Maps

2,499 maps found.

1925, Cleadon Park Ref. POP670021
1919, Cribbs Causeway Ref. POP683143
1919, Bradley Stoke Ref. POP647960
1919, Codrington Ref. POP673229
1919, Coombs End Ref. POP677053
1899, Lower Hamswell Ref. RNC769296
1899, Lower Hazel Ref. RNC769319
1899, Lyde Green Ref. RNC770861
1899, Gaunt's Earthcott Ref. RNC712439
1905, Girvan Ref. RNC713985
1904-1905, Glassford Ref. RNC714651
1901-1904, Monkton Ref. RNC782689
1904-1906, Mossblown Ref. RNC784359
1899-1900, Hill Ref. RNC734822
1899, Iron Acton Ref. RNC744308
1899, Itchington Ref. RNC744599
1905-1906, Loans Ref. RNC760183
1904-1905, March Ref. RNC774385
1904-1906, Masonhill Ref. RNC775520
1904-1905, New Lanark Ref. RNC790118

Books

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Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 731 to 740.

Memories Of The 1950s

I was born in1930, in Jarvis Road South Croydon. My memory is of starting at the Davis Cinema (the largest in Europe when it was built). I remember seeing Nat King Cole perform live at the Davis. My mates and I would start ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1949 by James Wallace

1961 To 1971

My family moved to Arundel Drive when I was a baby. Like most of the houses we had a shared drive where you couldn't access the garage. I remember this caused a lot of problems with the neighbours. Have just returned from a ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow by Janice Allen

Guinea Gap Baths

Me and my friend Marilyn, went to Primary school together in London. Her dad was the manager of our local swimming baths. I was devastated when he was offered promotion, it was at a pool in Wallasey, called Guinea Gap Baths. This ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey in 1960 by Sue Meek

An Evacuee Remembers

A South Londoner, I was 12+ when WWII started in September 1939. I was evacuated with Wandsworth Central School to Farncombe, and remember sitting on the floor in a large hall waiting for someone to 'adopt' me. Eventually, I ...Read more

A memory of Farncombe in 1940 by Ronald Waller

On The School Bus

Between 1964 and 1966, I used to travel by bus from Haywards Heath to school in Burgess Hill, going over Keymer crossing twice a day. If we were lucky, a train would be coming and we would get to see the crossing in action. ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill in 1966 by Mike Brown

The Bailey Family

I have lovely childhood memories of visiting Nanna and my Aunties in South Elmsall/South Kirkby. Saturday mornings were always spent at Elmsall Market doing the weekly shopping, cup of tea at the Market Cafe followed by fish ...Read more

A memory of South Kirkby by Nicola Metcalfe

Memories Of Elizabeth Gallimore

I was born in 19 Windsor Terrace in 1949. I remember growing up in Haswell and going to the school at the top of the road opposite Church Street where I went to both the infants and the juniors. We used to go up the ...Read more

A memory of Haswell in 1959 by Michael Johnson

The Ansons

My father Robin Anson, was the second son of Violet and Lawrence Augustus Anson. Lawrence was brought up by his grandparents who lived in one of the cottages opposite the Triton pub. His mother Beatrice, was a maid in Bridlington ...Read more

A memory of Brantingham in 1930 by Kathryn Anson

The Coombs Family From Kent Approz 1921 1935

My dad, lived with his family in Bolton upon Dearne from the age of about 3yrs in 1921. They were (like many others) very poor. My grandad, Frank Coombs (who my dad is named for) and my ...Read more

A memory of Bolton Upon Dearne by Helen Higgins

Thorne As I Remember

So much and so little time; Green Top Primary School, happy days before the big move up to the Grammar School or North Eastern Road Secondary Boys. Mr Morris for metal work, Mr Snow for woodwork. Mr Colin Ella for religious ...Read more

A memory of Thorne by David Walton

Captions

2,444 captions found. Showing results 1,753 to 1,776.

