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Maps

321 maps found.

1946, Hole's Hole Ref. NPO737892
1919, Hole's Hole Ref. POP737892
1896, Hole's Hole Ref. RNE737892
1899-1900, Hole's Hole Ref. RNC737892
1919, Hole Ref. POP737743
1900, Hole Ref. RNC737743
1895, Hole Ref. RNE737743
1925, Hole Ref. POP737741
1946, Hole Ref. NPO737743
1947, Hole Ref. NPO737741
1898, Hole Ref. RNE737741
1925, Hoo Hole Ref. POP739845
1925, Ousel Hole Ref. POP798396
1923, Sots Hole Ref. POP834157
1922, Three Holes Ref. POP847698
1912, Flukes Hole Ref. RNC707017
1900, South Hole Ref. RNC834914
1921, Brandy Hole Ref. POP648775
1899, Lye Hole Ref. RNC770931
1903, Hole Bottom Ref. RNC737753

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Memories

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Tithby Or Tythby

I used to live in the village of TYTHBY, spelled with a Y and not an I. I did not even know that there was another village close by with a similar name. But I have checked on the computer and there it is, not too far away in the ...Read more

A memory of Tithby in 1944 by Brian Williamson

Personal Reflections

I was born in Sandleaze, Worton in 1957. I was brought up at 1 Mill Road near the Marston boundary. I remember many things about the village especially the Rose and Crown Pub and the Mill. I remember with pride the ...Read more

A memory of Worton by Teresa Lewis

Happy Childhood

I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and ...Read more

A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by Geoff Taylor

Chudleigh Knighton Cider Memories

I lived in Chudleigh Knighton when I was 11 years old until I was 15. That was 1932 till 1936.  I was taught at the lovely school there. The head mistress was Miss Gill and her assistants Miss Bray and ...Read more

A memory of Chudleigh Knighton in 1930 by Bill Daniel

Combe Florey Primary School

The village school in Combe Florey closed in about 1958 I believe, it exists as a private house now, but I can still remember the mile long walk to and from it, through the lanes every morning and afternoon. Mum ...Read more

A memory of Combe Florey in 1958 by Kathy Farmer C/O Terry Roberts Roberts Flooring Contractors Ltd

The Abbey Moor Park The Ghost Of Jonathan Swift

I went to Farnham art school in 1968-1971, and at that time, Moor Park was used as a conference centre, available for hire, and inclusive of staff and an elderly chaplain called Dr Bird.  As ...Read more

A memory of Waverley Abbey Ho in 1969 by sbushell

Hilly Fields

Situated at the top of our road, as young children Hilly Fields was something quite magical. During winter time we would trek our home made sledges over to toboggan hill and hurtle down to the brook at the bottom of the hill at ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1950 by Roger Davis

Jamaica Planter

I have been told some information about the Jamaica Planter which was sunk off the Port of Barry, but cannot remember all the details. Is anyone able to help me? My father-in-law was aboard her on the two occasions she came in to ...Read more

A memory of Barry Dock in 1940 by Caroline Scott

Mixed Feelings

I first arrived in Llanegryn at the latter end of 1939 along with my younger sister and a lot of other kids from my school (St Johns)in Birkenhead. I was eight years old at the time and my sister was six. We were all put into the ...Read more

A memory of Llanegryn in 1930 by Bob Boyd

Days Gone By

I lived in Fleetwood from around 1948 - 1952. My dad was in the army and we lived in the Drill Hall in (Ithink) Preston Street. I can remember going to the library nearby and playing on the beach near some piers. There was a young ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood by Ann Levers

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Captions

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Caption For Morriston, The Cross 1954

The newsagent's to the left of the picture is Billy Hole's. The family still live and trade in the town.

Caption For Men An Tol, 1890

Men an Tol means 'stone of the hole'; this most famous of Cornish landmarks probably belongs to the Neolithic period.

Caption For Men An Tol, 1890

Men an Tol means 'stone of the hole'; this most famous of Cornish landmarks may belong to the Neolithic or the Bronze Age period.

Caption For Men An Tol, 1890

Men an Tol means 'stone of the hole'; this most famous of Cornish landmarks may belong to the Neolithic or the Bronze Age period.

Caption For Bebington, Brackenwood Gardens 1936

In the 1970s, a large 18-hole golf course was built to replace a small 9-hole course, and part of the house became a golf club.

Caption For Morriston, The Cross 1954

Billy Hole, whose newsagent's, stationer's and tobacconist's shop we see on the left, was an interesting character.

Caption For Bishop Auckland, Golf Links 1914

By the early 1920s Bishop Auckland was one of only a handful of 18-hole courses in County Durham; many, such as Barnard Castle, Felling, Ravensworth, Fence Houses (Lambton Collieries), and Durham City

Caption For Hutton Le Hole, The Village 1957

The village of Hutton-le-Hole lies about one mile west of Lastingham.

Caption For Wookey Hole, 'the Witch' 1896

The route then heads east back to the Mendips to visit another celebrated tourist attraction, Wookey Hole.

Caption For Tetbury, Market House 1956

Legend relates that the lord of the manor of Tetbury was sailing across the Irish Sea when his ship was holed and began to sink.

Caption For Tiverton, Blundell's New School 1890

For instance, the hole at the top of the tower was left to allow a clock to be fitted.

Caption For Thaxted, Bolford Street C1955

this was the church- builders` watering-hole of choice. The Co-op (left) was formerly Tanner`s grocery and drapery shop.

Caption For Exmouth, The Sands 1925

These children are clearly delighting in making sand castles, digging holes in the beach for the sea to fill, or just engaging in a spot of amateur beachcombing.

Caption For Aberdeen, St Nicholas's Street And Queen's Corner C1899

There is some activity around the base of the statue - are the two ladies selling flowers and button-holes?

Caption For Abbotsbury, Market Street C1955

Inside the church is a Jacobean pulpit, which is pierced by two bullet holes, remnants of the Civil War.

Caption For Quethiock, The Celtic Cross 1908

This ancient four-hole cross was restored and placed at the edge of the churchyard in 1881. While Mylor claims the tallest cross in Cornwall, Quethiock's has more stone visible above ground.

Caption For Shoeburyness, The Childrens Boating Pool C1955

Miniature golf was another attraction, with a round of eighteen holes costing the princely sum of 9d.

Caption For Newquay, On The Sands 1912

The rocky cliff faces are scored and pitted by wind and waves, causing sizeable blowing holes and fissures.

Caption For Kingswinford, Our Lady Of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church C1965

Kingswinford has an interesting Roman Catholic connection in Holbeche House, the home in 1605 of Stephen Lyttelton, a friend of Robert Catesby of Gunpowder Plot fame.

Caption For Wiswell, Village 1906

The nearby medieval vicarage has a priest hole, often used during the Catholic persecution that followed the Reformation, as this, like many other villages in Lancashire doggedly clung onto the Old Faith

Caption For Launceston, White Hart Hotel Door 1890

The gas lamp that lit the entrance is now gone, but the holes for its bracket are still visible.

Caption For Launceston, White Hart Hotel Door 1890

The gas lamp that lit the entrance is now gone, but the holes for its bracket are still visible.

Caption For Abbotsford, Abbotsford House 1897

In 1811 Sir Walter Scott purchased the Cartley Hole estate on the banks of the Tweed and changed its name to Abbotsford.

Caption For Boscobel, House 1898

Hiding in the tree by day, he hid in a priest's hole in Boscobel House at night until the Roundheads abandoned their search and he was able to make his way to safety.