Maps

181,006 maps found.

1886, Hainton Ref. HOSM47361
1886, Kingerby Ref. HOSM50116
1886, Moortown Ref. HOSM54048
1886, Rand Ref. HOSM57440
1886, Sixhills Ref. HOSM59313
1887, Swallow Ref. HOSM61022
1899, Marlborough Ref. HOSM34894
1899, Avebury Ref. HOSM36689
1899, Beckhampton Ref. HOSM37411
1899, Burbage Ref. HOSM39553
1899, Cadley Ref. HOSM39753
1899, Fyfield Ref. HOSM70394
1899, Lockeridge Ref. HOSM52227
1899, Mildenhall Ref. HOSM53807
1886, Ash Ref. HOSM36270
1923, Maryport Ref. HOSM34897
1885, Ellenborough Ref. HOSM44720
1879, Beeley Ref. HOSM37375
1898, Wensley Ref. HOSM63705
1879, Whatstandwell Ref. HOSM64343

Books

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Memories

29,054 memories found. Showing results 3,111 to 3,120.

The War Years

I went to this school during part of the Second World War years and was in Miss Backhouse's class, she used give you the ruler across the back of your hands if you were caught talking. Other boys that were there at that time were Chris Prier, Terry Jeffries and the Rawling brothers. Happy Days.

A memory of Medstead in 1941 by Peter Kitching

The Good Old Days

I was born in Luton in the 1940s and remember well the shops in Manchester Street with WG Durrants butchers on the corner of Manchester Street and Bridge Street. Next door in Bridge Street was a garage and further along Manchester ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Michael Bream

Spelling Correction

The area now known as "Stibb Green" was until the 1970s or 1980s known as "Steepe Green" although it was pronounced as Stibb by many of the locals.

A memory of Burbage

Plumpton Close

My grandparents Jack and Beral Storey lived at 8 Plumpton Close with their kids Ricky, Stevie, Sharon and Darrell. My dad was Stevie who sadly passed away in 1980. I spent every weekend at my nan's and have great memories like ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1977 by Steve Storey

School St In The Fifties

Hi Jacqueline, I lived at 9 School Street. My name is Mike Hawkins and I was born in 1947. I think your name was Burgess and your brother Tommy was my childhood best friend. He moved to Welwyn Garden City and I never saw ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1950 by Michael Hawkins

Tyn Y Buarth

Would anyone reading this, have any knowledge, or photographs of Ty'n y Buarth, Llanrug? Where it once stood, there is now a modern housing estate. My e mail address is: abergele1754@hotmail.co.uk. Iorwerth Selwyn (Blaenau Ffestiniog)

A memory of Llanrug in 1870 by Iorwerth Selwyn

My Time 1952

I have some lovely nostalgic memories of the J.S.S.C Latimer, where I was stationed in 1952.  Most of the period I was a provost policeman.  There were 3 of us and a provost corporal, cpl Burrows, [I believe came from Wiltshire]. ...Read more

A memory of Latimer in 1952 by Philip Vigdor

Two Properties In The 1930s

Before the Second World War my grandfather, Donald MacVitie, was a builder who renovated properties in the Cheltenham, Tewkesbury area, often living in them during or after doing the work. The Old Forge at ...Read more

A memory of Aston on Carrant

Willenhall Revisited 2012

At the request of my 42-year-old daughter "to see where Mom was born and her childhood up to age 15 years" we made a nostalgic visit from Herefordshire back to HUMP-SHIRE as Willenhall was known, on New Year's Day ...Read more

A memory of Willenhall by Margaret Hill

Happy Days

I attended this school with my friends Alan Foster and John Diamond. Mr Thomas was the English language master, my worst subject. I loved the playing field at the back of the school and beyond was the Dragon Tree which we all ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City in 1954 by Nigel Seccombe

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 7,465 to 7,488.

Caption For Brixham, The Harbour 1925

All Saints' Church contains a memorial to the Reverend Lyte, author of 'Abide With Me' and 'Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven'.

