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Maps

2,499 maps found.

1899, Upper Morton Ref. RNC857662
1898-1899, Wapley Ref. RNC860418
1899, Warmley Hill Ref. RNC860827
1946, Acton Turville Ref. NPO619758
1946, Alveston Ref. NPO624726
1946, Badminton Ref. NPO630078
1904-1905, Auchengray Ref. RNC628537
1904-1905, Cadzow Ref. RNC658529
1904-1905, Carluke Ref. RNC661554
1904-1905, Carstairs Ref. RNC663273
1899, Catbrain Ref. RNC664423
1899, Cowhorn Hill Ref. RNC679478
1899, Cromhall Common Ref. RNC683834
1898-1899, Codrington Ref. RNC673229
1904-1905, College Milton Ref. RNC675506
1905, Colmonell Ref. RNC675697
1905, Dipple Ref. RNC691042
1904-1905, Biggar Ref. RNC639854
1901-1904, Boldon Colliery Ref. RNC645510
1946, Frenchay Ref. NPO709279

Books

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Memories

1,580 memories found. Showing results 751 to 760.

Lived On Gas Street

We lived on Gas Street. My family name was Gilder and my parents names were Leonard and Olga nee Carless. My cousins Pamela (nee Gilder) and Gerry Lees still own the Gilders Fishing Tackle Shop in Failsworth. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Failsworth in 1957 by Susan Beech

56 Victoria Terrace

My mum, Esther Scott, lived at the above address and remembers; Jean Gardner, Anne French, Jack, Audray, Ronald & Colin Ripley. Ronald & Colin are on one of her wedding photos! She moved to South Yorkshire ...Read more

A memory of Victoria Garesfield by Nigel Davison

Barrage Balloon

Does anyone in the Sheriff Hill area remember, or know of, a barrage balloon breaking loose and doing some damage at St John's Church? My grand-parents are buried there, and as a choir boy I remember their gravestone, which ...Read more

A memory of Sheriff Hill in 1942 by Robert Hall

Afternoon Drive To Visit The Mast And Enjoy The View.

Not too sure of the year; visiting my grandad and granny Haywood who lived up South Lane. As a child it was an adventure to go out in grandad's Morris Minor, it had a nodding dog in the back ...Read more

A memory of Holmfirth in 1974 by Clare Ginns (Parratt)

Arnherst House

In the 1911 census my great grandparents lived in this house - Arnherst House. John & Alice Upstone; John was a postman. Their son, John Alfred, married Lilian Blackstone Adams (from Foest Row). Then they moved to London ...Read more

A memory of East Grinstead in 1910 by Lynn Hunter

Orange The Tailors/Pawn Shop In Frederick St. South Shields

Can anybody remember my grandad's shop in Frederick Street? Does anyone have any information about him, his family or his shop? I am trying to research my father's side of the family tree and only have a limited knowledge.

A memory of South Shields in 1940 by Lesley Charlton

Childhood Days

My family moved from Portsmouth to my father's home town of Hebburn in the mid sixties, we lived at No.47 Byron Ave and I have many happy memories of my life in Hebburn. Sadly, my father died in 1968 and my mother and I moved back ...Read more

A memory of Hebburn in 1968 by Audrey West

Mishaps In South Croydon

The pub in the middle distance on the right is The Red Deer. On the triangle, which is formed by the junction of Brighton Road & Sanderstead Road, where incidentally I later lived & two of my children were born, ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1959 by Tony Arkell

At School In Tidworth Bulford And Tidworth Down.

We came back to Tidworth in 1944 from South Africa where we had been evacuated to from Egypt via Palestine in 1940. Father had been repatriated from Stalag VIIIB and was posted to BMH ...Read more

A memory of North Tidworth in 1944 by John Weeks

Illingworth Remembered

I lived in Keighley Drive, opposite Crossleys sportsfield until I got married and moved to Bradford with my husband. I have so many lovely memories of Illingworth and Ovenden. My brother went to St. Thomas More school and I ...Read more

A memory of Halifax in 1965 by Sylvia Moore

Captions

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Caption For Ferring, The Village C1960

In the picture we can see a bus stop sign on a concrete post, for Southdown route 106 only, Worthing to South Ferring.

