Maps

789 maps found.

1899, Chelmsley Wood Ref. RNE667277
1896, Clowance Wood Ref. RNE671236
1897, Lyneal Wood Ref. RNE771083
1897, Marchamley Wood Ref. RNE774424
1898, Low Wood Ref. RNE768617
1898, Beaulieu Wood Ref. RNE635927
1946, Wood Burcote Ref. NPO872419
1946, Wood End Ref. NPO872459
1940, Wood End Ref. NPO872460
1946, Wood End Ref. NPO872463
1946, Wood Gate Ref. NPO872635
1947, Wood Green Ref. NPO872637
1947, Wood House Ref. NPO872711
1947, Wood Lane Ref. NPO872719
1946, Wood Lane Ref. NPO872720
1947, Wood Lanes Ref. NPO872723
1946, Wood Norton Ref. NPO872740
1946, Woods Cross Ref. NPO873859
1947, Woods Eaves Ref. NPO873860
1946, Wrockwardine Wood Ref. NPO874992

Books

4 books found. Showing results 553 to 4.

Memories

2,403 memories found. Showing results 231 to 240.

Boyhood Memories

I was born in 89 Abbot Street, just off Sunderland Road, in 1932, then we moved to the Gateshead end of Redheugh Bridge. When the Second World War started we moved to 20 Brussel Street. The Davidson family lived in the flat ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1940 by Allen Flynn

Before The Town Centre Was Built ...

My family came to Basildon in 1957 as part of the overspill from London. My late father was a toolmaker and was offered a job and a house. Money was tight and we made out own entertainment. Collecting wood from ...Read more

A memory of Basildon in 1957 by Susan White

46 Bridge Road, Cove

46 Bridge Road at Cove is very significant to me because I was born in Bridge Road, no 46, on 29th June 1943, in the photo of Bridge Road it is the second house on the left, opposite Cove Supply Stores, so I'm sure my mother would ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1943 by Graham Davis

Walks

Going on long walks and picnics up the woods with my mum and 4 sisters, it started out with just us but by the time we had walked through the village we had half the village kids with us! Great times, sandwiches and weak warm juice.

A memory of Cheddington in 1964 by Susan Wesley

Halton Gorse Cottages And Castle Road

I too spent my school holidays in Halton village, my grandparents were Lillian and Benjamin Atkinson, they lived in Gorse Cottages, you had to go up the steps from the underpass to get to it, or down the steps ...Read more

A memory of Halton in 1955 by Beryl Gordon

Brimington Boys Inthe 1970s

I have been away from Brimington for about 22 years, some of the area has changed but not much, I was shocked to see my old school gone. Brim boys was my last school before my first job as apprentice mechanic at ...Read more

A memory of Brimington in 1970 by Nick Cherryman

School Days

I remember moving from a one up one down back to back house in Hunslet at the age of approx 4 years to a brand new council house in Newhall Road, Belle Isle. I had a great time, my father borrowed a pony and trap, and we went back ...Read more

A memory of Belle Isle by Steve Hall

Old Times Gone By

That looks a little like my dad's old car. I have happy memories of Epping. I was born there over 50 years ago in Ivy Chimneys and remember walking across the roads in town with my dad hand in hand, and after school going up in ...Read more

A memory of Epping in 1960 by Anthony Gostling

Walk About

Now living in Australia - Arriving back to visit relatives, a previous life time of my walk about ways seems so dream-like. Living at The Greig Farm above the Wier Farm (The Wier which had been in my family forever) was the best ...Read more

A memory of Ewyas Harold in 1965 by Sally Bell

Thanks For The Memories

My goodness this brings back memories! I grew up in Irby and we lived in Oaklea Road from the late 40’s to the late 60’s – I’m now a true blue Aussie having lived in Queensland since the mid 70’s but about to revisit Irby in ...Read more

A memory of Irby by Daphne Titus Rees

Captions

663 captions found. Showing results 553 to 576.

