Maps

789 maps found.

1920, Furnace Wood Ref. POP710220
1925, Gipton Wood Ref. POP713938
1920, Trench Wood Ref. POP852592
1921, Renshaw Wood Ref. POP815369
1921, Ireton Wood Ref. POP744283
1919, Holt Wood Ref. POP738967
1921, Lyneal Wood Ref. POP771083
1921, Wood Dalling Ref. POP872435
1924, Wood End Ref. POP872446
1919, Wood End Ref. POP872458
1921, Wood Green Ref. POP872641
1919, Wood Norton Ref. POP872739
1919, Whitley Wood Ref. POP869394
1920, Tyrell's Wood Ref. POP856178
1946, Broadgreen Wood Ref. NPO650935
1946, Bishops Wood Ref. NPO641177
1947, Bishop's Wood Ref. NPO641178
1946, Hadley Wood Ref. NPO724307
1946, Chelmsley Wood Ref. NPO667277
1947, Chessetts Wood Ref. NPO667483

Books

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Memories

2,407 memories found. Showing results 21 to 30.

Everret's Corner (2)

This is Everret's Corner approached from the West. The road is the A4 and it is a good distance North of the real Cippenham Village. The main bus-stop for buses coming from Slough was right diagonally opposite the ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1965 by Patrick Butterly

The Hub Of My Young Universe

London's main railway stations truly are wonderful and Charing Cross was the one that I frequented the most as I travelled every weekday from Woolwich Arsenal in SE London to Green Park Underground, near the great ...Read more

A memory of London in 1959 by Dylan Rivis

Family Holidays

My dad always ensured that we had a "fortnight's"  family holiday each year. A fortnight was 2 weeks - ie fourteen nights. These holidays started in 1949, when I was seven  and continued to up to 1958 when I was 16. In 1949 and ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1949 by Roy Beiley

My Grandfather

I was born in 1953 and my Grandfather was already dead. His name was William Bowe and he was the last mill keeper at Hall Mill, although his son John, my uncle, ran a joinery business for a few years from there. Billy Bowe was the ...Read more

A memory of Workington in 1953 by Peter Findley

Village Life

My first visit to the village of Llanferres was in the mid 1970s visiting relatives. Walking to 'Fairy Glen' and surrounding fields, hills, woods and farmland, I was in heaven and still am after 30+ years living in the beautiful ...Read more

A memory of Llanferres in 1950 by Ian Robinson

Windsor Road

We moved to Bromley Cross about 1947 just before my sister Virginia was born, it was a lovely new prefab, but I don't remember much about the inside of it apart from the wood-burning stove, that sticks in my mind for some ...Read more

A memory of Bromley Cross in 1947 by Julie Christo

1948 Olympic Games

My father represented Great Britain in the 1948 Olympic Games. He (Thomas Patrick Holt) and his brother John and two sisters were on the swimming team. Unfortunately, Thomas came fourth in his event, as he was struck down with a ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1948 by Marice Saunders

Doodlebug Exploding In Village Ww2

I was just 3 yrs. old staying in my aunt and uncle's bungalow in Newdigate, (they were working in a local munitions factory). My mother and baby sister were there from Sth. London with me. It was a lovely ...Read more

A memory of Newdigate in 1942 by First Name Last Name

The Memories Are Endless

Good morning from Waterloo, Canada. I was absolutely thrilled with your site and stumbled on it quite by chance. I was born in 1943 at my grandparents house at Yew Tree Terrace just off Station Rd. I grew up in Shepley, ...Read more

A memory of Shepley in 1957 by Marilyn Haywood

Those Were The Days

I remember Rye Lane in Peckham as a very busy shopping centre. I was born in the area and lived in Mcdermott Road in the prefabs (it is now a Charlie Dimock Garden) until I married  in Blenheim Grove Church (behind the ...Read more

A memory of Peckham by Maureen Roose

Captions

663 captions found. Showing results 49 to 72.

