Maps

158 maps found.

1903-1904, Royal Oak Ref. RNC821374
1902-1903, Mancot Royal Ref. RNC772835
1897-1909, Farnham Royal Ref. RNC703553
1903-1904, Royal Oak Ref. RNC821377
Royal 1919, Leamington Spa Ref. POP821363
Royal 1946, Leamington Spa Ref. NPO821363
Royal 1898, Leamington Spa Ref. RNE821363
Royal 1895, Tunbridge Wells Ref. RNE821388
1898, Royal Wootton Bassett Ref. RNE821393
Royal 1946, Tunbridge Wells Ref. NPO821388
1898-1909, Manor Royal Ref. RNC773980
1947, Royal Wootton Bassett Ref. NPO821393
1902-1903, Royal Oak Ref. RNC821375
1897-1909, Tollard Royal Ref. RNC849402
1897-1909, Park Royal Ref. RNC801219
Royal 1920, Tunbridge Wells Ref. POP821388
1897 - 1910, Farnham Royal Ref. HOSM45290
1899, Royal Wootton Bassett Ref. HOSM65263
Royal 1898-1902, Leamington Spa Ref. RNC821363
Royal 1897-1898, Tunbridge Wells Ref. RNC821388

Books

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Memories

992 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

Branfil School And Upminster

Hi all. I used to live in Beech Avenue from 1962-1979 and went to Branfil Infants/Junior School from 1965-1970. Really loved it there. I remember Mrs Tribe, Mrs Warren, Mr Ford (Tall Headmaster) Mr Hill (the ...Read more

A memory of Upminster by Mick Randall

Royal Standard

I used to live in the Royal Standard pub as a child on Elm road when we moved in a car come straight through the window cannot believe it's now a funeral home

A memory of Wisbech by Rebecca Gaffney

Notes From The Frith Files.

During WW2 the hut at the top of the building provided shelter from the weather for members of the Observer Corps later known as The Royal Observer Corps.

A memory of Devizes

Life In Full Circle

The little house next to Mary Newman`s Cottage is where I live now...but I first walked past it with my mother at about the time this photo was taken. We got off the steam train at the station just up the hill, to walk to the ...Read more

A memory of Saltash in 1955 by Steve Fuller

Tottenham Royal

Barry Watkinson I remember the Royal. I was born in Tewkesbury Rd. When I was 10/11 we moved to Tottenham Hale. We visited the Royal regularly - there was a young teens on a Saturday afternoon. We had some old friends from Tewko ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham

Eastry Childrens Home

I had a wonderful upbringing ‘up the hill’ from Buttshole pond… 1958 - 1966 I was raised in one of the seven cottages- mine was Lime Cottage. My matron was Mrs. Aunty Betty Harris- who had a daughter, ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by John Boston

1976 Campaign To Keep The Royal Marines In Deal

This is a treasured memory, and a plea for help. I need to trace a recording of a Southern Television documentary called "Marching Orders", a film which preserves the memories and could share them with ...Read more

A memory of Deal by David Pick

The Buildings Have Gone

The building to the right hand side has gone but the long wall remains. The church spire in the distance is all that remains of St Marks Church near to the Carfax. The rest of the church was demolished to make way for the new ...Read more

A memory of Horsham by M

Paras At Watchfield In The 1950s

Yes, I lived on the Watchfield housing estate from 1952 to 1953. Large numbers of paras and their equipment were dropped regularly at the airfield. Trainees jumped from large silver barrage balloons, but ...Read more

A memory of Watchfield in 1953 by Geoff King

Bluebells And Carols

I lived in Guildford as a child, and every spring my father used to take me to St Martha's to pick bluebells in the woods at the foot of the hill. It was a sheet of blue, and however many we picked it looked the same. In ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1930 by Pamela Morris Kennedy

Captions

986 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.

Caption For Denbigh, The Castle 1888

It was not a royal fortress, but was built by Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, though his architect was Master James of St George and Edward I gave support.

