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Maps

181,006 maps found.

1921, Cornhill Ref. POP677719
1924, West Hill Ref. POP864399
1924, West Newton Ref. POP864799
1921, Townsend Ref. POP851259
1921, Newstead Ref. POP791547
1920, Preston Ref. POP810637
1921, Milton Ref. POP781131
1946, Bucknall Ref. NPO654827
1897, Cornhill Ref. RNE677719
1897, Bucknall Ref. RNE654827
1940, Preston Ref. NPO810637
1947, Wold Newton Ref. NPO872170
1946, Stanfield Ref. NPO838222
1897, Oxford Ref. RNE799156
1895, Preston Ref. RNE810637
1897, St Hilary Ref. RNE823901
1946, Fenton Ref. NPO704442
1897, Shelton Ref. RNE829621
1889, West Newton Ref. HOSM63923
1899-1900, East Village Ref. RNC697967

Books

11 books found. Showing results 1,609 to 11.

Memories

29,072 memories found. Showing results 671 to 680.

Great Dane

I remember the Great Dane in the picture. My Grandma had a Yorkshire/Manchester Terrier cross, and the two animals looked so incongruous when they met. My aunt Doris Greenslade lived in a tiny cottage owned by Walter Little Senior situated 100 yards to the left of the post office in the picture.

A memory of Medstead by Vernon Maldoom

Rumbyhill

My grandparents, John and Ginny Loftus, lived at Rumbyhill farm from the 1920's until they retired about 1950. This was the old Rumbyhill farm, subsequently the name was given to the farm across the road. My mother grew up at the farm and ...Read more

A memory of Crook in 1940 by Cathy Armstrong

Stratfield Mortimer, C1955

The entrance on the left is to Mortimer Station and the house (red brick) just right of centre is the Old Post Office. The white house just left of centre is Street House. The building to  the right (and slightly closer to the foreground) is the old water pumping station.

A memory of Stratfield Mortimer in 2008 by Paul Johnson

On Our Way To Longleat.....

After walking the footpath from Rodden Farm we would end up on the main Frome /Warminster road, not far from the start of Friggle Street. This was our route to Longleat we often took on foot during our school holidays. ...Read more

A memory of Elliots Green in 1980 by Jt Davies

Paglesham History

Well no personal memory for me - but my family go back to the mid to late 18C and was landlord of the punch bowl, and oyster dredgermen to the 1960s. We have a massive collection of photos from this area at www.familyunited.co.uk.

A memory of Paglesham Churchend in 1900 by Clive King

Fish And Chips At Hest Bank

when i was young i would go for fish and chips they were great and there was always something to do some where to ride on our bikes at hest bank. I now live in australia and in 2006 took my three girls to england for ...Read more

A memory of Hest Bank in 1965 by Allan Holmes

Little Sutton In 1950s And 1960s

What memories your comments conjure.  How I loved the 'rec'  as a child.  We started on the 'baby swings' and progressed to the 'big swings' and see-saw and round-a-bout.  The old shelter there was a favourite ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1960 by Janet Lee

War Days In Chingford 1939 46

up to the age of seven from 1939- 46 i lived in middleton close i to remeber the war years , walking across sopers farm to feed the pigs on acorns , catching newts in the little pond , which is now ...Read more

A memory of South Harefield by Roger Walker

Evacuee During World War 2

I was privately evacuated to Croxton Kerrial with my sister in 1940, we were billeted in a cottage named Woodbine Cottage, this was next to the Bakery. We attended the village school, I still remember some of the ...Read more

A memory of Croxton Kerrial in 1940 by Keneth Harris

Busk Crescent

Late in 1945 my parents moved to 25 Busk Crescent, in Cove. The house was on top of a hill and overlooked the Farnborough airfield. From the front bedroom you could see aircraft landing on the runway. The house was one of a string of ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1945 by Alan Hickman

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 1,609 to 1,632.

Caption For Watford, High Street C1961

The spacious northern end of the High Street, with its central water garden and carefully tended flowerbeds, marks the area where the market hall stood until 1853.

