Maps

181,006 maps found.

1895, Doddinghurst Ref. HOSM43401
1895, Friern Manor Ref. HOSM44068
1895, Herongate Ref. HOSM48196
1895, Ingrave Ref. HOSM49487
1895, Horseman Side Ref. HOSM54542
1897, Blaengarw Ref. HOSM38020
1897, Bryncethin Ref. HOSM39375
1897, Bryncoch Ref. HOSM39310
1897, Bryncoch Ref. HOSM39770
1914, Whiterock Ref. HOSM48191
1883, Loughton Ref. HOSM52370
1902, Kilve Ref. HOSM50154
1885, Othery Ref. HOSM55927
1886, Spaxton Ref. HOSM59855
1909, Bempton Ref. HOSM37558
1901, Bridport Ref. HOSM34217
1888, Gerlan Ref. HOSM46188
1888, Llanllechid Ref. HOSM51934
1899, Maesgeirchen Ref. HOSM52958
1899, Penrhos-Garnedd Ref. HOSM62252

Books

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Memories

29,016 memories found. Showing results 951 to 960.

The Rone Clarke Family Rose Cottage Bristol Road Bournbrook Birmingham

My great-great-grandfather was CHARLES RONE CLARKE born 6 March 1837 at 13 Court, Smallbrook Street, Birmingham. He was a master woodturner and sixth great-grandson of Henry ...Read more

A memory of Bournbrook in 1860 by Sue Coates

Braintree Road

I was born at 38 Braintree Road in 1942 and enjoyed growing up in the area close to Chipping Hill. The old forge was in operation and us kids would spend hours watching My Dorking shoeing horses. I went to the Chipping Hill School ...Read more

A memory of Witham in 1950 by Edward Green

Benjamin Siddle Rm

My great-grandfather served on this ship between 1875/1876 as a Royal Marine marksman, having joined the RM's at 13 years old in 1870. He also served on HMS's 'Agincourt', 'London', 'Simoom', 'Thetis', 'Lion' and finally ...Read more

A memory of Devonport in 1870 by Peter Graham Siddle

Pupil

I was a pupil at Rotherham Grammar School until 1948. My memories are of our form master 'Cabbage' Green, an ardent Labour Party member, and his use of the 'Flog Iron' which he used on all our form when we made a young female French ...Read more

A memory of Rotherham in 1946

Redhill Pool Hair Spray And Teddy Boys

I remember the pool at Redhill and the cardboard boxes for our clothes. Oddly I was only thinking of it last week when I was locking my clothes up at the gym, I was wondering how they tracked our clothes ...Read more

A memory of Redhill by Yvonne Alexander

Chislehurst & Sidcup School For Girls

My parents were so pleased when I won a scholarship to the Sidcup branch of the school and my father bought me the new-fangled biro (was there a propelling pencil the other end?) as a present. Mum could only ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup in 1950 by Dorothy Soar

Family Tree Hiscott Davie

In researching my family tree I have discovered a number of ancestors born in and around Frithelstock. The family name is Davie with either a middle name or secondary surname of Hiscott. I have tracked back to Philip ...Read more

A memory of Frithelstock

Marmora Road Street Party

I remember the street party that was held to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II that wass held for the children in Marmora Road. Unfortunately during various house moves the photos that I had have all been ...Read more

A memory of Dulwich by Jack Brett

Fivehead Baptist Church

One Sunday in August 1998 my husband and I were privileged to attend a Sunday morning service in the Fivehead Baptist Church. It was an emotional time to sit there and read the marble plaque on the wall for my great grand ...Read more

A memory of Fivehead in 1998 by Catherine Corpe

Blue Gems Chinese Restaurant

I remember many enjoyable Friday evenings at 'The Plough' on the corner of Gooseacre Lane (usually with too much beer!) and the following visits to the 'Blue Gems' in Kenton Road for some Chinese food at pub closing ...Read more

A memory of Kenton in 1962 by Tony Nyman

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Captions

29,158 captions found. Showing results 2,281 to 2,304.

