Maps

181,006 maps found.

1879, Croxton Ref. HOSM42499
1881, Gayton Ref. HOSM46142
1881, Grindley Ref. HOSM47148
1879, Trethosa Ref. HOSM62432
1879, St Dennis Ref. HOSM64380
1880, Gluvian Ref. HOSM38850
1880, Gluvian Ref. HOSM46475
1880, Tregamere Ref. HOSM62309
1880, Tregonetha Ref. HOSM62331
1896, Luffenhall Ref. HOSM52765
1906, Hellesveor Ref. HOSM36636
1900, Staploe Ref. HOSM60358
1894, Leckford Ref. HOSM50972
1897, Bramhall Ref. HOSM38732
1895, Stocksfield Ref. HOSM35246
1895, Broomley Ref. HOSM39178
1895, Bywell Ref. HOSM39810
1896, Bradbury Ref. HOSM38560
1914, Redmarshall Ref. HOSM57592
1896, Sedgefield Ref. HOSM71023

Books

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Memories

29,054 memories found. Showing results 2,401 to 2,410.

Music And Memories

Is there anyone else who sang in Mrs Solomon's choir and went to Mr Pellymounter's school in St Dennis. I remember all the grownup ladies wearing their wedding dresses as we had to wear white. I was about four when I started to ...Read more

A memory of St Dennis in 1944 by Judith Ann Jensen Morris

Clapham Church

I visited Clapham and the Church in the summer of 1999.  At different periods during the 1800's my Collins family lived and worked there. Thomas Collins of Burpham was buried at Clapham on September 13th, 1855 at 55.  His first ...Read more

A memory of Clapham by Gail Collins

Procter Memorial Home

I have found three postcards sent to my father at the Procter Memorial Home round about 1911/12. I thought at first that he might have been recuperating from some illness, but reading one of the cards it suggests that he ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Bridge in 1910 by Jean Dickinson

Worthing Front Or Silverstone

In about 1935, when I was 5 years old, my Grandfather used to take us all on gentle rides into the South Downs from his home at 11 Gaisford Road in his circa 1930 Hillman Minx. The beloved Minx was not turbo-charged ...Read more

A memory of Worthing in 1930 by Cedric Marie

Fish And Chips

I remember very well Smarts fish and chips. Soaked in malt vinagar and wrapped in news paper. Hot and smelling so good. I remember well Mr and Mrs Pellerade, I wished they were my parents because they were such kind and nice ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke by Jackie Baker

"Hoylake Baths"

I recall happy memories of the Bathing Pool. It had two fountains spurting over fake rocks. We used to climb on these to cool off. In those days the Summers seemed to go on forever. The baths used to attract large attendances in those ...Read more

A memory of Hoylake in 1957 by Ron Mcshane

Matthews Opticians

To the left of this photo, the first shop you can see was Reg Matthews opticians. You can just make out the entrance and the window above which is a V shape. As a trainee dispensing optician working there around 1971, I used to ...Read more

A memory of Worksop in 1971 by Sue Houghton

Sunday Mornings

My mother in law, then Marie Elizabeth Burston born 1921 in Wales, whilst in service at Hartlebury House used to go to church every Sunday morning. The postman played the big organ. Every morning she had to give him and the ...Read more

A memory of Painswick in 1930 by Peter Royal

Happy Times

During the last war my father served in the Merchant Navy and saw Aberdaron from the sea, that was to be the beginning of many trips and a life-long love of the village. I started going to Aberdaron at about the age of six and have ...Read more

A memory of Aberdaron by Susan Bailey

Morris Dancing

My memories of Thaxted are very dear to me.  My parents, unfortunately now deceased, were Queenie and Denzil Roberts.  Denzil was a Pharmacist and purchased the property known as the Chemist Shop and refurbished the property so we ...Read more

A memory of Thaxted in 1950 by Beryl Mitchell

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 5,761 to 5,784.

Caption For Biddenden, The Village 1901

This is one of the numerous 'dens', or forest clearings, in this part of Kent.

