Maps

181,045 maps found.

1919, Newport Ref. POP791457
1920, Pimlico Ref. POP806233
1946, Bretton Ref. NPO649583
1945, Brompton Ref. NPO651655
1899, Littletown Ref. RNC758358
1919, Bierley Ref. POP639743
1899-1909, Wellow Ref. RNC863114
1901-1902, Werrington Ref. RNC863590
1921, Blakenhall Ref. POP643739
1922, Ashton Ref. POP627887
1902-1903, Carrington Ref. RNC663081
1901-1902, Eastfield Ref. RNC698538
1899, Downend Ref. RNC692670
1903-1904, Dreghorn Ref. RNC693064
1897-1909, Coxford Ref. RNC679685
1902, Blakenhall Ref. RNC643739
1902-1903, Aspley Ref. RNC628081
1903-1904, Gilmerton Ref. RNC713829
1919, Merton Ref. HOSM53533
1888 - 1903, Birmingham Ref. HOSM34167

Books

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Memories

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Newbury Way And Rayners Gardens

I'm Steve and the earliest memories are of Newbury Way, a lower half of a 2 bedroom maisonette with an open coal fire and larder including a concrete slab to keep stuff cold. I recall riding my three wheeled bike ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Steve White

Enormous Nostalgia

I lived in Wath until I enlisted in the RAF at the age of 19. The photographs of Wath on Dearne create a sense of enormous nostalgia and I vividly recall my childhood and teenage years. I attended the Grammar School ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne by paulineandellis

Was The Semaphore Inn, Llysfaen, Previously Called The Bull?

As a little girl in late 1950’s /60’s I used to visit my grandparents caravan on the site by the Semaphore pub. It hasn’t changed a bit apart from big, new caravans replacing the little old ...Read more

A memory of Llysfaen by Elizabeth Thomas

Bryn Ddol 1942

Hi folks. I'm posting this as I have a photo, ( Don't know how to up-load it on here), of Bryn Ddol farm/cottage, photo taken in the 1940's. This is where my late husband's nana lived. My late husband gave me the photo as a ...Read more

A memory of Bryn Ddol by Carol Williams

Collingwood School

I attended Collingwood from 1957 - 1960 and yes, the discipline was severe. I once looked out of the window as a fire engine went by and was punished with 6 of the best! Mr Kirby Birt was an odd character with a viscious ...Read more

A memory of Wallington by Phillip Stringer

Halcyon Days In The 1950s

What fantastic days they were, despite the hardship. We were a family of 9 Seven children Allan Joy,twins Michael and David, myself Sam and a second set of twins Kathryn and Brian I too remember Mrs Greys shop, ...Read more

A memory of Wrottesley Park in 1955 by Sam Woolley

Hos In The 1930's

My mum told me she came to Peartree Farm Askham Bryan. She was an Ellwood from Batley. she described a hanging ham in the kitchen, her discovery of her allergy to mushrooms and playing in the fields here about. I have no ...Read more

A memory of Askham Bryan by Diane Gollop

Fornethy Residential School

Hi everyone I went to Fornethy in the late 70s I went there twice and most of the teachers were brilliant only for a wee old grumpy one don’t know her name she would always be knitting and took the ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by Susan Mccallion

Happy Memories

My goodness, some of the articles brought back so many good memories. I lived at Riverside Place and went to Lord Knyvitts School around 1957. The milk that iced up in the morning at school and the newspaper I was required to tear up ...Read more

A memory of Stanwell by Sue Pharo

Hemingford Grey Playgoup

We moved in to Apple Orchard Lane in 1963. There were only 4 houses in the road and after quite a short time it was decreed that we should become part of The Apple Orchard and so we were numbered on and became 15. I ...Read more

A memory of Hemingford Grey by Pamela Finn

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Captions

29,161 captions found. Showing results 961 to 984.

Caption For Worcester, St Andrew's Spire C1960

St Andrew's Church was demolished in 1947 but the medieval tower, with its elegant spire of 1751, was allowed to remain.

Caption For Copthorne, Franciscan Convent School C1960

Copthorne was a new parish, formed in 1881 out of Worth and Crawley Down. The church of St John Evangelist was built in 1877 and is just in Sussex.

