Maps

2,499 maps found.

1880, Old Down Ref. HOSM55620
1902, Oldland Common Ref. HOSM55732
1879 - 1880, Rudgeway Ref. HOSM58252
1900 - 1901, Severn Beach Ref. HOSM58974
1881 - 1902, Soundwell Ref. HOSM59607
1880, Upper Morton Ref. HOSM63012
1881 - 1902, Wick Ref. HOSM64611
1902, Willsbridge Ref. HOSM64671
1880 - 1881, Winterbourne Down Ref. HOSM64818
1881, Yate Ref. HOSM65481
1946, Beach Ref. NPO635167
1946, Henfield Ref. NPO731301
1947, High Shields Ref. NPO733486
1946, Kendleshire Ref. NPO746076
1946, Kingswood Ref. NPO748289
1946, Hall End Ref. NPO725106
1946, Harry Stoke Ref. NPO727714
1946, Little Sodbury End Ref. NPO757977
1946, Little Stoke Ref. NPO758004
1946, Doynton Ref. NPO692874

Books

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Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 591 to 600.

The Sound Of Bells...

Working on my bungalow today in the ancient, beautiful Dorset town of Sherborne, I kept on hearing the tolling of the local Abbey bells. Not really unusual, except today, the sound seemed to 'resonate', and take me 'way back' ...Read more

A memory of Acton by alangtaylor

1937 Onwards

Born in Oakwood Rd Hilsea In 1937with memories of watching Dog Fights in the sky from our Anderson Air Raid shelter during the early part of WW2 before going up to Dunstaffnage in Scotland in 1943 when my father who was a Shipwright in ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth by Brian Woodward

Gosforth Just After The War

I was born at the Ravensbourne Nursing Home , opposite All Saints Church in 1943. At that time my father was in the army and my mother and I lived with my grandparents in Henry Street, my oldest aunt lived next door. My ...Read more

A memory of Gosforth by bunz

My Birth Place

I was born in woodgate street nine Ellms lane Battersea in November 1936, all the people older than me who were around at that time must have passed away. In our house lived my grandparents, my mum and dad, brother jock, sister ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by squiresdp

Personal Memories

Memories from many years ago. My father David Dickson was the dentist who built the house at 9 Newcastle Street which is where I spent my early years.. After the war we moved to Birkland Villa which we entered from a laneway just ...Read more

A memory of Worksop by chrisdeboer36

Hollinwood 1943 1963

I lived in Bourne Street (Born 1943) near the Help The Poor Struggler pub made famous when the landlord was the national hangman, Albert Pierpoint. I went to the Roxy cinema, Queens Cinema, Roxy Milk Bar. I attended Freehold ...Read more

A memory of Oldham by mhurworth1

There Was More To Binfield Than This

There were the Cardricks who lived at the top of Tilehurst Lane and Terrace Road and were a family of carpenters. Then there were the Carpenters who had the garage near the Standard Corner in Terrace Road and the ...Read more

A memory of Binfield by deswendy

The Pumping Station On West Thurrock Marshes

My father Stan Wilson grew up in a cottage on the marshes at West Thurrock where his father was the resident engineer for the adjacent Pumping Station (Sewage?). The 1939 census shows the family ...Read more

A memory of West Thurrock by alandvi.187

Orchard Road

Moved to Orchard Road South Ockendon from the east End (Canning Town) in 69 went to Mardyke school, still remember good memories about that school, can remember going down to the Mardyke river, there was a very shallow part near ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by ipatterson701

Pre War Teignmouth

Wandering through the old photos prompted a memory of the opening of the Boating Pond. What year was that? With others from the Barbara Spencer Edwards dance school, wearing white pleated skirts navy blue waistcoats and hats, ...Read more

A memory of Teignmouth by pjbeaux

Captions

2,444 captions found. Showing results 1,417 to 1,440.

Caption For Camelford, Advent Church 1906

The south aisle has been added, built with granite blocks, as seen at Boscastle's St Juliot church.

Caption For London, Crystal Palace 1900

After the Exhibition, it was moved to wooded parkland at Sydenham in south-east London.

Caption For Southport, London Square 1902

The Southport & Lytham Tramroad Co came up with a proposal to construct a transporter bridge due south of Hesketh Bank at a cost of £183,500.

Caption For Hopton, The Holiday Camp C1955

Hopton is a diminutive village resort on the A12 just south of Great Yarmouth.

Caption For Grantham, Market Place 1893

Chapter Three is a tour of the rolling oolitic limestone south-west part of Lincolnshire, until 1974 the County of Kesteven.

Caption For Southwold, North Cliff And Coastguards 1896

The white building was the Coastguard Station, built in 1884-1904 here on the corner of South Parade to replace the Watch House, which was on the beach. Next to the flagpole is a signalling device.

Caption For Swanage, The Mill Pond 1890

The setting south-eastwards from the Mill Pond includes tenements in former Church Farm (left) and cottages on Church Hill (centre), though those below Wyvern Cottage have since been replaced by the

Caption For Rochdale, Carr Wood Waterfall 1895

This waterfall just south of School Lane had a race feeding the waterwheel of Ashworth Fulling Mill, which was to the right.

Caption For Gawcott, Main Street C1960

Gawcott, a mile and a half south-west of Buckingham, lies at the head of a stream (flowing north into the River Ouse) whose course runs along the right-hand side of this road.

Caption For Rothley, Town Green C1965

We are south-west of the village centre, and the photograph exudes a strange feeling of well- cared-for neglect.

Caption For Uppingham, The School House C1950

This was the headmaster's house until 1975 when a new house was built in the garden facing South Backway.

Caption For Charlwood, The Archway 1906

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs.

Caption For Halland, Cross Roads C1965

We are on the Eastbourne main road, south of Uckfield. Halland Park Farm is the remains of the mansion built in 1595 to replace Laughton Place as the principal house of the Pelham family.

Caption For Skillington, Village C1965

This is another stone village to the south of Grantham, and houses being built there now must still be stone-faced. The rounded corner house now has lots of roses growing up the wall.

Caption For Clayton West, Long Lane C1955

Clayton West was typical of many South Yorkshire coalfield villages in the 1950s, when this photograph was taken.

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, Mount Pleasant C1955

The carefully-pollarded lime trees along both sides of this north to south street help to shade the frontages of the varied shops and other retail establishments which flourish here.

Caption For Ludford, Post Office C1955

Ludford is a now a single-street village on the Louth to Gainsborough road at the head of the River Bain, which flows south through the Wolds to join the River Witham.

Caption For Skillington, Village C1965

This is another stone village to the south of Grantham, and houses being built there now must still be stone-faced. The rounded corner house now has lots of roses growing up the wall.

Caption For Sheffield, The Crimean Monument 1893

This is the junction of South Street and Union Street. The monument was erected to commemorate the Crimean War; as with many such monuments, it came complete with a captured Russian cannon.

Caption For Troutbeck, Kirkstone Pass C1870

The photographer was looking south towards Troutbeck, with the shoulder of Broad End on the left.

Caption For Tenby, South Sands 1890

Both on the north and south sands there are numerous bathing machines.

Caption For Torquay, The Bowling Green 1906

This celebrated and fashionable winter resort occupies the northern corner of Tor Bay, and is securely sheltered from all winds, except those from the south-east.

Caption For Mawnan Smith, The Village 1930

South-west of Falmouth, Mawnan Smith is at a crossroads where one lane continues on to Helford Passage beside the sheltered waters of the Helford River.

Caption For Sully, The Hospital C1950

Ideally located to take advantage of the beneficial properties of sea air, the south-facing hospital wards further benefited from the shelter of existing trees.