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Maps

2,499 maps found.

1897, Thornbury Ref. RNE847006
1879 - 1880, Alveston Ref. HOSM36038
1901 - 1902, Beach Ref. HOSM37270
1901 - 1902, Bitton Ref. HOSM37978
1881, Coalpit Heath Ref. HOSM41354
1881 - 1901, Doynton Ref. HOSM43478
1880 - 1900, Elberton Ref. HOSM44692
1880 - 1901, Filton Ref. HOSM45501
1879 - 1881, Frampton Cotterell Ref. HOSM45883
1879 - 1880, Grovesend Ref. HOSM47194
1879 - 1880, Itchington Ref. HOSM49522
1880, Kington Ref. HOSM50236
1880, Little Stoke Ref. HOSM51620
1879 - 1880, Lower Hazel Ref. HOSM52581
1880 - 1901, Filton Ref. HOSM55375
1881, Old Sodbury Ref. HOSM55770
1880, Oldbury-on-Severn Ref. HOSM55722
1880 - 1901, Patchway Ref. HOSM56161
1881, Pucklechurch Ref. HOSM57203
1879 - 1881, Rangeworthy Ref. HOSM57447

Books

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Memories

1,580 memories found. Showing results 931 to 940.

Swan Pool Park

I remember Swan Pool Park from the 1950s-60s. It is in South Road, Stourbridge. There used to be paddle-boats available to hire in the early 1960s, and there were lovely weeping-willow trees - even, perhaps, swans. The pool was ...Read more

A memory of Stourbridge by Alison Wright

St Mary Church, Devonport

This picture shows St Mary Church which extended from west to east between Edinburgh Road (previously named Dock Wall Street), and James Street. It might have been taken from the top of The Column in Ker Street. The long ...Read more

A memory of Devonport by Terence Hawton

Sunday Gardener

In 1961 I got my first job after leaving school at S & R Smiths Garage on the Great South West Road. The owners were brothers Sydney and Raymond Smith. We called them Mr Ray and Mr Sid. I started in the stores department. It ...Read more

A memory of Cranford in 1961 by Barry Hawgood

Our Honeymoon

Pat (nee Gilbert) and I were married at St. Stephen's church Sneinton in Nottingham July 1960. We arrived in Gloucester the same afternoon to be met at the train station by our hosts for a 3day honeymoon, they were the owners of the ...Read more

A memory of Cranham in 1960 by John Lacey

Memory Of When I Was About 5 Years Old

My parents -- Glyndwr and Georgina Jones -- both grew up in South Wales. After marrying they moved to Manchester and I was born soon after in 1950. In 1955 my mother became pregnant with my brother Glynne, ...Read more

A memory of Llansamlet in 1956 by csuschnigg

Frimley, The Grove

My father was born in Frimley and lived at No 8 The Grove till he married and moved to Dartford, then Wastwater and finally emigrated to South Africa after the Second World War. I visited my late grandparents, Mr H H Finch and Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Frimley in 1970 by First Name Last Name

Glenthope South Street

34 South Street was my home from 1963 to December 2007! My grandparents Ellen and Lewis Edwards lived here along with my mother Anne and myself. It is the second house on the left with the single window upstairs. (This was my ...Read more

A memory of Corsham in 1962 by Karen Mc Intyre

Lord Wandsworth College John Edgar Smith Born 27 March 1922

I wonder if you may have known John Edgar Smith (School No. 293) in the 'thirties'? My beloved John always spoke very fondly of his years at Lord Wandsworth College, Long ...Read more

A memory of Long Sutton in 1930 by Barbara Tester

The Lido The Best Place On Earth!

