Maps

789 maps found.

1903, Woods End Ref. RNC873861
1903, Woods Moor Ref. RNC873876
1895, Boyatt Wood Ref. RNE647494
1945, Winding Wood Ref. NPO871010
1896, Knowl Wood Ref. RNE750491
1899, The Woods Ref. RNE846575
1895, Winding Wood Ref. RNE871010
1945, Wood Dalling Ref. NPO872435
1946, Wood Eaton Ref. NPO872437
1947, Wood End Ref. NPO872452
1946, Wood End Ref. NPO872456
1946, Wood End Ref. NPO872461
1946, Wood End Ref. NPO872464
1946, Wood Enderby Ref. NPO872484
1946, Wood Green Ref. NPO872640
1945, Wood Street Ref. NPO872779
1947, Woods Moor Ref. NPO873876
1946, Young Wood Ref. NPO876294
1899, Dudley Wood Ref. RNE694637
1895, Crown Wood Ref. RNE684997

Books

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Memories

2,403 memories found. Showing results 181 to 190.

Saltney Wood Memorial School

The picture of the school brings back lots of memories of my childhood. I left there after passing my 11 plus and went to Hawarden Grammar School. I am now 57 years old and a school teacher in Bangkok, Thailand. Paul Hughes. Formally from 5, Elm Grove, Saltney.

A memory of Saltney in 1960 by Paul Hughes

The Jarretts Of Ermington

My mother's maiden name was Jarrett, her father was Fred Jarrett who along with his brother Jim ran a small building company. I lived in Ermington from 1957-1974 and was related, or so it seemed, to almost everyone ...Read more

A memory of Ermington by Chris Stephens

Hartford Secondary Modern School

Me and my late twin brother started at this school in 1953, the school was mixed. We were the first ones to be there, it was a brand new school. Fred Beech was the headmaster, he was a grand man and would always ...Read more

A memory of Northwich in 1953 by Peter Drinkwater

Wonderful Times

My father moved to Cold Meece in 1960 to take up his job as a prison officer at the nearby Drake Hall open prison, and we stayed there for a couple of years before we moved to live at the prison itself. At the time I was between ...Read more

A memory of Coldmeece in 1962 by John Grehan

Horney Common As A Child

I was born in London in 1938. When war broke out the following year my father sent my mother and myself down to Devon but soon after that he, and many of his regimental colleagues in the Army, rented a large country ...Read more

A memory of Horney Common in 1940 by Juliet Baxter

Dorset Dairies

Jacqueline Jackson, if you read this email me please waxrose@me.com  Would your great grandfather be a Harry Hann? He was the owner of Dorset Dairies next to my birthplace in Factory Road, Eastleigh. I went to school in ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke by John Scott

My Years At Warnham

My name is John Herron, I attended the school between 1970-1974 and still have fond memories of my days at the school. I remember the headmaster Mr King, my English teacher Mr Cooper, my geography teacher Mr Ward, ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1970 by Linda Wright

Laleham Abbey

My sister Kathleen Taylor (former name) was cook in the kitchen for the retired old ladies. I was always staying with her during school holidays. Her husband then (now deceased) was Barry Taylor and they had two children, Sarah born ...Read more

A memory of Laleham in 1970 by Stuart Mitchell

Boyhood Memories From 1952

It was around this time that the tram lines were taken up from Sunderland Road in Gateshead. The men stored the old lines in Somerset Street and Devonshire Street. As boys we would dig up the tar from around the ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1952 by Dave Southern

The Smallfield Brickyard

I was born at 1 Kings Cottages in April 1931. I have two brothers, and as young boys we were close friends of the late Gerald Mitchel. Gerald's mum, nee Doris King, lived with her husband (Syd, who served with the RAF) ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Tony Harper

Captions

663 captions found. Showing results 433 to 456.

Caption For Hutton, Village C1955

This secluded community lies in a wooded valley on the outskirts of Guisborough.

Caption For Ardleigh Green, Southend Road C1955

Ardleigh Green Road reaches the Southend Arterial Road (A127) and beyond is Squirrel's Heath Road heading for Harold Wood.