Caption For Kings Langley, The Church C1955

All Saints' was unique in its having permission to fly the Royal Standard on selected dates and to commemorate royal birthdays and marriages. Unfortunately, this privilege was rescinded around 1925.

Caption For Middlesbrough, The Grand Opera House 1913

Imeson was one of the leading figures in the town's entertainment business; his involvement with the theatre began in 1866, when he started building the Royal Albert Theatre.

Caption For Betchworth, Chalk Pit 1907

The quarry once belonged to Sir Benjamin Brodie, Royal surgeon to Queen Victoria and president of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Caption For Edinburgh, Princes Street 1897

Next on the list were the Caledonian, the Station and the Royal, followed by the somewhat cheaper Royal British, the Douglas and the Bedford.

Caption For Bath, Fernley Hotel 1935

It is part of the elder Wood's Royal Forum, with its long, formal composition fronting North Parade.

Caption For Leeds, Boar Lane C1965

In the week this photograph was taken you could enjoy a performance of the Royal Carl Rosa Opera.The other Leeds theatres were The Royal in Land's Lane,The Queen's in Meadow Road and the Empire Palace

Caption For Par, The Station From Scobell 1904

On the left a wide-arched bridge takes Eastcliffe Road over the main line railway and past The Royal Hotel (now The Royal Inn), the first of three large buildings along the road.

Caption For Bristol, The Theatre Royal 1890

One of the oldest theatres in the country still in regular use, the Theatre Royal dates back to 1766.

Caption For Leeds, New Briggate C1955

In the week this photograph was taken you could enjoy a performance of the Royal Carl Rosa Opera.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1909

The three-storey Royal Lion Hotel (left) incorporates a Tudor building. King Edward VII, as Prince of Wales, spent a night here during a teenage walking tour in September 1856.

Caption For Greenwich, The Royal Naval College And Riverside Walk 1951

The Royal Naval Hospital, a counterpart to the Chelsea Hospital for soldiers, began as a rebuild of Greenwich Palace by Charles II in the 1660s, but it changed direction in the 1690s.

Caption For Brompton, R E Barracks 1894

Brompton Barracks were built in 1804-06, originally for artillerymen, and became the headquarters of the Royal Engineers when the School of Military Engineering was founded there in 1812.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Pier Avenue 1891

The Royal Bazaar was opened by Frederick Collins in the 1880s as the Royal Bazaar and Fancy Repository. Collins had another shop in Pier Gap.

Caption For Devonport, H.M.S. Royal Adelaide 1890

This is a fine view of the 'Royal Adelaide' (104 guns).

Caption For Totnes, Seven Stars And Portland House 1896

Several princes and future kings have stayed here while at Britannia Royal Naval College - hence the royal prefix.

Caption For Brompton, The Gordon Memorial And R E Institute 1894

He had been in command of the Royal Engineers at Gravesend from 1865-71, and was responsible for the construction of the protective forts along the Thames.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Beach 1898

There are still remnants of Southend's more select era when it became a fashionable seaside resort after 1791: Royal Terrace and the Royal Hotel, for example.

Caption For Alton Towers, Lake And Hall C1955

During Ethelred the Unready's reign, Cheshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire became what was in effect an independent land, ruled by the Earls of Mercia, free from royal control.

Caption For Sidmouth, Esplanade 1919

The Royal York (left) opened in 1810 as Sidmouth's first purpose-built hotel. The Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, was an early visitor.

Caption For Merthyr Tydfil, High Street C1965

On the left beyond Bevans and Halfords was Rosie Royal`s; she ran a greengrocer's and a wet fish shop, and everyone knew her.

Caption For Gravesend, The Ferry 1902

Gravesend has two Victorian piers: the Royal Terrace Pier of 1843 lies to the east of the slightly earlier Town Pier we see in this view.

Caption For London, Bank Of England 1908

The Union Jacks flying on the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange suggest that this picture was taken on a royal birthday or Empire Day.

Caption For Manchester, The Royal Jubilee Exhibition, The Royal Entrance 1887

Manchester's Royal Jubilee Exhibition at Old Trafford opened on Tuesday, 2 May 1887.