running up the High Street. The farm was just across ...Read more

A memory of Ilford by Brian Williams

Growing Up In Blaenau Ffestiniog. 1961

I was brought up in Blaenau Ffestiniog and lived there until 1971. The High Street photograph brings it all back. The shop on the extreme left of the photo was my mum's hairdressing shop and we ...Read more

A memory of Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1961 by Eurwyn Jones

Glen Faba

Oh what lovely memories come flooding back, my mum and I would walk the winding river towpath from Glen Faba, where we lived, to Dobbs Weir, fish and minnow watching as we went along our way. In the summer my mum would get a hire row ...Read more

A memory of Hoddesdon by Yvonne Bartlett

The Flicks

This is the first cinema I ever went to! I even went to see 'The Circus of Horrors' X-rated film here, I was smuggled in by my mum and her friend Long Lil (Lillian Smith), it's ok, I've had no real side effects from it, ha ha. I ...Read more

A memory of Hoddesdon by Yvonne Bartlett

It Was A Miracle

I entered Harlow Wood in December 1939. I was 3 at the time. I left 3 yreas later unable to walk but cured of TB. I was under a Mr Campbell, the orthopaedic specialist. When I returned fro frequent checks. I remember he always ...Read more

A memory of Mansfield in 1940

My Happy Young Years

I lived in The Mount near Fetcham where l went to school. One day l was out on my bike in Fetcham near what was them a bg field backing onto the school, there was a big local sports day and as l loved running l entered all ...Read more

A memory of Leatherhead in 1955 by Pat Crowley

Memories Of The Co Op

I remember the Sunday dances at the Co-Op hall well. My mum used to work in the cloakroom and I went with her. We would take the coats in, I would go out and dance (thought I was great and grown up) then I would help give ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone in 1964 by Margaret Richardson

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 4,321 to 4,344.

Caption For Henley On Thames, New Street C1955

Pigot and Co's National Commercial Directory, published in 1830, gives an interesting snapshot of the town just before its rapid decline (the building of the Great Western Railway killed both the

Caption For Chelmsford, New London Road 1919

supplies of various kinds to the London market.'

Caption For Seaton, The Church C1955

Seaton is situated on Rutland's south- eastern edge, about half a mile from its border with Northamptonshire, overlooking the Welland Valley.

Caption For Brancepeth, The Village 1914

Of all the villages that surround Durham City, old Brancepeth is particularly well steeped in legend and history.

Caption For Preston, Technical School 1903

The foundation stone of the Victoria Jubilee Technical School was laid in July 1895; the purpose of the School was to give relief to the over-full Harris Institute.

Caption For Port Erin, Calf Of Man 1897

In early 20th century guides, walkers were advised to leave the train at Port St Mary and go by way of the Chasms and Spanish Head to Port Erin..

Caption For London, London Bridge 1904

Here the 1903 widening of the bridge has just been completed, hence the pristine stonework.

Caption For Biddulph, High Street C1955

At this time boys were often in their teens before they got a pair of long trousers. Jeans were unheard of, and the design of children's clothes had hardly changed for thirty years.

Caption For Haverfordwest, St Mary's Church, The Chancel 1899

Founded in the late 1100s, St Mary's was re-roofed in oak at the beginning of the 16th century. Pictured here is the east window, three lights with quatrefoils in roundels above each one.

Caption For Hull, Queen Victoria Square C1955

The 35ft statue of Queen Victoria, designed by the architect J S Gibson and the sculptor H C Fehr, dominated the centre of the new city square following its unveiling by the Prince of Wales on 12 May

Caption For Salisbury, The Cathedral, North East 1887

Within the short span of 40 years (1220AD-1260AD) the Cathedral was built uniquely in one Gothic style, Early English.

Caption For Millport, The Harbour 1897

The Collegiate Church built in 1851 was consecrated as the Episcopal Cathedral of Argyll and the Isles in 1876.

Caption For Loch Shiel, 1890

Prince Charles Edward Stuart landed at Glenfinnan on 19 August 1745. Here, with a few loyal retainers, Prince Charles waited for the clans.

Caption For London, Crystal Palace 1900

This monumental glass pleasure dome was created in Hyde Park by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851. 2,000 workers erected it at high speed, bolting and welding together 3,300 iron columns

Caption For Battle, The Abbey Gatehouse 1927

William the Conqueror, having beaten and killed the Anglo-Danish King Harold on Senlac Hill in 1066, vowed to found an abbey on the site of the great battle, known as the Battle of Hastings.

Caption For Southport, The Sands 1902

Buckets and spades, a splash and a paddle are the order of the day in this picture.

Caption For Beer, The Village 1892

Beer was the birthplace in 1788 of the smuggler Jack Rattenbury, who lived a life of adventure landing untaxed cargoes along much of the Devon coast.

Caption For Hopton, The Holiday Camp C1955

Hopton is a diminutive village resort on the A12 just south of Great Yarmouth.

Caption For Fleetwood, The Beach 1918

By the end of the Great War the town had lost many of its young men—they had marched away past the Steamer Hotel along Dock Street to the railway station.

Caption For Churchtown, Horns Inn And Church Road C1960

Many Fylde inns were named 'Horns', presumably harking back to the days when herds of deer roamed here. Some inns of that name sported splendid antlers as inn signs, as at Goosnargh.

Caption For Framlingham, Market Hill 1909

This 16th-century building with an 18th-century façade was built after 1564 on the site of St Mary's Guildhall. Aubrey Thomas Wicks traded from London House.

Caption For Hunmanby, The Church 1895

Here is the 11th-century church of All Saints built by the Flemish architect Gilbert de Gant (d1094), a nephew of William the Conqueror.

Caption For Logan Rock, Castle Treen And The Scilly Boat 1928

The 66 ton Logan Rock was forcibly dislodged in 1824 by a Lt Goldsmith and the crew of the Revenue Cutter 'Nimble'.