Maps

2,499 maps found.

1899, Berwick Ref. RNC639229
1899, Bibstone Ref. RNC639561
1901-1904, Biddick Hall Ref. RNC639672
1905-1906, Bogend Ref. RNC645135
1904-1905, Brocketsbrae Ref. RNC651334
1898-1899, Hawkesbury Ref. RNC728820
1899, Heath End Ref. RNC730019
1904-1906, Heathfield Ref. RNC730273
1901-1904, Hebburn Ref. RNC730398
1901-1903, High Shields Ref. RNC733486
1899, Frampton Cotterell Ref. RNC709059
1899, Frampton End Ref. RNC709062
1899, Frenchay Ref. RNC709279
1899, Frogland Cross Ref. RNC709661
1905-1906, Frognal Ref. RNC709695
1904-1905, Glespin Ref. RNC716621
1899, Easter Compton Ref. RNC698218
1904-1905, Edmonston Ref. RNC699375
1904-1905, Elsrickle Ref. RNC701050
1899, Engine Common Ref. RNC701354

Books

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Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 961 to 970.

Woodlea Drive, Bromley. '50s/'60s.

I lived at 42, Woodlea Drive from the age of 9 until 18 when we moved in 1963. My dad bought the plot and we used to visit it regularly until the house was completed, and we moved in. Our house was at the top of the ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1954 by Nigel Hurley

Denham Court

I was also in Denham Court for about a year in 1960. I remember Mr Hill. I actually enjoyed my time there. My dad had died and my Mum was in hospital for a long time. Coming from South London, I found the freedom and grounds of the ...Read more

A memory of Denham in 1960 by Brian Keating

Irby

I moved to Irby in 1957 and remember the sandstone cottage that was there before the library. I think a lovely girl called Prudence Cottrell lived there and she had a strawberry roan pony that was always in the garden. Mrs Matthews had the ...Read more

A memory of Irby in 1959 by Susan Reid Povall

Evacuees

Hi Fellow Evacuee! My mother and 6 brothers and sisters were evacuated to Gilfach Goch from South London. I was aged 7 when we first arrived. We were separated into different families. I stayed with my mum, at Mrs John, who we all ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1940 by Martin Jordan

The Broadway 1979 1980

I was born in the house on South Avenue that my mum lived her entire life in until her death in 2006, I vividly remember a few shops on the Broadway from this period, including Safeway (now a small arcade. A short way along ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Neil Emery

Childhood In Abercwmboi

I was born in Abercwmboi in 1954 but my parents moved south in 1956. We returned there several times every year, staying with my grandparents Eddie and Sue Milton at 39 Bronnallt Terrace every Christmas and again for ...Read more

A memory of Abercwmboi in 1959 by Pauline Lucas Milton

It's All Chicken Feed!

Hello all, my name is Robin Harries, and in 1965 I was a teenager. Mr Moore (I think Len was his name) used to drive the Ford van and deliver to our farm (which was Cwmdraw Farm) with the chicken feed. He was a lovely ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith in 1965 by Robin Harries

Childhood

My sister and I and our older brother, who did not survive, were born at 175 Hursley Road in the 1940s. The house is still standing and is now owned by Draper's Tools. We drove by on a cold, damp late October day in 2008 and ...Read more

A memory of Chandler's Ford in 1940 by Valerie Cranmer

Bristol At Sea

Over a thousand years ago Bristol's harbour developed around the lowest bridging point of the River Avon. The exceptional tidal range of the Severn Estuary and Avon carried laden ships into the city and scoured the river of ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Crystal Radio In Chingford.

Back in the early 1950s my girlfriend lived in South Chingford. I'd stay with her and her parents for a weekend every 8 weeks when I got a pass home from the Hydro Electric Construction job in Scotland. Often we'd ...Read more

A memory of South Lambeth in 1950 by Denman Lalonde

Captions

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Caption For Westbourne, County Gates 1913

The building was demolished in 1975, but the pedestrian archway can now be found in Branksome Chine (just south of Wilderton Road).

Caption For Barnstaple, From The Railway Station 1894

To the right, a London & South Western Railway meat van waits to collect meat from the slaughterhouse (centre left).

Caption For Bridlington, Harbour 1903

The paddle tug 'Frenchman' was built at South Shields in 1892 as the 'Coquet'.

Caption For Winchcombe, North Street C1950

Unusually, this river flows north to join the River Avon at Evesham; most Cotswold rivers flow south-east to join the Thames.

Caption For Walkern, The White Lion, High Street C1960

By 1955 they made only soft drinks, and they closed in 1980; the factory, at the south end of the village, is now housing.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Crown Street 1929

This view is taken from the Norman Tower looking south. Beyond Westgate Street lies woodland and countryside, including Hardwick Heath.

Caption For Loftus, Town Hall C1955

A peculiarity of Loftus town hall is that there is no south-facing clock face, because funds were low and this face was mostly out of sight, so expense was saved by only buying three faces!

Caption For Teddington, Houses In The Grove 2005

Houses were built on most of the remaining available land - this was mainly between Park Road and Sandy Lane; to the north and south of the High Street; and along Fairfax Road.

Caption For Seaton, The Church C1955

Seaton is situated on Rutland's south- eastern edge, about half a mile from its border with Northamptonshire, overlooking the Welland Valley.

Caption For Cardiff, Duke Street And The Castle C1955

Yet the family who had done so much to establish Cardiff,had driven the South Wales coal industry, had built the gothic fancy Castell Coch, and boasted an estate of 22,000 acres passed on a mere £437 as

Caption For Preston, Church Street 1929

Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.

Caption For Wareside, The White Horse C1955

Situated on the uplands to the south of the River Ash, it straddles the B1004 road between Much Hadham and Ware.

Caption For Standon, High Street And Church C1965

Unique in Hertfordshire, Standon parish church has a detached bell tower and a porch at the west end rather than on the south wall.

Caption For Wood Green, Alexandra Palace C1965

The Palace was built to rival the Crystal Palace on Sydenham Hill in South London.

Caption For Swindon, High Street 1948

Looking South to Marlborough Road The buildings to the left stood next to the Old Town Hall on the Market Square.

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

They stand in a line running north to south and at intervals of 200 to 370 feet.

Caption For Berkhamsted, The Castle C1960

Here are the remains of a circular keep, the southern barbican, and two wing walls on the south side of the motte.

Caption For St Annes, Lightburn Avenue C1955

We are standing in South Promenade, with the Chadwick Hotel on the corner. Lightburn Avenue was named after the second lighthouse at St Anne's.

Caption For Castle Acre, The Priory, The West Front 1891

It is late Norman, apart from the large pointed window over the middle arch; on either side of this are two smaller arches which led to the north and south aisles.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1904

Opposite, carrying the plate for South Street, is the Town Hall (right).

Caption For Kings Norton, The Church Of St John The Baptist C1955

From the south the full beauty of the church can be seen as it floats above the fields.

Caption For Winchcombe, North Street C1950

Unusually, this river flows north to join the River Avon at Evesham; most Cotswold rivers flow south-east to join the Thames.

Caption For Kidderminster, Brinton Park 1957

This changed, however, in 1887 with the presentation to the town of Brinton Park to the immediate south- west.

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

They stand in a line running north to south and at intervals of 200 to 370 feet.