Caption For Ipswich, On The River Orwell 1909

A sailing barge makes its way along the Orwell, with lush wooded hillsides coming down to meet the broad tidal mudflats at the water's edge.

Caption For Hopwas, The Canal C1965

At Hopwas, just beyond Tamworth, the canal threads its way through attractive wooded country.

Caption For Chester, Cathedral 1913

As well as these fine examples of wood-carving, the cathedral also boasts two modern carved corbels on the exterior of the South Transept. One features Gladstone, the other Dr Kenealy.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, The Bridges 1891

An interesting view showing the Ha'penny pedestrian bridge across Rifts Wood and the road bridge between the old town and new town.

Caption For Uley, The Street C1965

The churchyard is on the right, and the wooded ridge of the spur south of Dursley flows across the horizon.

Caption For Cragg Vale, St John's Church C1955

The pinnacled Victorian Parish Church of St John, Cragg Vale, with its crowded graveyard, looks down the isolated, wooded valley where the coiners once operated, far from the eyes of the law and authority

Caption For Norwich, Thorpe Reach 1899

Here the Yare cuts close into a wooded 150 ft ridge, a view now obscured by trees between village and river.

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Caption For Halstock, C1960

It is a land of woods, pleasant meadows, winding footpaths and quiet-flowing streams.

Caption For Bakewell, River Wye 1923

The wooded area in the centre is a small island created as the river picks its way through the town.

Caption For Uley, The Street C1965

The churchyard is on the right, and the wooded ridge of the spur south of Dursley flows across the horizon.

Caption For Hopwas, The Canal C1965

At Hopwas, just beyond Tamworth, the canal threads its way through attractive wooded country.

Caption For Abergavenny, River Usk And Sugarloaf 1898

In this idyllic scene much loved by artists and photographers, the River Usk wends its way through wooded banks away from Abergavenny and flows on to join the Severn beyond Newport.

Caption For Abergavenny, River Usk And Sugarloaf 1898

In this idyllic scene much loved by artists and photographers, the River Usk wends its way through wooded banks away from Abergavenny and flows on to join the Severn beyond Newport.

Caption For Chepstow, The Racecourse 2004

Improvements have extended to the racecourse area; however, the wooded heights of the Wyndcliffe can still be seen on the horizon.

Caption For Shovers Green, The Village 1903

An evocative picture of the signpost and a cart at this scattered hamlet in the wooded hilly Weald south-east of Wadhurst.

Caption For Blackhall Colliery, Crimdon Dene C1965

The wooded valley of Crimdon Dene is an unspoilt area close to Blackhall, where the beach is not polluted with coal spoil.

Caption For Chester, Cathedral 1913

There are only two other places in England where the quality of the wood-carving is comparable to Chester. One is Lincoln Cathedral, the other is Beverley Minster.

Caption For Emery Down, 1904

Badgers live deep in the woods, deer can be seen by the patient watcher, and buzzards circle overhead.

Caption For Dittisham, On The Dart 1889

Dittisham is one of the larger villages along the steeply wooded banks of the romantic Dart estuary. A foot ferry takes passengers across the river to Greenway, once the home of Dame Agatha Christie.

Caption For Lyndhurst, Crown Hotel 1897

The town's name comes from Old English and means lime or linden wood. Domesday Book calls the settlement here Linhest.

Caption For Grindleford, View From Goatscliff C1960

In the background are the wooded slopes of Froggatt and White Edge and the National Trust's Longshaw Estate.

Caption For New Forest, The Old Roman Bridge 1908

It supplied wood and charcoal to fire kilns for the manufacture of pottery or for the smelting of iron.

Caption For Falmouth, Arwenack Avenue 1904

A good selection of early Edwardian costume can be seen in this well-wooded avenue. New trees have been planted between their older cousins, and a gas lamp struggles to be seen on the right.

Caption For Hawkchurch, The Church Tower C1955

Hawkchurch is situated in wild and wooded country, close to where Devon slips imperceptibly into Dorset.