Caption For St Albans, Clock Tower And Market Cross 1921

A rare surviving example of an English belfry, the Clock Tower, built in 1411, stands at the centre of the city with the narrow mediaeval street of French Row on its left and the wider Market Place on

Caption For Bradpole, And The Knapp 1907

The village of Bradpole is shown here from the north-east, looking south-west from above Hole House Farm and the valley of the Mangerton River across to Holy Trinity Parish Church (right) and the fields

Caption For Leicester, Granby Street 1949

The link between London Road and Gallowtree Gate, this short north-south road is visually of the later 19th century.

Caption For Colchester, The Castle 1891

The astonishing thing about Colchester Castle is the fact that it is built around the podium of the great Roman temple dedicated to the God- Emperor Claudius, whose legions had begun the conquest

Caption For Stanmore, The Old Church, Uxbridge Road C1965

The picturesque growth of trees and ivy which has been allowed to flourish unchecked took its toll on the brick structure, and the church, probably designed by Nicholas Stone and consecrated by Archbishop

Caption For Romsey, Mainstone 1904

This famous firm was developed from a combination of various Romsey breweries in the latter part of the 19th century, when rail transport made it possible to carry beer over considerable distances

Caption For Mells, The Manor And Church C1965

Mells Manor, largely Elizabethan, was built on the site of a medieval monastic manor.

Caption For Wokingham, Broad Street C1955

From this elevated view point we get the impression of what must have appeared a somewhat green street.

Caption For Windsor, Albert Memorial Chapel, East 1895

Queen Victoria commissioned George Gilbert Scott to create the highly decorated interior of this 15th century Chapel to commemorate her husband, Prince Albert, who died in 1861.

Caption For Bolsover, The Castle 1902

The ruins of the once luxurious state rooms at Bolsover Castle. It was probably in these rooms that the Duke of Newcastle lavished thousands of pounds on entertaining Charles I.

Caption For Swinton, Main Street C1960

The small hamlet of Swinton, west of Malton on the B1257, above the wide valley of the River Rye, was completely deserted when the Frith photographer called on a summer's day.

Caption For Darlington, Bondgate 1906

Bondgate gets its name from the area of the town where the bishop of Durham's bond tenants once lived; it was once a separate manor from Darlington.

Caption For Truro, Boscawen Street 1923

Cornwall's cathedral city is at the centre of a mining district and sits comfortably in a broad valley, at the junction of the rivers Kenwyn and Allen.

Caption For Weymouth, The Sands C1955

Weymouth's beach has gently sloping sands and is mostly sheltered from the storms and swells of the English Channel, making it suitable for the youngest and most inexperienced of bathers.

Caption For Dublin, Grafton Street 1897

Looking north along Grafton Street towards Trinity College and the east portico of the Bank of Ireland. Grafton Street is Dublin's most elegant shopping street.

Caption For New Mill, The Canal C1955

A tranquil mid-summer view of the Grand Junction or Union Canal, which reached the nearby town of Tring in 1799 as part of a massive construction, designed to link London and Birmingham and which subsequently

Caption For Scarborough, The Castle 1890

It was the scene of the first action of the barons against Edward II, whose favourite Piers Gaveston held Scarborough at the time; despite surrendering, Gaveston was seized by the Earl of Warwick and summarily

Caption For Kington, Church Street 1956

Kington was also once described as having a 'maze of narrow streets … where too many of the old houses have been refronted, but still have the attraction of a wildly irregular skyline'.

Caption For Bodmin, Fore Street 1931

The Market House was built of granite in 1839-40 for the sale of meat, poultry and butter, and the four carved ox heads above the pillars (left) are a notable feature of the street frontage.

Caption For Wordsley, King George's Field C1965

The fine bay windows of this house have been filled in with concrete and adorned with graffiti, while other windows have been boarded up.

Caption For Edinburgh, The Castle 'mons Meg' C1950

The cannon 'Mons Meg' is said to have been cast at Mons, Belgium in 1486, on the orders of James III.

Caption For York, St. William's College 1892

These priests had plenty of money and plenty of time on their hands, and were always getting up to mischief.