Caption For Tywyn, View From Marine Parade 1908

This photograph looks south along the sandy beach, which stretches for some three miles.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1904

Now we look westwards down the south side of West Street, from Knight and Son, tailors (far left). The next building housed stationer and printer W Frost who published the 'Bridport News'.

Caption For Seer Green, Chalfont Road C1960

South-east of Coleshill, Seer Green was a small village that became a separate parish in 1847.

Caption For Fleckney, Wistow Hall C1960

With the parish church, the Hall stands on the deserted medieval village of Wistow, about half a mile to the south of Newton Harcourt.

Caption For Dyffryn Ardudwy, The Village C1955

The village is a stopping-point on the way north or south along the coast, with just a prehistoric burial chamber and some beautiful hill walks to delay the traveller - unless you were making for the large

Caption For Oakley, The Church C1960

The nave is mainly 12th-century, while the 14th-century south chapel has an external arched tomb recess under its three-light window (centre).

Caption For Ibstock, Station Road C1965

The back of the Crown Inn can just be seen in the centre, where Station Road becomes Hinckley Road, curving south past the parish church, and on to Nailstone and Market Bosworth.

Caption For Turton, The Tower 1897

Turton Tower lies four miles south of Darwen, and four miles north-east of Bolton. The villages of Turton and Turton Bottoms are next to the Tower.

Caption For Bedford, The River And The Bridge 1921

This view looks across the river to the south bank, now a much changed view. The Picturedome at this time was showing 'Madame Peacock' daily at 3, 7 and 9 o'clock.

Caption For Crawley, Parish Church 1903

However, a substantial amount was demolished, and more is soon to go at the south end.

Caption For Garstang, The Canal Wharf C1955

Stone, slate and lime would be carried from the north, and Wigan coal from the south.

Caption For Wisbech, South Door, St Peter's Church C1950

The room above the south porch has now been converted into the parish office. In early times, it is believed to have been the home of the Grammar School.

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

They lie in a north-south axis on the western edge of the town; they measure as high as 22ft 6in, and are as big as the stones at Stonehenge.

Caption For Compton, The Coach And Horses C1950

A secluded village in the middle of the Downs near the Hampshire border, south of Harting.There is a fine Neolithic long barrow on Telegraph Hill, which is 534 feet high.The Norman church of St Mary

Caption For Ashtead, The Street C1955

The medieval parish church, Ashtead Park house and its landscaped park, now part of the City of London Freemen's School, are south of this main through road, the A24 London to Worthing road.

Caption For Dormansland, The Post Office C1965

Immediately south-east of Lingfield lies the race course, founded in 1890, and beyond that is the next station on the railway line, Dormans.

Caption For Forest Green, The Common C1955

Moving east towards Leith Hill, but still south of the woodland that covers the greensand hills, the tour reaches Forest Green, a hamlet scattered around an extensive green.

Caption For East Farleigh, River Medway 1898

This peaceful scene shows the 14th-century five-arched ragstone bridge, which is considered by some to be the finest in the south-east.

Caption For Bournville, Mary Vale Road 1949

Situated 4.5 miles south of Birmingham, Bournville was chosen by George Cadbury in 1879 as the site for his new factory and for a model village for his workers.

Caption For Beer, Pillow Lace Workers 1901

A lace maker works at a floral sprig of Honiton lace outside her cottage door at Beer in South Devon.

Caption For Bristol, The Docks 1953

During the early decades of the 19th century, Bristol was losing trade to Hull, Liverpool, London and the South Wales ports owing to its high dock charges.

Caption For Warburton, The Bridge 1897

At this time Warburton was a small village on the south bank of the Mersey, five miles west of Altrincham and twelve miles from Manchester.

Caption For Bedford, County Schools 1897

South-west of the town centre, along the Ampthill Road, on a large site between it and the railway line, the County Schools were built in the 1880s on a grand plan with a massive tower and,

Caption For Aylesbury, The Market Place C1950

It is now restored and car free; the central areas are surfaced with Denner Hill setts, a hard stone from the Chilterns above High Wycombe which is used all over the south of the county for kerbs and