Maps

5,497 maps found.

1920, Kent Street Ref. POP746281
1925, Kents Bank Ref. POP746331
Map Of Kent, Kent Ref. F21
1945, Kents Oak Ref. NPO746344
1895, Kents Oak Ref. RNE746344
1946, Kent Street Ref. NPO746281
1947, Kents Bank Ref. NPO746331
1898, Kent Street Ref. RNC746280
1903-1904, Kents Bank Ref. RNC746331
1898-1901, Kents Hill Ref. RNC746340
1897-1898, Kent Street Ref. RNC746281
1897-1909, Kents Oak Ref. RNC746344
1896 - 1905, Kent International Airport Ref. HOSM49730
1906, Warden Ref. HOSM63393
1895, Wilmington Ref. HOSM64676
1872 - 1897, Northbourne Ref. HOSM55339
1896, Slade Ref. HOSM55844
1896 - 1906, Martin Ref. HOSM53270
1896, Waltham Ref. HOSM63328
1898, Evington Ref. RNC702243

Books

28 books found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Memories

568 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

1st Visit To Newchurch

My first visit to Newchurch was to see my grandparents who rented a flat at the back of the vicarage. My grandfather was Alfred Rigden and my step grandmother was Dorothy, nee Billing. They were retired at the time, ...Read more

A memory of Newchurch in 1954 by Doreen Bishop

2nd World War Evacuees

I have a relative living in Herne Bay, Kent, who is travelling to Swansea shortly. He was evacuated to Pen Y Wern road in 1941? and would welcome any information that adds to his fond memories whilst living in Ystayfera. Thank you Pat

A memory of Ystalyfera in 1940 by Pat Green

2nd World War Years 1942 46

I lived Bents Green from about 1934 till 1963 apart from about 8 years, which were taken up by 6 years in the Merchant Navy, 2 National Service. I went to Ecclesall Church School for my school days, a Reverend Turner ...Read more

A memory of Sheffield by Mick Ledger

51 Hempstead Street

I was born in Dover, but my mum was Welsh and we moved back to her home town when I was small. However, every year we would visit my dad's relatives in Kent (mainly Ashford). My Auntie Nell ran a flower shop here and I remember ...Read more

A memory of Ashford in 1955

6 Foot Of Snow

I can remember when the snow on the roofs of the houses in Boosbeck, when it started to melt it would fall with a load thud lol. I used to love playing up Boosbeck Woods with my mates, Paul Bullock, Cliff Wood and Desmond Wood. ...Read more

A memory of Boosbeck in 1971 by Roy Hood

A Day At The Flicks

I did my cinema management training at the Gaumont, Lewisham under Keith Hann and assistant Brian Richardson, then moved on as assistant at Deptford Odeon, New Cross Gaumont, Bromley Odeon and eventually my first management ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham in 1958 by John Scott

A Great Place To Live

Having been born and brought up in Buckhusrt Hill in the 1960s and 1970s and 1980s and now living in Kent, it reminds me what a unique place it once was. My immediate memories are of Lords Bushes and living in Forest ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Andrew Evans

A Happy Home And Care Free Childhood.

I was born and brought up in Maresfield and have wonderful memories of a very happy carefree childhood. Along with my brother and sisters we lived with my mum and dad and my dear old Gran. Gran had lived in ...Read more

A memory of Maresfield by Catherine Crighton

A Touch Of Nostalgia

I can remember going to school at Molesey County Secondary Boys School, I can remember a few of the names of the kids in my class. I also remember the Pond Stores in Beachamp Road where you could buy 2 Park Drives ...Read more

A memory of West Molesey in 1959 by Colin Apps

A Village I Love

I was born in Edlington in 1940 but was soon given to my aunties Joan and Lilley Desborough to be looked after as my mother already had a child by my future step dad. I lived at 39 St. Thomas Road, second to end house, my next ...Read more

A memory of Stainforth in 1946 by Bryan Maloney

Captions

216 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Kendal, Stramongate Bridge 1896

Miller Bridge, once known as Mill Bridge because it linked the mills on the east of the river with the town, is one of the chief bridges across the River Kent.

Caption For Kendal, Sleddall Almshouses 1896

Kendal Grammar School sits alongside the banks of the River Kent.

Caption For Bayham, Abbey C1870

The lovely ruins of the early 13th-century abbey - in the tranquil valley of the river Teiser on the Kent/Sussex bor- der - are shown in this picture in their Victorian ivy-clad state.

Caption For Reculver, The King Ethelbert Public House C1955

The name of this Whitbread pub, the King Ethelbert, is in remembrance of the Saxon king who ruled Kent from AD560-616.

Caption For Sissinghurst, The Village 1902

The white fencing around the cottage gardens is very typical of villages in the Weald of Kent.

Caption For Hythe, The Parade 1918

This is a charming piece of old Kent.

Caption For Kendal, Looking North 1896

This is a general view of Kendal from the south, with the Lakeland hills in the background.The town of Kendal was founded on the west bank of the River Kent, although the earliest settlement around

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, The Spa Hotel C1955

Two East Kent coaches are bringing visitors to the Spa Hotel, once the home of Major Martin Yorke.

Caption For Bredgar, The Street C1960

In February 1960 the church bells rang throughout the villages of Kent to herald the birth of Prince Andrew.

Caption For Maidstone, The Museum 1898

The museum houses outstanding collections, including the museum of the Queen's Own West Kent Regiment, archaeology, Egyptology, ceramics, costumes, Japanese artefacts, ethnography and natural history

Caption For Catterick, The Village 1913

It was at Catterick in AD 625 that Paulinus, first Bishop of York, baptised converts to Christianity, following the marriage of King Edwin of Northumbria to Ethelburga of Kent.

Caption For Crockham Hill, C1955

This lovely village is said to command one of the finest views in Kent across the Weald towards Ashdown Forest.

Caption For Bodiam, Oast House C1960

The hop fields of the Kent/Sussex border have decreased in recent years; modern oast houses are square boxes.

Caption For Cobham, The Hall 1899

A late Elizabethan and 18th- century mansion described as one of the most important houses in Kent.

Caption For Flookburgh, The Village 1897

This charming and ancient market town, between the Kent Estuary and Cartmel Sands, takes its name from Floki, the name of a Norse settler.

Caption For Ticehurst, The Square 1925

Ticehurst is an old Roman habitation near the Kent border.

Caption For Kingswear, Town And River 1925

One of these boats, the 'Kingswear Castle' (which entered service the year before), is preserved and operates in the River Medway area of Kent.

Caption For Loose, Village 1898

Although many more homes have been built here since this picture was taken, it remains famous for its contribution to hop growing in Kent.

Caption For Biddenden, The Village 1901

This is one of the numerous 'dens', or forest clearings, in this part of Kent.

Caption For London, Clerkenwell, St John's Gate C1870

In the late Gothic style and built with rough-faced stone from a Kent quarry, it was erected by Prior Docwra in 1504.

Caption For Bodiam, Oast House C1960

Oast houses are common in the Weald of Sussex as well as in Kent, and indeed wherever hops are grown.

Caption For Westwell, The Wheel Inn C1960

Would they be on the jukebox in this historic Kent alehouse?

Caption For Eastry, Sandwich Lane C1955

Eastry was home to many miners who worked down the east Kent pits.

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

The parish of Frant lies on the forest-ridge approximately 180 metres above sea level, and overlooks landscapes in both Kent and Sussex.