Caption For York, The Castle Museum C1955

The land was acquired by the City Corporation in 1934 at a cost of £8,000. The Debtors' Prison was opened as a museum, which was then extended to the Women's Prison building.

Caption For West Hanney, Lamb Inn C1955

Beyond it, the pair of gables belong to one of a crescent of 1950s council houses.

Caption For Clent, Village C1965

Notice all the piles of paving stones waiting to be laid into the pavement.

Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill 1897

As long ago as the reign of Edward the Confessor, Bridport was a town of considerable importance, boasting over a hundred dwellings, a priory of monks and its own mint.As its name implies, it was

Caption For Bothenhampton, The Village 1904

Once a village in its own right, standing on the slopes above the River Bredy, Bothenhampton has now become a suburb of Bridport.

Caption For Twickenham, The Slipway Facing Eel Pie Island 1890

This view, from the footbridge onto the Island, is a photograph of what has passed - for all to the left of the sash-windowed and pedimented house on the right was cleared away in the 1950s.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Beach 1898

Much of this view looking west from the pier is now dry land occupied by the west part of Adventure Island, while Never Never Land lies amid the now much thinned trees on the right.

Caption For Wallingford, The Bridge Boat House 1899

A little further downstream we reach historic Wallingford, an Anglo-Saxon borough, much of whose 9th-century earthen ramparts remain.

Caption For Lechlade, Burford Street C1950

This view looks north out of the Market Place, past the corner of St John Street, with the Old Vicarage on the right.

Caption For London, Lambeth Palace C1965

This view shows the Archbishop of Canterbury's official residence; at the time of the photograph, Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher, who crowned Queen Elizabeth II, was Primate.

Caption For Middleham, Manor House 1914

Monks from nearby Jervaulx Abbey began the tradition of horse breeding in this dale.

Caption For Taunton, East Street 1902

The first chapter's tour starts in the heart of the lush Vale of Taunton Deane in the county town of Taunton, a bustling town with much of its former through traffic taken by the nearby M5.

Caption For Preston, The Post Office And War Memorial C1960

The Main General Post Office is on the left of the photograph. Gone are the days when it opened seven days a week from 7.30am to late in the evening.

Caption For Hawswater, 1893

In 1893 the natural lake of Haweswater nestled peacefully in the unspoilt and beautiful valley of Mardale. At this time the road to Mardale village ran along the west side of the lake.

Caption For Romford, Rush Green C1950

It was served by Evans Corner and this comprehensive parade of shops on the Rush Green Road at Dagenham Road crossroads.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Chapel Street 1922

A continuation of Church Street, Chapel Street leads on to the High Street.

Caption For Reading, Market Place C1870

The structure behind the drinking fountain is the Simeon Monument, 'erected and lighted for ever at the expense of Edward Simeon as a mark of affection to his native town' in 1804.

Caption For East Horndon, Herongate, The Boar's Head 1908

In this picturesque of a long-vanished world, chickens are foraging for food and children playing by the pond.

Caption For Redditch, Alcester Street 1949

Most of Alcester Street was demolished in the 1960s, but this small part of it survived.

Caption For Field Broughton, St Peter's Church 1897

St Peter's was originally a chapel of ease to Cartmel Priory, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 30 June 1745.

Caption For Lympstone, Church Street 1904

Lympstone suffered economic depression at the end of the Napoleonic Wars when its shipbuilding yards closed. A number of residents moved to Devonport to continue their trade.

Caption For Cosby, Main Street C1965

This photograph, looking towards The Nook, highlights the frustration of what could have been.

Caption For Glasgow, Woodside Place 1897

Glasgow boasts one of the world's finest municipal collections of art, now housed at Kelvingrove.

Caption For Stafford, Church Lane C1960

Church Lane has always been one of the most attractive parts of Stafford. Legionnaire's Disease The most notorious misfortune to affect 20th-century Stafford occurred in April 1985.