Two of my aunts had guest houses in Cliftonville and every year we ventured from Berkshire by train or by coach via Victoria coach station for our annual holiday in Margate. My memories are simple and ...Read more

A memory of Margate in 1962 by Tony Wimbush

Shale Heaps

Hi, I lived at Lingdale at 27 North Terrace which was the last row of terraced houses near the shale heaps which were deposited from the iron ore mine which was situated in Stanghow Lane. The distance between the houses and the shale ...Read more

A memory of Lingdale in 1940 by George Searle

Captions

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Caption For Wolverton, Church Street C1955

Parallel to Stratford Road and to the south of it is one of the grid of streets that were laid out for the town from the 1840s, starting at the east and then expanding westward as land was released

Caption For Fontmell Magna, View From Church Tower C1955

We are looking south-eastwards across the centre of the village towards the Springhead home of environmental guru Rolf Gardiner and the hills of Cranborne Chase.

Caption For Bottesford, St Mary's Church, The Earl Of Rutland's Monument 1890

Approach from the south, over a brook and through trees, to the 15th-century tower and slender recessed crocketed spire of St Mary's, standing over 200 feet high.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Harbour 1892

Lyme Regis is situated towards the northern end of Lyme Bay and six miles south of the mouth of the Axe, a river once navigable for some distance upstream.

Caption For Shefford, The Church And War Memorial C1955

This is because it was originally a daughter church to Campion, a mile or so to the south-west, and Shefford would have buried its dead there.

Caption For Whitby, The Harbour 1885

His two ships that sailed to the South Seas, the 'Resolution' and 'Endeavour', were built here.

Caption For Billesdon, Market Place C1955

church at its southern end and the A47 to the north, the village is entered by long-abandoned medieval roads from Cold Newton to the north, itself a shrunken village, and from Gaulby and Frisby to the south-west

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1897

Shops on the south side include that of grocer and jam manufacturer William G Cornick. The Greyhound Hotel forms the penultimate frontage.

Caption For Poole, Parkstone Park 1898

At the time this picture was taken, Parkstone was being compared to Menton in the south of France; there is also a Mentone Road.

Caption For Holkham Hall, 1922

This picture shows the south front with its fine portico with an entablature supported by eight Corinthian columns. In front of it is a small covered stall set up for a local charitable event.

Caption For Tenby, Harbour C1925

The town developed as a Victorian watering hole for the well-to-do, especially after the railway came in 1863, but in post-war years it has been the destination for mass-tourism, mainly from the south

Caption For Hampton Court, Palace 1899

This is the south-east front, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and built between 1689 and 1700.

Caption For Hampton Court, The Gardens C1960

To the south of the palace are the Pond Gardens.

Caption For Redhill, High Street C1955

This view of the High Street, looking south from the Station Road crossroads, changed dramatically when the M23 and M25 by-passed the town; much has been pedestrianised and demolished.

Caption For Steeple Claydon, North End Road C1955

This view looks south-west along North End Road past the former pub, now a house.

Caption For Chepstow, The Castle 1893

Norman control over England was effectively limited to the south-east of the country; there were rumours that the sons of King Harold were in contact with King Diarmait of Leinster, who was prepared to

Caption For Okehampton, The Castle 1890

It was from here that FitzGerald ruthlessly put down a rebellion in the south-west.

Caption For Simpson, Main Road C1958

This view looks south down the main street towards the church of St Thomas and St Nicholas - we can see its 14th-century crossing tower (centre).

Caption For Devizes, St John's Church, Interior 1898

Mrs Maria Heathcote, 1768, is resting in peace in the south transept; she is represented as Britannia seated, one hand holding an anchor, the other a medallion with her portrait.

Caption For Ferring, The Village C1960

In the picture: 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 Preston, Town Hall 1893

The original Preston Post Office had been at the south end of Wide Shambles in a building leaning on the side of the shambles.

Caption For Cranbrook, Stone Street 1902

From the George's entrance, on the right, she walked on a mile of local broadcloth to Coursehorn, a Tudor farmhouse owned by a wealthy weaver, which is south-east of the town.

Caption For Ware, High Street C1965

The south-west side of Ware High Street changed drastically when it was decided to build a new Tesco Store in 1960.

Caption For Stanmore, Ruins Of Old Church, Uxbridge Road 1906

At the foot of the hill the Old Church and St John the Evangelist share a single churchyard, while remnants of the original mediaeval parish church can be found to the south.