Maps

181,006 maps found.

1906, Kensington Ref. HOSM49728
1907, Kirkdale Ref. HOSM50355
1904, Llanarth Ref. HOSM34802
1888, Llanbedrgoch Ref. HOSM51738
1885, Staylittle Ref. HOSM60494
1885, Bethlehem Ref. HOSM37600
1886, Llansawel Ref. HOSM51972
1885, Rhosmaen Ref. HOSM57728
1904, Myddfai Ref. HOSM54448
1887, Bettws Ref. HOSM37619
1887, Llandrindod Wells Ref. HOSM40463
1888, Llanbister Ref. HOSM51740
1887, Llandegley Ref. HOSM51779
1902, Llanwrthwl Ref. HOSM52009
1887, Henllan Ref. HOSM48152
1904, Llwyndafydd Ref. HOSM52054
1887, Talgarreg Ref. HOSM61171
1879, Pont-Henri Ref. HOSM56851
1887, Penygraigwen Ref. HOSM56292
1899, Abergwyngregyn Ref. HOSM35557

Books

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Memories

29,019 memories found. Showing results 3,431 to 3,440.

Machen Forge

I'm starting to track my father's family history. I believe an aunt and uncle of mine lived at the rear of the Machen Forge. My father's family lived in Blackweir and several were employed on the Glamorganshire canal as lock keepers and weighbridge operators.

A memory of Blackweir by Ronald Davies

Childhood

Between about 1956 and 1963, every year, my Mum and I would holiday in London for a week and then visit Auntie Claire in Cerne Abbas for one week. Claire lived in Acreman Street a direct reflection that the Cerne Giant took up an Acre ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester in 1960 by Dave Knight

Drumnagorich Of The Grange

My mother was a housekeeper on a farm there and my memories are of hay making, milking and butter churning. I loved ever year I was there; I can't remember the family but I have been back and what a feeling i got....it was ...Read more

A memory of Keith in 1951 by Valerie Carver

Being In Garfield House Childrens Home,And Going To School In Crown Road, Dereham

My maiden name was Marion Grange, I am now known as Marion Yallop. I used to go to Crown Road, Dereham school, where I finished my school days from there in 1968. I ...Read more

A memory of Dereham in 1966 by Marion Yallop

Weddinbg

Wedding breakfast in the Crown Hotel. Has any one got any photos of the Crown?

A memory of Slough in 1959 by Robin Adair

Laneswood The Home

As quite young boys of then 7 and 6, my brother and I with our parents, over Christmas in 1945 soon after the end of WWII came across from Holland, to visit our grand-parents who lived in "Laneswood", a true manor house ...Read more

A memory of Mortimer by Jan Willem Van Weel

Dock Area Life

I was born at 13 Ellor Street, Hankey Park, in 1940 to Sarah and Charles Feeley (snr), the youngest of five siblings: Charlie (jnr) Eileen, Monica and Hannah. In 1941 my father left for the army, and we moved to 46 Brookland St off ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1940 by Kevin Feeley

Is This The Lytch Gate In College Street Through To Angel Place

My Grandad lived in 8 College Street Worcester, just opposite the Cathedral. Part of the house was this room that went over the lytch gate and through to the street behind, which I ...Read more

A memory of Worcester in 1950 by Jennifer Jewkes

Our Camelot...

Our little family of Mom, Dad, (Nan and Tom Mackie) my four year old sister Dorothy and myself seven years older, moved from the North to U Slaughter where my Dad and Mom were hired as butler/valet to Major Witts (Dad) and cook ...Read more

A memory of Upper Slaughter in 1948 by Gwenneth Steward

My First School

The Anson family arrived at Strensall in 1957. My father was at the camp as a 'skill at arms' instructor until 1959 attached to the K.O.Y.L.I. I can remember the first day at school in Strensall village.I caught the bus which ...Read more

A memory of Strensall in 1957 by Kathryn Anson

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 8,233 to 8,256.

