Maps

2,499 maps found.

1919, Pye Corner Ref. POP811873
1919, Redwick Ref. POP815088
1919, Siston Ref. POP831666
1905, Kilgrammie Ref. RNC747061
1904-1905, Kilncadzow Ref. RNC747397
1899, Kington Ref. RNC748327
1904-1905, Laigh Carnduff Ref. RNC751275
1905-1906, Laigh Hillhouse Ref. RNC751288
1919, Abson Ref. POP619218
1919, Acton Turville Ref. POP619758
1919, Alveston Down Ref. POP624727
1919, Aust Ref. POP629094
1925, Boldon Colliery Ref. POP645510
1919, Bromley Heath Ref. POP651641
1919, Berwick Ref. POP639229
1919, Bibstone Ref. POP639561
1925, Biddick Hall Ref. POP639672
1919, Blackhorse Ref. POP642641
1946, Aust Ref. NPO629094
1946, Awkley Ref. NPO629276

Books

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Memories

1,577 memories found. Showing results 981 to 990.

Newton Abbot, Haccombe House 1890

My mother lived at Haccombe House and worked for Lord & Lady Carew from the age of 13yrs. in 1914 until about 1930. The Carew family had other residences in London, Highcliffe (Bournemouth), and South ...Read more

A memory of Newton Abbot in 1910 by Margaret Hawkins

Grange Academy For Young Ladies

My school in South Ealing was know as 'Grange Academy for Young Ladies', or rather, just simple Grange seniors. I loved my school days and equally net-ball, but hated the fact that we had to play in our blouses ...Read more

A memory of South Acton in 1963 by Averil Branson

Over The Water !

The Woolwich Ferry was the only way I can remember in the 1950s and 60s that we could go 'over the water ' from South to North London. I can remember trips with my Nannie as a child , catching a bus from Eltham to Woolwich and then ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich in 1958 by Gaynor Wingham

The Good Old Days

I was born in our house in Central Avenue in 1954. I went to Aveley Infants and Junior Schools and Aveley Secondary School in Love Lane. Many a time my sister Maggie and I have struggled home with bags of shopping we carried from ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1959 by Mrs Cutler

The Past The Present And The Future

I was born 3rd July 1959 in Marlborough hospital, I spent the first few months of my life in Ramsbury, my parents lived opposite the fire station, until our house burnt down and we moved to Crabtree Close, ...Read more

A memory of Chilton Foliat in 1977 by Mandy Chaverou

Sinking Feeling

My grandad used to work at South Kirkby pit for many years, so growing up I was forever hearing stories of his days down the mine. Being a very inquisitive child I would spend hours exploring, even though my grandad used to ...Read more

A memory of South Kirkby in 1985 by Mark Adams

Our Wedding

I am originally from St. Helens, Lancashire, and met my husband, Roy, at Burtonwood AFB where I worked. He was stationed at Wethersfield but came on occasion to Burtonwood. When I moved south to be married, I had to live in the ...Read more

A memory of Shalford in 1958 by Anita Watson

Farley Croft Westerham

Farley Croft was a beautiful house, in Westerham, converted for use as a Dr. Barnardo's Home when I was there in 1953/54. It was a wonderful place to be living. We junior Nursery Nurses were paid £4 a month while we ...Read more

A memory of Westerham in 1954 by Gaynor Boyd

The Village Shops Etc

Born & bred 'Tarpotion'. The shops? The best I can remember, starting (1) Junc/Rushbottom Lane/London Rd - NAT, parcels & goods service (later Essex Carriers, Atlas Express), now the bank, cycle shop. (2) - Pie ...Read more

A memory of Great Tarpots in 1950 by Horace Rogers

Living At The Mill

My father bought the mill in the 1960s and we moved in 1976 to South Africa. During the years living at the mill we all have plenty of memories spent living there. The most memorable was the first time we encounted the ghost of ...Read more

A memory of Felsted in 1972 by Christina Bryan

Captions

2,444 captions found. Showing results 2,353 to 2,376.