Caption For Fakenham, Hempton Mill 1921

It has an attractive ancient bridge of three arches; there is also a modern bridge on the right, which is less significant and made of wood.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Harbour C1955

The wooded skyline above the town extends from Rhode Barton and Thistle Hill to Penn Hill and Timber Hill.

Caption For Belvoir Castle, 1890

Beyond the thick wooded cover, the more open land of the deer park is corrugated by the medieval ridge and furrow of open field cultivation.

Caption For Groby, The Pool C1960

Before the birth of theme parks, a day out in the late 1950s (when comparatively few people owned a car) was by Midland Red bus to Groby Pool, Swithland Woods and Bradgate Park, with the

Caption For Rye, Mermaid Street 1901

The three-gabled house on the right, Hartshorne House or the Old Hospital, 15th-century and 1576, was described in 1863 as 'an unsightly pile of wood and plaster too dilapidated to allow the lowest to

Caption For Kilndown, The Church 1901

Over the ensuing five years he also enriched the interior with a riot of colour, featuring painted wood, stone, glass and tiles.

Caption For Plaistow, The Village C1955

Located in a remote region north of Petworth, the village was originally formed in a clearing in the woods. The local wealden clay district is remarkable for large oak trees.

Caption For Belvoir Castle, 1890

Beyond the thick wooded cover, the more open land of the deer park is corrugated by the medieval ridge and furrow of open field cultivation.

Caption For Rochdale, Simpson Clough 1895

Cheesden Brook passes under Ashworth Road, flowing to the right to join Naden Brook as it leaves Carr, Gelder and Bamford Woods.

Caption For Holmbury St Mary, Post Office C1965

The Frith photographer's desire to take views of post offices has led him to ignore the beautifully-situated village centre around its green and also the good 1879 church, designed, built and

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street C1950

The plainer frontage of Roberts' shoe shop is followed by the protruding shop windows of Hancock and Wood, shielded by sun awnings. Next comes the National Provincial Bank (now demolished).

Caption For Warrington, Bridge Street C1950

Hancock & Wood and Roberts shoe shop are almost all that remain of this 1950s scene.

Caption For Kilndown, The Church 1901

Over the ensuing five years he also enriched the interior with a riot of colour, featuring painted wood, stone, glass and tiles.

Caption For Falmouth, Market Strand 1890

Of wood construction, she weighed 40 tons. She was later fitted with an enclosed wheelhouse.

Caption For Goathland, Beck Hole C1960

Walk a short distance from the hamlet and marvel at numerous waterfalls, disused pits and the course of the Roman road through Combs Wood.

Caption For Piddinghoe, The Village C1955

The scene is more wooded now.

Caption For Wymondham, The Abbey 1891

Inside there are elaborate wood and stone carvings, a hammer-beam roof and a modern altar-screen, which is a war memorial.

Caption For Kilburn, The Village Centre C1965

Born in the village was the 'mouse man', wood carver and furniture maker Robert Thompson (1876-1955). His intricate carvings can be seen in churches across the world.

Caption For Middleton, The Market Place C1955

The Assheton Arms, an old coaching inn, is at the bottom of Long Street, with the Williams Deacons and Salford Bank, designed by Edgar Wood, to its right.

Caption For Balcombe, The Village C1955

This village is noted for its beautiful woods, a railway tunnel under the Balcombe Forest and a brick viaduct over the Ouse valley. The church of St Mary was built in 1847.

Caption For Swithland, Reservoir C1965

A mile or so south of Quorn, the camera looks north towards the weir, with Hawcliff Hill and Buddon Wood to the left.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1948

On the extreme right is Wood Bros, wine merchants, and above the shop there were two flats, both rented at one time by BBC trainee engineers and their fami- lies.

Caption For Frensham, The Little Pond C1965

Nowadays the ponds are owned by the National Trust, along with Frensham Common with its pine woods and heaths, and they are still as much a major tourist attraction as they were in the 1960s.

Caption For Devils Bridge, The Falls C1880

The awful height of the fissure which the bridge bestrides a hundred feet above the observer, rendered doubly gloomy by its narrowness, and the wood which overhangs it; the stunning noise of the torrent