Caption For Cambridge, King's Parade 1921

Gonville and Caius College is on the left, along with James Gibbs' elegant Senate House, where students are awarded their degrees.

Caption For Bewdley, Wribbenhall C1965

Wribbenhall is situated on the opposite bank of the river to Bewdley, and architecturally its streets are far more interesting than Severnside.

Caption For Swanmore, Village Centre 1969

There are plenty of people about on this warm sunny day. To the left, children cycle in the road; others sit on benches or the pavement.

Caption For Totton, By Pass C1965

North of the bypass are Rumbridge Street and the High Street, offering quieter shopping streets.

Caption For Flixton, Flixton Road C1965

An old village on the Cheshire side of the Manchester Ship Canal, Flixton was developed as a residential suburb of Manchester.

Caption For Doncaster, Frenchgate 1903

On the left we have Porter & Sons, wholesale glass and china merchants, and the imposing bulk of the Guildhall with its porticoed entrance supported on Corinthian columns.

Caption For Rotherham, The Grammar School 1957

Rotherham Grammar School grew out of a free school that had been endowed through royal patronage.

Caption For Derwent Water, Lodore Hotel 1893

The Lodore Hotel, at the southern end of Derwent Water, is a fine Victorian Gothic structure, built at the foot of the twin cascades known as the Lodore Falls, which were very popular in the Victorian

Caption For London, Tower Bridge Under Construction 1890

This murky view looks west from the Pool of London towards what was to become one of the mechanical wonders of the late 19th century.

Caption For East Harting, The Village 1906

A random collection of cottages around a pair of lanes forms an oval.

Caption For Stone, From The Brewery 1900

The view from the roof of Bent's Brewery. In the 12th century there was an Augustinian priory in the village.

Caption For Biddulph, High Street And War Memorial C1955

In an earlier conflict John Bowyer, who was baptized at Biddulph in 1623, raised a company of foot for the Parliamentary army, and served with distinction at Hopton Heath.

Caption For Little Wakering, Little Wakering Road C1965

In the background, on the right of the picture, is the spire of the church of St Mary the Virgin.

Caption For Wells, Cathedral South Aisle Nave 1890

The stone bench along the wall was the only seating in medieval times, and origin of the saying 'the weakest go to the wall'.

Caption For East Blatchington, The Village 1891

We are on the Downs, just north of Seaford. The church of St Peter has a fine Norman font. Admiral Walker, who fought with Nelson, is buried here.

Caption For Portchester, The Castle 1898

The original Norman fort at Porchester was merely a corner of the old 3rd-century Roman Saxon Shore fort defended on the two open sides by the building of a wooden palisade.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street C1955

It grew from the humble beginnings of a bathing shelter on the border of North Meols into the sizeable conurbation depicted here.

Caption For Cherhill, White Horse And Monument C1955

Situated on the edge of the Cherhill Downs, just below the earthworks known as Oldbury Castle, this is the second oldest of the Wiltshire white horses.

Caption For Southgate, High Street And The Bourne C1965

Behind the high brick wall to the extreme right of the photograph is Southgate House of the late 18th century, built in the form of a neo-classical villa by Samuel Pole; a short distance along the Bourne

Caption For Launceston, The Chain Bridge 1906

We cooked anything cookable we could get hold of, pinching potatoes and turnips from fields on the way there, and apples from orchards.

Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill 1897

The main street of Alllington village (bottom left) leads into this panorama of Bridport town, looking south-east from Allington Hill, with the outer parish's St Swithun's Church being the prominent building

Caption For Cosby, Croft Road From The Nook C1965

The openness of the village centre is striking, with some good later 18th/early 19th-century houses ranging either side of the grass-banked brook, with its modest urban district council railings

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1902

Again we are looking west from the central part of East Street with the illuminated sign carrying the initials of the Cyclists` Touring Club (far left) having dropped its `Wines and Spirits` in

Caption For Penarth, The Beach 1896

Harriet Windsor-Clive, the Countess of Plymouth, took an interest in the layout of Penarth, owning much of the land in the locality.