Maps

2,499 maps found.

1899, Hall End Ref. RNC725106
1904-1905, Hamilton Ref. RNC726058
1904-1905, Hareleeshill Ref. RNC727160
1925, High Shields Ref. POP733486
1919, Hinton Ref. POP736877
1919, Holbrook Common Ref. POP737618
1919, Hawkesbury Ref. POP728820
1919, Hawkesbury Upton Ref. POP728823
1919, Heath End Ref. POP730019
1925, Hebburn Ref. POP730398
1925, Hebburn New Town Ref. POP730400
1919, Hanham Green Ref. POP726501
1919, Staple Hill Ref. POP838619
1919, Stoke Gifford Ref. POP840061
1919, The Folly Ref. POP846357
1919, The Rocks Ref. POP846513
1919, Totteroak Ref. POP850804
1919, Townwell Ref. POP851286
1919, Rudgeway Ref. POP822488
1919, Pullens Green Ref. POP811492

Books

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Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 971 to 980.

Old Times

I was born at Gwaenfarren House in Merthyr Tydfil and lived at 70 Bryncelyn Ave with my father, step-mother and brother Barrie until I left to join the RAF in 1970. I can remember the old prefabs being knocked down and the ...Read more

A memory of Nelson in 1953 by Kevin Cale

Bristol's Christmas Steps, Lewins Mead Bs1

This is one part of ancient Bristol that has survived, virtually unchanged apart from the signs but the city beyond is very different. At one time sailing ships moored at the bottom of these steps ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

The Llandoger Trow History

Bristol's historic King Street. The Llandoger Trow inn on right of photograph.King Street is a 17th-century street in the historic city centre of Bristol. The street lies just south of the old town wall and was laid out ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Rock

Underdown was a magical place, a narrow island of rock left by quarrying at some time in the past. This photo is taken from the western end. At the eastern end there was a copse and the top of the island merged back into the side of ...Read more

A memory of Sampford Peverell in 1956 by Bruce Thomas

Ormston

My dad John lived in Broomhill and married my mother Evelyn Crackett from Amble in 1947. I don't now anything about my dad's family other than his mother who's name i don't know died in1958 and he had a sister, Mary Stewart, still ...Read more

A memory of North Seaton in 1947 by Maureen Burton

November 5th 1954

I, at the tender age of fourteen, arrived in Croglin on November the 5th, 1954. It was 'Bonfire Night' and as strangers in the village I did not know a single soul. However the bonfire for the celebrations had been situated in the ...Read more

A memory of Croglin in 1954 by Walter Moscrop

Reminiscence

Yvonne Colwell's notes brought back memories of a few families, but I can't place St John's Lane, even though I lived in Pantycelyn until I moved in the late sixties after the prefabs were demolished. Both my parents are ...Read more

A memory of Nelson by Ray Davies

My School

I was born at Filleigh and went to Filleigh Infants School.  But then at eleven years old went to school at South Molton Secondary Modern. It was 1953 and the school was quite new, opening in 1952 if I remember correctly. As I ...Read more

A memory of South Molton in 1953 by Michael Tucker

South Devon

I lived in Kingskerswell from August 1963 to July 1974, first in Lyndhurst Avenue and then in Weavers Way.

A memory of Kingskerswell in 1963 by Peter Bannister

Across The Years!

My Grandmother, Grace Mary Enticknap (later Gravett) was born in Hambledon in 1906. I have just found this out researching my family history, and am so excited to find these old photographs of the village - and nearby ...Read more

A memory of Hambledon in 1900 by Lucille Parker

Captions

2,444 captions found. Showing results 2,329 to 2,352.

Caption For Pinner, High Street C1955

In the church tower close to the south porch is a most eccentric monument erected by J C Louden to the memory of his parents.

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 Guisborough, Hall 1907

Another view of the south front shows the extent of the alterations and extensions carried out by Richard Chaloner and his wife Margaret, who was also instrumental in the laying out of the

Caption For Avebury, St James' Church 1899

It is ashlar-faced, and so is the upper part of the flint and stone south aisle.

Caption For Deal, From The Pier 1899

In the days when sail reigned supreme, this was once the main harbour town in south-east England, servicing ships moored in the shallow waters of the Downs, between the treacherous Goodwin Sands and

Caption For Charmouth, High Street C1960

This view is south-eastwards, towards Bridport, from Gear's Garage with its AA and RAC signs (far right).

Caption For Henley On Thames, Reading Road And Duke Street C1955

Photograph H73065, pages 66-67 was taken look- ing south along Bell Street as it curves towards the Market Place cross-roads.

Caption For Worthing, The Beach 1890

Middle-class holidaymakers enjoy the sea air, surrounded by their chil- dren, without any distractions or noise from the variety of entertainments found at other South coast resorts.

Caption For Guisborough, Priory And Lake 1932

The Monks' Pond (or lake) lies to the south east of the priory ruins on Whitby Lane.

Caption For Saffron Walden, St Mary's Church, The Interior 1925

The organ pipes are visible on the south side of the chancel. The church had gas lighting at the time of the photograph.

Caption For Eastleigh, Parish Church C1955

Eastley was a tithing in the large parish of South Stoneham, which was where births, marriages and deaths had to be registered.

Caption For Manchester, Exhibition Station 1887

The railway line was on the Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway, which had opened in 1849.

Caption For Odiham, From Church Tower 1906

Facing south, Bury Villas are on the corner of Church Street (centre), which leads to the High Street.

Caption For Basildon, Town Square C1965

A field known as Joiners Hill on the south corner of St Nicholas Lane at the entrance from High Road is shown on the 1839 Laindon Tithe Map, and it is thought that the route via Laindon High

Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill 1897

The main street of Alllington village (bottom left) leads into this panorama of Bridport town, looking south-east from Allington Hill, with the outer parish's St Swithun's Church being the prominent building

Caption For Seatown, Village And Beach 1922

A classic west Dorset view, showing Seatown and Golden Cap which, at 618 feet above sea level, is the highest cliff on the South Coast of England.

Caption For Whitby, West Cliff C1955

Kirby's Hotel was at the other end of the Royal Hotel, beyond that we can just see South Terrace.

Caption For Leith Hill, 1906

A local labourer and his dog obligingly pose for the camera on the sandy path leading from the summit of Leith Hill, at 967ft the highest point in the south-eastern counties.

Caption For Guisborough, The Priory C1885

This unusual view shows the priory arch from the south; in the foreground are gardens which became a formal rose garden laid out for Margaret, later the first Lady Gisborough (see photograph

Caption For Ayot St Lawrence, Shaws Corner C1955

It is said that he chose the village as his home when he noticed a tombstone in the churchyard which reads: 'Mary Ann South, born 1825, died 1895.

Caption For Southampton, No5 (Prince Of Wales) Dry Dock 1908

It was also from the Empress that the Cape Line mail boats for South America and the West Indies departed.

Caption For Henley On Thames, Temple Island 1899

Then comes a pub, the Cottage Inn, and the boathouse of the Henley Rowing Club, established in 1839, who took over an old warehouse in 1903; they moved to the Berkshire side south of the bridge in

Caption For Rugby, Caldecott Park 1932

Dunchurch, 4 miles to the south- west of Rugby, is a small village of thatched cottages and popular public houses and restaurants.

Caption For Standon, The Ford C1965

A few yards south of the paper mill, the trackway crosses the River Rib through a gently flowing ford.