Caption For Saltwood, Village Hall And Almshouses 1902

Archaeological discoveries over the last couple of years may push the date of the area's habitation back further.

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Caption For Hose, C1955

On the north-east side of the county, Hose is situated close to the Nottinghamshire border in the Vale of Belvoir.

Caption For Barnard Castle, The Castle And The River Tees 1898

The earliest castle here is thought to have been built by Bernard de Baliol; it consisted of a ringwork with wooden palisading protected by an outer ditch defence.

Caption For Friday Street, The Stephan Langton 1921

Another of the small iron-working hamlets in the valley of the Tilling Bourne, Friday Street probably derives its name from the Scandinavian goddess Frigga; it still enjoys its peaceful setting above a

Caption For Aldeburgh, High Street 1894

Frith's photographers visited Aldeburgh's High Street over a period of sixty years; their photographs, arranged here in chronological order, are a potent record of changing times, the advance of the

Caption For Hothfield, Church 1901

Hothfield Place was the seat of the Tufton family, but was pulled down after the Second World War. In the 16th century Sir John Tufton entertained Queen Elizabeth I over two days.

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Caption For Hose, C1955

On the north-east side of the county, Hose is situated close to the Nottinghamshire border in the Vale of Belvoir.

Caption For Berkhamsted, St Peter's Church C1960

The parish church of St Peter, which dates from before 1222, was built on the site of part of the old St John's Chapel at the side of the Roman Akeman Street.

Caption For Aberystwyth, North Parade 1949

At the beginning of the 19th century, a number of new streets were built following the grid pattern of the mediaeval town.

Caption For Harrogate, Valley Gardens 1907

Harrogate is one of the oldest of England's spa towns: its mineral springs were discovered in the 16th century.

Caption For Caergwrle, The Castle C1955

Situated six miles south-east of Mold, Caergwrle is a small castle comprising the ruins of three round towers and a polygonal turret; it was captured and destroyed in 1282.

Caption For Smeeton Westerby, Christ Church, Saddington Road C1955

The village, which in parochial terms was originally bracketed together with Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt, which share the mother church of St Wilfred, lies some eight miles to the south

Caption For Kendal, Noble's Yard, 96, Off Stricklandgate 1914

One of the most engaging characteristics of Kendal is its multitude of charming side alleys and yards, such as this one off the main thoroughfare of Stricklandgate.

Caption For Harlow, The Green C1955

The spacious open nature of this estate was typical of the style of all the new building. However, the lack of garages was later to cause problems.

Caption For Penrith, St Andrew's Church 1893

The square red sandstone west tower of St Andrew's Parish Church is Norman, and was part of the original church on the site.

Caption For Keymer, Keymer Road C1965

Keymer is at the foot of the Downs near Hassocks. The Norman church of St Cosmos and St Damian was re-built in 1866. Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote.

Caption For Tarbet, Loch Lomond, The Pier 1899

Loch Lomond became a popular destination for day trippers from around Clydeside, especially after the opening of the Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Railway.

Caption For Leeds, The Town Hall C1965

When this picture was taken, the town hall, with its 225 ft tower and spectacular frontage of giant columns and pilasters, was in desperate need of a good clean to rid it of decades of soot and grime.

Caption For Berkhamsted, Lower Kings Road C1955

A bustling shopping scene of the early fifties, taken when the row of shops was fairly new. Many of these now await new lessees, but the surmounting clock and its cupola are still present.

Caption For Camber, Holiday Cottages C1955

Sussex beaches are mostly shingle above high water mark, so it is understandable that the two miles of golden sand between the mouth of the River Rother and the shingle banks of Dungeness should develop

Caption For Norwich, The Cattle Market And Castle 1891

The Tombland Fair provides the activity in this picture of Norwich Castle. At the time of the Conquest, Norwich was both an important town and a major port.

Caption For Wisley, Hut Hotel 1903

A subsequent casualty of the automobile age, this popular hotel, with its three patient horses waiting for their passengers, stood alongside the A3 at Wisley until it was demolished to make room for the

Caption For Snape, The Castle 1896

The castle was once the home of the powerful Neville family; now parts of their castle lie in ruins, although one side remains habitable.