Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Christmas Deliveries: If you placed an order on or before midday on Friday 19th December for Christmas delivery it was despatched before the Royal Mail or Parcel Force deadline and therefore should be received in time for Christmas. Orders placed after midday on Friday 19th December will be delivered in the New Year.

Please Note: Our offices and factory are now closed until Monday 5th January when we will be pleased to deal with any queries that have arisen during the holiday period.

During the holiday our Gift Cards may still be ordered for any last minute orders and will be sent automatically by email direct to your recipient - see here: Gift Cards

Maps

9,439 maps found.

1946, North Thoresby Ref. NPO793985
1947, North Togston Ref. NPO793999
1946, North Town Ref. NPO794005
1940, North Town Ref. NPO794007
1940, North Weirs Ref. NPO794060
1947, North Weston Ref. NPO794070
1947, North Wheatley Ref. NPO794073
1946, North Witham Ref. NPO794088
1945, North Wootton Ref. NPO794123
1947, Llandaff North Ref. NPO758600
1898, North Huish Ref. RNE793552
1898, North Hylton Ref. RNE793556
1895, North Kingston Ref. RNE793591
1895, North Leigh Ref. RNE793628
1898, North Lopham Ref. RNE793664
1895, North Marden Ref. RNE793697
1896, North Marston Ref. RNE793699
1898, North Newbald Ref. RNE793770
1899, North Ormsby Ref. RNE793790
1898, North Rigton Ref. RNE793861

Books

Sorry, no books were found that related to your search.

Memories

1,550 memories found. Showing results 381 to 390.

Memories Of Thornley

Having read Kenneth Ortons' memories, it brought back visions in my mind of the good times growing up in the loveliest little village I know. When I was born in 1947 my mam and dad lived with my grandma at 60 Thornlaw North ...Read more

A memory of Thornley in 1947 by David Thompson

St. George's Preparatory School For Girls. North Foreland.

Unfortunately the FCJ convent doesn't exist any more but my memory goes back to those happy years from 1959 till 1964 as a little girl studying as a boarder and always waiting for my late ...Read more

A memory of Kingsgate in 1959

17th Century Murder Replayed At Church Norton.

The more I think back on this incident, the more bizzare and terryfying it seems. In 2001, around Oct/Nov, myself and a friend drove to the car park at Church Norton church at about 11:00pm. We were ...Read more

A memory of Sidlesham in 2001 by Jon Clatworthy

Basket Weaving

In the early 60s I went to a works in Thornton Heath where they made willow baskets. There were huge vats of water for soaking large bundles of stripped willow to make them supple prior to being woven into things like ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath by Mr Sosgez

My Memories Of Dibden Purlieu

I lived in Talbot Road back then with my foster sisters and our wonderful Foster Mum Mrs. Jones. I can remember attending Orchard Road Junior School durring the Queens Silver Jubilee and getting a coin with the ...Read more

A memory of Dibden Purlieu in 1977 by Andrew Price

Re The Buffs

The Royal order of Buffalos..... Next door but one to the nurses home (as was), now a nursing home. I was born in Highfield hospital, Mill Lane, lived in Wallasey until I was 62 and now live in the north of Scotland. When I was a ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey in 1993 by Linda Holland

Early Times In Colindale

I was born after the war and lived in Sheaveshill Avenue until I was married in 1971. I lived in a house that which had the dubious distinction of being directly opposite to the Titanine paint factory on the other side ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1956 by Ken Hunter

Morris Dancing At The Union Inn Denbury

It was a stormy July evening with heavy showers bucketing down so the Union Inn on the village green at Denbury was absolutely bursting with people crowded around the bars. We should all have been outside ...Read more

A memory of Denbury in 2010 by John Howard Norfolk

The Days Seem To Go On Forever

I was brought up in Pode Hole from 1967, my mother Joan is still alive but now living in Spalding, sadly my Dad Ken died in the Fishermans Arms pub on Sept 23 1977. I have a brother Nigel and a sister Susan. We ...Read more

A memory of Pode Hole in 1967 by Stephen Cropley

Evacuation

I was evacuated to Kibworth three times; in 1939 I came probably from my school, Newington Green in North London. i stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Dinkley. After a few months, a bomb fell in Kibworth, probably on the way to ...Read more

A memory of Kibworth Beauchamp in 1930 by Dorothy Beth

Captions

2,645 captions found. Showing results 913 to 936.