Caption For Barrow Upon Soar, High Street C1965

The rather barren appearance of the High Street exemplified in this photograph sets the tenor of this large mainly red-brick village.

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, Town And Bay 1927

Part of the village is clustered around the top of a ravine; notice the steep flight of steps in the lower foreground dropping away down toward the sea.

Caption For Larne, Main Street C1890

A party of three carriages of sightseers await to depart from Larne Main Street.

Caption For Bindon Abbey, The Gateway 1894

Bindon Abbey was the location of an important Cistercian monastery and dates back to 1172. Little remains of the original building; this neo-gothic gatehouse dates back only to the 1790s.

Caption For Great Malvern, The Abbey Gateway 1893

Only the Priory Church and Gatehouse remain; the rest of the buildings were taken down in the aftermath of Henry VIII's Dissolution.

Caption For Great Witley, Hundred House C1965

This red-brick Georgian coaching inn stands at the centre of Great Witley. The village is situated in a pleasant spot just below the Abberley Hills, an outcrop of the Malverns.

Caption For Westbury, The White Horse And Bratton Camp 1900

The present horse on this site dates from 1778 and was the first of several figures cut in the chalk downs of Wiltshire during the next half-century.

Caption For Liskeard, Cheesewring 1908

The granite stone of Bodmin Moor supports a natural oddity, the impressive outcrop known as the Cheesewring.

Caption For Barry, Romilly Park Bowling Green C1960

A match is in progress on the green. Most of the trees we saw in photograph B27004 have now been felled and replaced by houses.

Caption For Ludham, The Mill 1934

On the west bank of the Ant stood Ludham Mill, a tower mill nearly 50ft high to the iron curb, with a base diameter of 12ft 4in, including 18in thick walls.

Caption For Newbury, The Wharf C1960

At the height of the canal era, the Wharf was a bustling depot where up to ten large barges could load and unload.

Caption For Romsey, Sadler's Mill C1955

Romsey's mills depended on the river Test and its branches for their power.

Caption For Horsforth, Hall Park 1901

This picturesque park was presented to the townspeople by William Mathieson of Wilson and Mathieson of Armley.

Caption For Horsforth, Hall Park 1901

This picturesque park was presented to the townspeople by William Mathieson of Wilson and Mathieson of Armley.

Caption For Lincoln, Cathedral 1895

In this late Victorian view from in front of numbers 12 to 14 Minster Yard, the quality of the mainly 13th-century Gothic cathedral comes over well.

Caption For Lincoln, Silver Street C1950

Lincoln suffered a lot of demolition in the 1950s and 1960s, including No 12 on the far left, now drab 1970s offices, and the buildings beyond which made way for the Stonebow Centre shopping mall of

Caption For Harlow, Market House C1955

There were to be three types of shopping: the open-air market, a variety of shops on three sides, and a first-floor row of shops that did not need a window display, such as hairdressers, opticians, photographers

Caption For Raunds, High Street C1955

Midway between Rushden and Thrapston lies the small town of Raunds. In this photograph you can just pick out the spire of the church, soaring 183 feet above the High Street.

Caption For Thrapston, De Vere Road C1955

By way of contrast, Frith's photographer looks along De Vere Road.

Caption For Langton Matravers, Kings Arms & High Street C1965

Once largely occupied by stoneworkers from the nearby stone quarries, this village stretches along the highway for a considerable distance, hence its name, a corruption of 'Longtown'.

Caption For Rochester, College Gate And Cathedral 1908

At the foot of Boley Hill stands the 15th-century College Gate, one of three surviving entrances to the precincts of the cathedral, whose modest spire (added when the tower was rebuilt in 1904) rises behind

Caption For Ormskirk, Market Place 1895

As well as being a market town, Ormskirk has a long association with the Earls of Derby who lived at Knowsley Hall.

Caption For Castle Donington, Bondgate C1955

Although quiet, even in 1955, Bondgate is on the line of the turnpike road between Long Easton and Ashby-de-la-Zouch.