Caption For Dorking, Coldharbour Lane 1907

The Friends Meeting House stands on Butter Hill in South Street, and below it is the beginning of the extensively-dug caves.

Caption For Guisborough, Church, De Brus Cenotaph 1913

Temple Moore placed the newly assembled cenotaph in the south- west corner, next to the old three-light east window, which was relocated from the sanctuary.

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

Caption For Laindon, St Nicholas's Church C1955

The chancel and south aisle were added later. From Saxo-Norman times Basildon was closely associated with Laindon, and Laindon parish was always described as Laindon-cum-Basildon.

Caption For Hull, Paragon Street 1903

The famous New Amphitheatre was built in 1846 at the junction with South Street: with its Paragon Street frontage of 206ft in length, and seating approximately 3,000 people, it was at one time

Caption For Ware, Amwell End 1925

Amwell End was the original toll road entry to Ware from the south until the building of the bridge. At the far end, it is crossed by the railway and the river.

Caption For Hitchin, High Street 1903

This 1903 view looking south down the High Street is full of detail. It seems to have been taken one warm morning - note the open windows, and the summery dresses of the girls on the right.

Caption For Malmesbury, Abbey, Nave East 1924

The square structure on the south side of the nave is known as the Watching Loft; its origins and purpose are not certain.

Caption For Dorking, Horsham Road 1905

Mr Oliver West maintained and repaired bicycles in Dene Street (originally called Ram Alley), and C S Fuller had his business in South Street.

Caption For Dorking, South Street 1906

Mr Oliver West maintained and repaired bicycles in Dene Street (originally called Ram Alley), and C S Fuller had his business in South Street.

Caption For Paull, The Waterfront C1955

When the King blockaded Hull in the Civil War, a military battery was built just to the south of this picture.

Caption For Guisborough, Church, The Font And Lady Pease Memorial Window 1913

In the north-west corner, Temple Moore designed a window with tracery to match that of the old three-light east window, which he had relocated to the south-west corner.

Caption For Wells, St Cuthbert's Church 1890

The Tree of Jesse, which formed the reredos of the chapel in the south transept, was erected in 1470.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Church And Town 1890

The tower was thought to date from the 12th century, but repairs in the winter of 1994 revealed a much earlier window, dating from about AD 980, in the south wall of the ringing chamber on the second

Caption For East Dereham, 1893

It has a Norman south doorway and a celebrated panelled font of 1468 which cost £12 13s 9d.

Caption For Worthing, South Street 1899

A Town Hall with a clock was built at a cost of £1,215 8s 10d on land at the northern end of South Street and opened without ceremony in 1835.

Caption For Warminster, Cley Hill C1950

The town is surrounded by green fields and woodland to the south of Salisbury Plain.

Caption For Southgate, Grovelands Hospital C1955

Mulcaster, who had completed a survey of the building, said that the water of the Lea was sufficient for the powder mill, but a factory to make other ordnance should, he suggested, be at a site just south

Caption For Wetherby, Market Place 1909

The playground was the street, with the girls allowed on the south side, the boys on the north side near the Black Bull.

Caption For Dartmoor, Ponies C1965

In the south, huge pits were dug for china clay, an industry that continues today, and all over the moor granite was quarried for building stone.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Shell Mex Buildings And Gardens C1965

The industrial area, known as Maylands Avenue, was constructed to the south-east of the town.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Dixons, Maylands Avenue 2005

The industrial area, known as Maylands Avenue, was constructed to the south-east of the town.

Caption For Hitchin, St Mary's Church From Market Place 1908

This 1908 view of the churchyard from the south shows the gates that once protected the dead from body snatchers.

Caption For Hitchin, St Mary's Church From Market Place 1908

This 1908 view of the churchyard from the south shows the gates that once protected the dead from body snatchers.