Maps

9,439 maps found.

1947, Harlow Hill Ref. NPO727411
1947, West Field Ref. NPO864144
1947, Lodge Green Ref. NPO765795
1947, Low Gate Ref. NPO768114
1898, Dale End Ref. RNE687765
1885 - 1886, Low Wood Ref. HOSM57516
1903, Twitchen Ref. HOSM62725
1892, Thorpe Underwood Ref. HOSM61716
1925, Harlow Hill Ref. POP727411
1924, Long Marston Ref. POP766543
1901-1902, Lyngate Ref. RNC771130
1903-1904, Harlow Hill Ref. RNC727411
1899-1900, Langford Green Ref. RNC752430
1919, Coryton Ref. POP678219
1923, Church Town Ref. POP668593
1903-1904, Clapham Green Ref. RNC669405
1901-1902, Billingford Ref. RNC640071
1911, Miabhaig Ref. RNC778603
1919, May's Green Ref. POP775889
1922, Upper Street Ref. POP857823

Books

39 books found. Showing results 2,449 to 2,472.

Memories

1,544 memories found. Showing results 1,021 to 1,030.

Memories Of Wombwell1950 60

At 66 years of age I still keep in touch with most of my friends that belonged to the coal mine community. Living on Wombwell Main Pit Row we were a large family of nine. Our mother did her best to keep us clean and ...Read more

A memory of Gawber by Sallie Oughton /Taylor.

Memorys Of Cwm

I remember when I was a child my parents would bring us to Cwm to visit my mothers birth place. She is Rhian Lewis, born in 1948, sister Ann and brother Bryn. I spent many an hour climbing the slate covered mountains. We ...Read more

A memory of Cwm by Gayle Odare

We Had A Caravan Here

My family had a caravan in the field behind Johnsons Farm, opposite the corrugated iron clad cafe in the picture. At one end of the cafe were amusement machines such as; Jennings indian head, one armed bandits and other ...Read more

A memory of Aldbrough in 1956 by Andy Maslin

A Childhood 1940s

My grandfather bought Hendersons in c1911 and it was the principal drapers and furnishers in the town until my Dad sold the business c1961. It then became a John Blundells and is now I believe the Waitrose in the Old High ...Read more

A memory of Stevenage in 1945 by Philip Henderson

Margaret Bevan

I was at the Margaret Bevan Convalescent Home in 1967 for a month, I always remember it. I remember we used to do country dancing in a hut on the grounds of the home! We used to be taken into the village to buy sweets, stamps etc.. you could see North Wales from across the sea on a clear night!

A memory of Heswall in 1967 by Teresa Kearns

Manor Cottage.

 My family lived in Manor Cottage, the house on the left, when I was born in 1959. It was such a friendly village. I knew everyone who lived in the lower half of the village. I was able to walk safely down the road to the village ...Read more

A memory of Oving in 1959 by Christine Diamond

Cromarty Born And Bred

I grew up in Cromarty through the late 1980s, the 1990s, and up until the mid 2000s. While it has changed a lot in that time, it's always been fun, interesting, and a close community. This can be seen with New Year dashes ...Read more

A memory of Cromarty by Charlie Davidson

Pre War Woolwich And Shooter's Hill

As a very young lad I lived on Ankerdine Crescent on Shooter's Hill, but Mum frequently took me down to Woolwich for shopping on the market. I can clearly remember a butcher's stall close to Powis Street where ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich in 1930 by Barry W J Chandler

Third World Conditions In The English Countryside

It is all too easy to look back to the past and remember an idyllic picture of country life and forget how it was in reality, I often think back to when I was growing up in Claverley in the 1950s ...Read more

A memory of Claverley in 1961 by Philip Westwood

Wath C1958 68

I too remember Tesh's Emporium.... it was as someone said, somewhere you felt both excitement and dread at the same time lol .... he reminded me of a Fagin character looking back!....I lived in the Pavilion ( or Pav ) as it ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne by Robert Dilkes

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 2,449 to 2,472.

Caption For Bridport, South Street 1897

The town`s main north-south thoroughfare was then largely residential with the only prominent shopfront being that of Turner`s Corn and Seed Stores (left), advertising Lipton`s Teas above

Caption For Worcester Park, Central Road C1955

Worcester Park is situated north- west of Sutton along Malden Road.

Caption For Glastonbury, Wearyall Hill 1896

This view, from the north, is across country- side, whereas today the foreground is occupied by housing and an industrial estate.

Caption For Netley, The Royal Victoria Hospital C1955

It was Queen Victoria who originally argued the need for such a hospital; its objective was to care for the gravely-afflicted casualties of war.

Caption For Mill Hill, The Village Pond, The Ridgeway C1965

This lovely village extends from Highwood Hill to the north to Mill Hill East underground station in the south.

Caption For Syston, Melton Road C1955

Syston, a Domesday village situated about four miles north of Leicester, was industrialised by an influx of framework knitters in the 19th century, which generated standardised red brick buildings

Caption For Gravesend, Clifton Marine Parade C1898

At Gravesend Reach, the River Thames narrows on its way from the North Sea to London Bridge, another twenty-six miles upstream.

Caption For Whitby, The Harbour 1885

This view is taken looking north across the harbour.

Caption For Gravesend, Clifton Marine Parade C1898

At Gravesend Reach, the River Thames narrows on its way from the North Sea to London Bridge, another twenty-six miles upstream.

Caption For Caldecott, High Street C1955

To the north of the village are earthworks, all that remains of the lost hamlet of Snelston.

Caption For Edington, The Church 1900

In the north transept the east window, a depiction of the crucifixion, was restored in 1970.

Caption For Uppingham, Market Place C1963

However, it looks north to the Falcon Hotel.

Caption For Bridport, Bradpole Road 1903

A horseman rides north-eastwards, along what is now St Andrew's Road towards Bradpole, when this was part of that parish before boundary changes brought the northern suburbs into Bridport borough.

Caption For Burnley, St Peter's Church 1895

This is an unusual photograph of Burnley's parish church in that it is taken from the north, where the trees make photography difficult.

Caption For Belfast, Boat Club House, River Lagan 1936

The band of the North Staffords provided the music, and the view shows that music was part of the arrangements in 1936.

Caption For Guisborough, Gisborough Hall 1907

As part of the same programme of alterations, two lodges or gatehouses were built, one at the end of the south drive and the other at the end of the north

Caption For Bawtry, High Street And Market Place C1965

This town on the old Great North Road was specifically created to trade on its location by the local landowner Idonea de Viponts as early as the 12th century, when the existing Roman road was diverted

Caption For Nottingham, Trent Bridge 1902

The River Trent is navigable for some 93 miles, and plays a vital role in linking the waterways of the North East with those of the Midlands.

Caption For Rothley, Woodgate C1965

Rothley lies some five miles to the north of Leicester, and to the west of the busy A6.

Caption For Runcorn, Runcorn Bridge And The Transporter Bridge C1961

Sunday and holiday traffic heading to and from North Wales could take up to two hours to cross.

Caption For Piddinghoe, The Village C1955

We are in the Ouse valley just north of Newhaven.

Caption For Worksop, Priory Church C1965

The fourth tour starts in Worksop, the largest town in north Nottinghamshire, often seen as the gateway to the Dukeries.

Caption For Daventry, Grammar School C1965

North Street joins High Street by Lloyds Bank, and it is down here on the left that we find the last Daventry Grammar School building.

Caption For Wymondham, The Abbey 1891

When they see it from the road or the nearby railway, travellers are puzzled by this church with towers at both ends.