Caption For Shrewsbury, The Square C1960

Now totally pedestrianised with trees planted to give some shade, the Square is dominated by the 16th- century market hall (left) and the statue of Robert Clive, Clive of India.

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, The Embankment 1950

The one mile embankment was constructed in 1859 by the Earl of Leicester to enable the larger trading vessels to reach the town quayside.

Caption For Claverdon, The Church C1960

Dedicated to St Michael and All Angels, the church contains monuments to the Galton family of Edstone Hall.

Caption For Bexhill On Sea, Parade 1903

This photograph was taken during the heyday of the Cairo and Central promenade; we are looking towards the bandstand and the Kursaal, with a happily-posed seaside goat-cart and donkey.

Caption For Arundel, The Castle And Town Hall 1923

There are various family portraits inside the castle, some of them dating back to the Wars of the Roses.

Caption For Storrington, Church Street C1960

Sunlight floods the right-hand side of Church Street in this view of everyday life in a small Sussex town.

Caption For Kirkby Lonsdale, Market Square 1908

Local tradesmen pose for the cameraman in front of the ornate octagonal open Market Cross in the Market Place, centrepiece of this lovely little town which many people believe to be the most beautiful

Caption For Bladon, Sir Winston Churchill's Grave 1965

Sir Winston Churchill was buried in the churchyard of St Martin's Church on 30 January 1965. This photograph must have been taken soon after his interment here.

Caption For Clapham, The New Inn C1955

The New Inn at Clapham is a popular hostelry in the heart of the Dales Three Peaks Country, and a convenient starting place for the ascent of Ingleborough, which is 2,434 feet high.

Caption For Ilminster, The Market Place C1955

The colonnaded Market Hall, rebuilt in 1813, dominates the centre of Ilminster. The tall building to the left is the post office.

Caption For Kegworth, St Andrew's Church C1965

The now busy A6, along with the rapid growth of the nearby East Midlands Airport, compounds the traffic problems that Kegworth has seen since the M1 junction was put in a mile away.

Caption For Redcar, The Bowling Green C1960

A ladies' bowls match is in progress in the peaceful setting of Zetland Park, at the start of the Coast Road to Marske.

Caption For Warrington, Queen's Gardens 1901

The former private gardens of the residents of Palmyra Square were purchased in 1897 as a park to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and were opened to the public on the 17th of October 1898.

Caption For Southport, Pleasureland 1923

The Gardens were part of a scheme to enhance Southport's image as a garden city.

Caption For Torquay, Anstey's Cove 1896

This quiet little corner is on the north side of Torquay and reached by way of a romantic wooded ravine.

Caption For Rumney, Llanrumney Estate C1960

The final picture shows a brand new council estate; by the look of the gardens, no one has yet moved in. The only vehicle in the scene is a utility van, either gas or electricity.

Caption For Cheltenham, Pittville Pump Room 1901

Cheltenham entrepreneur Joseph Pitt benefited from an Act of Parliament that enclosed common land on the northern edge of the town.

Caption For Worcester, Shire Hall And Queen Victoria's Statue 1896

Carved from a 17-ton block of white marble from Carrara in Tuscany, Queen Victoria looks unamused as she grasps her orb and sceptre in front of the Shire Hall.

Caption For Dublin, Trinity College Chapel, West 1897

Today, this is the only interdenominational chapel in the Republic of Ireland.

Caption For Belfast, A View Of Cave Hill 1897

Belfast is pleasantly situated at the end of the lough that bears its name. This view looks westwards across the lough to Cave Hill, just to the north of the city.

Caption For Aberdour, The Stone Pier 1900

Aberdour in the Kingdom of Fife, lying between Burntisland and Dalgety Bay, is described in the 1906 Baedeker as 'a favourite little sea-bathing place, with an old castle and the ruins of a Norman church

Caption For Exeter, The Cathedral, The Nave Looking East 1896

The ribbed vaulting of the 300-foot nave is unique in England. It was completed by Bishop Grandison and rests on blue-grey columns of Purbeck marble.

Caption For Fowey, South Street 1908

The churchyard rails are on the left in this scene in the heart of the old town.