Caption For York, Minster C1890

The south face was undergoing repair work at this time. Pollution, mainly from the smoke from the railways, did a lot of damage to both glass and stone.

Caption For Great Cornard, Church 1895

The apparent terracing between the river and the church is actually hedges on either side of the Marks Tey to Sudbury railway line and of the road from Bures to Sudbury running south to north across

Caption For Fleckney, The Grand Union Canal C1965

bypasses Fleckney on its eastern side; the photograph looks north east across Second Lock, towards Kibworth bridge and Bridge House, as the waterway winds towards Newton Harcourt and South

Caption For Littlehampton, Beach Hotel 1890

The old Beach Hotel seen here gave visitors good views south across The Green to the Promenade and the coastal shipping coming in and out of the harbour to the west.

Caption For Newark, Free Library 1890

The library needed funds, so Sketchley approached the South Kensington Museum and persuaded them to lend various bits and pieces for an exhibition.

Caption For Doune, Castle From Bridge 1899

Situated to the south-east of the town on the left bank of the river Teith at its junction with the Ardoch, Doune Castle derives its name from the Gaelic word 'dun', meaning a fortified place.

Caption For Bedford, The Promenade 1897

In this view, looking north-east from the bridge on the south bank of the Ouse, the Swan Hotel is seen without ivy.

Caption For Biggleswade, Market Place 1925

Three miles south of Sandy we reach Biggleswade, now by- passed by the A1.

Caption For Penarth, Esplanade Hotel From Pier 1896

Being on a headland, there are two shores here - north and south. Along the latter runs the wide Esplanade, with extensive views across the Bristol Channel.

Caption For Wotton Under Edge, Kingswood Abbey 1897

This 15th-century gatehouse is in the village of Kingswood, one mile south of Wotton; it is part of the Cistercian abbey which existed here until the Dissolution.

Caption For Stamford, Town Bridge C1955

The chimneystacks of Lord Burghley's Hospital are an eye-catching feature along the south bank of the Welland.

Caption For Bournville, The Carillion C1960

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 Corbridge, The Angel Inn And Middle Street C1950

To the south-west of the town stands the ruined Dilston Hall, home of the Earls of Derwentwater, the last of whom was executed for his role in the Jacobite rebellion of 1715.

Caption For Southfleet, Village C1960

Watling Street, three miles south-west of Gravesend. It gained its name from a river passage that once reached it from the Thames at Northfleet.

Caption For Belfast, Ormeau Park 1897

100 acres was considered enough for a park, and the rest was made available for what was to become Park Road with North and South Parades.

Caption For Linlithgow, Palace 1897

The Palace is situated upon the south shore of Linlithgow Loch. King David I built the first manor house at Linlithgow, and the church of St Michael next to it.

Caption For Bedford, St Paul's Square C1955

In this view, the market place is mostly a car park, with market stalls along the south side of the Square - one is visible at the left.

Caption For Robin Hoods Bay, The Bay Hotel 1927

The fishing village of Robin Hood's Bay lies just a few miles to the south of Whitby. Also known as Bay Town, the village became a favourite haunt for artists and holidaymakers alike.

Caption For Crakehall, The Hall 1900

It was the country seat of the Duke of Leeds, who lived at Kiveton Park in south Yorkshire. Down by the beck is the 17th-century corn mill, once owned by the Neville family of Middleham Castle.

Caption For Horam, The Church C1955

The parish church is on Horebeech Lane, a turning a little to the south of the shops in view H329029 (on pages 64-65), and dates from the decade after the railway arrived.

Caption For Alfold, The Village C1965

This view looks south-west down Loxwood Road towards the parish church, whose spire can just be seen amid the trees behind the last chimney-stack.

Caption For Great Bookham, High Street C1955

This view looks south. The High Street runs from the parish church, with its white-painted weatherboarded tower, to the Guildford road in the distance.

Caption For Nork, The Parade C1955

Nork is a suburb that merges south into Burgh Heath in the large triangle between Reigate Road, Brighton Road and Fir Tree Road, the north boundary of Nork.