Caption For Garboldisham, The Post Office C1955

At the southern limits of the county, close by Diss, this delightful village of knapped flint cottages sits in wooded countryside in the valley of the Little Ouse.

Caption For Eynsford, 1905

The church of St Martin was originally Norman; its spindly 13th- century wood-shingled spire is augmented by a brightly-painted clock-face, which was added the year before this photograph was taken

Caption For Piddinghoe, The Village C1955

industry; a conical kiln has been rebuilt and conserved.The sailing cruiser is moored in a mud berth, and local people look on curiously.The village was notorious for smuggling.The scene is more wooded

Caption For Lyndhurst, High Street 1897

Lyndhurst is the 'capital' of the New Forest, a bustling tourist base at the heart of this wooded region.

Caption For Capel Curig, The Llugwy Valley 1891

This photograph shows the wooded valley at Capel Curig. In the Victorian era it was very popular with anglers, and there were coaches carrying visitors from Betws-y-Coed to Bangor and Llanberis.

Caption For Hope Under Dinmore, The Village C1955

The word 'hope' was an old Welsh word meaning a valley and so here we have the settlement in the valley under the hill fort, 'mawr' being a reference to the ancient hill fort at one end of the hill

Caption For Middleton, The Parish Church C1960

Its exedra (a columned seating recess) and fountain were designed by Edgar Wood.

Caption For North Holmwood, Church Walk C1955

Now merged with Dorking, North Holmwood is one of three small villages along the west side of the large and mostly wooded Holmwood Common - the other two villages are Mid Holmwood and South

Caption For Portskewett, The Stocks C1930

It is thought that the name derives from the Welsh `porth coed`, or `the harbour below the wood`, and indeed it may well have been the port for the nearby Roman town of Caerwent.

Caption For Barnstaple, From Anchor Woods 1919

Anchor Wood is a narrow band of trees with a pleas- ant walk overlooking marshy ground downstream of the Long Bridge and at the foot of Sticklepath.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, View From Belsfield Hotel 1896

Bowness Bay opens out into the north basin of the lake; Hen Holme island is backed by wooded Claiffe Heights and the mountains around Langdale.

Caption For Billingshurst, Church Causeway 1912

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. Mushroom growing, brick making and fullers earth extraction were local industries.

Caption For Rudgwick, The King's Head C1965

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. Mushroom growing, brick making and fullers earth extraction were local industries.

Caption For West Hoathly, The Village C1950

The forests had deposits of iron ore, and supplies of wood fuel to smelt it; the iron-making families brought much wealth to the parish.The church of St Margaret, with a shingled broach spire,

Caption For Symondsbury, The Village 1930

Inland from Eype, towards the Marshwood Vale, Symondsbury clusters between Colmer's Hill and Old Warren Wood (centre skyline).

Caption For Cardiff, St Mary Street 1893

Lack of capacity precipitated the huge Wood Street corner extension of 1890.

Caption For Cardiff, St Mary Street 2004

Lack of capacity precipitated the huge Wood Street corner extension of 1890.

Caption For Swanwick, River Hamble C1955

Between the 14th and the early 19th centuries, Bursledon was an important centre for naval shipbuilding, with the wooded slopes of the river providing much of the timber.

Caption For Castle Rising, The Castle 1898

Built by William de Albini in the 12th century, Castle Rising sits inside a ringwork, with a small bailey on either side; these defences may originally have been constructed of wood.

Caption For Penrith, From Elm Terrace 1893

There, beneath woods owned and managed by the Lowther Estate, the large municipal Penrith Cemetery was opened in 1872 to meet the needs of the expanding town.

Caption For Hever, Church 1906

The splendid 14th-century tower and wood-shingled spire of the parish church rise over the cottage roofs. Inside there is a fine old barrel roof and Jacobean pulpit.

Caption For Capel Curig, The Llugwy Valley 1891

This photograph shows the wooded valley at Capel Curig. In the Victorian era it was very popular with anglers, and there were coaches carrying visitors from Betws-y-Coed to Bangor and Llanberis.