Caption For Cootham, The Village 1894

Here the photographer has gone down Clay Lane to look north-east across the field towards the school seen in photograph No 34412.

Caption For Ware, High Street C1955

Looking north along the High Street, we see that the old lamp standards have been replaced by more lofty modern ones, and while the electrical shop on the left is still primarily concerned with advertising

Caption For Bakewell, Haddon Hall C1955

The North-West Tower is some 50ft high, and was built by Sir George Vernon around 1530. He was the last Vernon, for he had no male heir when he died in 1567.

Caption For Felbridge, The Garage 1928

Looking north at the junction of the Crawley and Godstone roads we see the Star Inn, a much re-built 17th-century timber framed house, although little altered since the 19th century.

Caption For Worcester, The Foregate C1960

A hint of that can be seen here, looking north from The Cross to the railway bridge.

Caption For Dunoon, 1904

As Dunoon was the largest and best known of the Cowal resorts, its main steamer links were with Gourock, Rothesay and with the North British Railway at Raigendoran.

Caption For Filey, On The Beach C1950

Filey Bay runs down from the prominent coastal feature of Filey Brig, which juts out into the North Sea.

Caption For Wainfleet, The River C1955

This is the Steeping river flowing towards the Wash and the North Sea. Earlier in its life it had more publicity, as it is also known as Tennyson's brook.

Caption For Filey, The Parade 1932

The long promontory of Filey Brigg, part of a huge curve of cliffs, shelters this long stretch of firm beach from the worst of the north-east gales. A new parade was constructed in 1955.

Caption For St Annes, Pier Entrance 1901

The North Channel provided a navigable stretch of water close to the head, and thus several large steamers and private yachts were able to moor here.

Caption For Crewe, Station C1965

By 1974 the whole of the West Coast main line, north of Crewe to Glasgow, had been converted to AC electrification.

Caption For Sunderland, The Park C1900

This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.

Caption For Newark, Trent Bridge 1900

For centuries, the Trent has been a water highway, carrying cargo up from the North Sea coastal ports. The bridge (right) is listed as an Ancient Monument.

Caption For York, The Cavalry Barracks 1886

Tower Street has displays of medals, uniforms and weapons, and models showing the battles that both this and other Yorkshire regiments fought in many parts of the world, including Egypt, Europe and the North-West

Caption For Storrington, High Street C1955

Situated at the foot of the South Downs, where the River Stor flows north-west to its confluence with the Arun, Storrington is the only downland settlement that became a small market town.

Caption For Brimington, Ringwood Road And Church C1965

The name of Ringwood Road refers to the early 19th-century mansion of Ringwood House, home of the Markham family, which stands to the north east.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Harbour 1925

This is the inner pool of the Cobb Harbour; we are looking north-westwards to High Cliff, prominent on the wooded hilltop (left).

Caption For Anston, Crowgate C1960

His estates included North Anston, Greasbrough, Wickersley, Ecclesfield, Laughton-en-le-Morthen and Mexborough.

Caption For Crummock Water, From Loweswater 1889

A picnic party in a meadow in the hamlet of Loweswater are enjoying the splendid view north up Crummock Water.The lower slopes of Grasmoor are prominent on the left, and the skyline is filled by

Caption For Wisbech St Mary, High Street C1960

Heading north-east we come to Wisbech St Mary, which is built alongside the New River, which takes the water of the Nene to the huge pumping station at Denver Sluice.

Caption For Souldern, The Pond C1960

Its calm waters reflect this compact, peaceful, and quiet north Oxfordshire village.

Caption For Stamford Bridge, Post Office And Square C1960

It has always been overshadowed by a more famous battle that took place north of Hastings.

Caption For Brambletye, Castle 1906

This ruinous Jacobean manor house, about half a mile north-west of Forest Row, was built in 1631 for Sir Henry Crompton, MP for East Grinstead.

Caption For Maidstone, Allington Castle 1898

Allington is a hamlet on the Medway just to the north of Maidstone. It is best known for its castle, situated hard by the River Medway. This view shows the excellent defensive site of the castle.