Maps

181,031 maps found.

1895, Littletown Ref. RNE758358
1896, Pimlico Ref. RNE806233
1895, Sandford Ref. RNE824978
1898, Ravensthorpe Ref. RNE813797
1899, Rhosgoch Ref. RNE815936
1945, Nettlecombe Ref. NPO789156
1945, Norton Ref. NPO794591
1946, Ridgeway Ref. NPO816587
1898, Stockwood Ref. RNE839970
1899, Talwrn Ref. RNE844646
1898, Ufford Ref. RNE856396
1895, Harrow Ref. HOSM34602
1902, Easton Ref. HOSM44470
1902, Whitehall Ref. HOSM47001
1902, Knowle Ref. HOSM50568
1897-1909, Coxford Ref. RNC679685
1902-1903, Aspley Ref. RNC628081
1899, Kingsland Ref. HOSM50173
1892 - 1907, Sefton Ref. HOSM58907
1899 - 1916, Cardiff Ref. HOSM34284

Books

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Memories

29,041 memories found. Showing results 351 to 360.

Teignmouth Folk Festival 2008

A weekend long folk festival in June attracted crowds of spectators to the street entertainments around Teignmouth and also to the concert performances in the Carlton Theatre. Many of the entertainers were morris ...Read more

A memory of Teignmouth in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Number 2 Montague  Terrace

Barbara Brian.  I loved reading your memories of Montague Terrace and I thank you for them. Were you the young Miss Andrews that rode that posh bicycle and lived behind the shop and did your dad at times teach tap ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke in 1930 by Frederick Cannock

Those Lazy Hazy Days Of Delamere

I have so many memories of Delamere but unlike the others who have written on this page my recall of the names are not so good.  I tend to see things as pictures (and have a good memory for faces) and have vivid ...Read more

A memory of Delamere in 1966 by Jane Castrignano

Lloyds Bank Manager

Thinking of Lloyds Bank I wonder if anyone remembers the uncle from 'Only Fools and Horses', he was the bank manager at Lloyds in Byfleet, in more recent years (1970s) he would always chat to everyone once he had started on the ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet in 1970 by Christine Woodruff

Dornafield Midsummer Promenade

Totnes Rotary Club invited Heather and Gorse Clog Dancers to entertain at the Dornafield Midsummer Promenade along with other peformers. The weather was dry and cool for a mid-June evening and just right ...Read more

A memory of Two Mile Oak Cross in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

International Stores

A previous shared memory recalling International Stores reminds me that my father worked there, as a roundsman. He would cycle every day from Leiston,  then do the equivalent all over again in Saxmundham, several times a day ...Read more

A memory of Saxmundham in 1930 by John Fisher

Childhood Memories

We moved into Tighnabruaich when I was almost 8 yrs old. Our 1st house was on the Ardmarnock Est between Millhouse and Otter Ferry. We stayed there for around a year before moving into Corra Farm on the Ardlamont Est near ...Read more

A memory of Tighnabruaich in 1970 by Tim Hosey

Power Boats

The wooden clinker built boat, painted white in the lower right of the picture, was one of a pair of fast boats that the late Arthur Shippey and Tom Louis ran from coffee house end steps. They would call loudly ""half hour trips round ...Read more

A memory of Whitby in 1953 by Jim Evans

Clog Morris Dancing At The Babbacombe Festival

A week long programme of events for the Babbacombe Festival included a display of clog morris by the Heather and Gorse Clog Dancers from nearby Combeinteignhead, accompanied by a large band of ...Read more

A memory of St Marychurch in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Workman Family

My grandmother was born in Bishampton 1891, Maggie Elizabeth Workman, daughter to Honeybourn and Emma Spires. Her aunt Sarah Spires donated a large sum of money to the church, there is a plaque to say. Honeybourn's father was ...Read more

A memory of Bishampton by Ann Seedhouse

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 841 to 864.

Caption For Cheam, High Street 1934

A lady walks briskly across Station Way towards Cheam Court and the local branch of Teekoff, which had a sister establishment in the Cheam Road at Sutton.

Caption For Laughton En Le Morthen, War Memorial C1960

It is possible that the Battle of Brunanburgh in AD937 took place near here; 50,000 warriors perished in the battle. En-Le- Morthen translates as 'place of death'.

Caption For Nork, Golf Club C1955

North of Fir Tree Road and just beyond Banstead railway station is Cuddington Park Golf Course; the name is a reminder of the parish and village of Cuddington, which was cleared for Henry VIII's Nonsuch

Caption For Merthyr Tydfil, Taff Fechan Reservoir C1965

Despite the heavy rainfall, the supply of clean drinking water was once a problem in Merthyr Tydfil.

Caption For St Donats, 1937

The present St Donat's castle stands on the site of a previous fortification. It was built by Sir William Stradling during the reign of Edward III, and remodelled during the Tudor period.

Caption For Accrington, The Haworth Art Gallery C1945

The house was designed by the eminent architect, Walter Brierley of York (who also designed Dyke Nook, the home of the Blake family on Whalley Road).

Caption For Loughborough, View From The Town Hall 2005

There have been attempts through the years to move the fair out of the streets but this would lessen its unique appeal.

Caption For Stoke Poges, St Giles' Church And Lychgate 1895

East of Stoke Park, the medieval church of Stoke Poges is famous beyond its architecture: this is reputedly the churchyard of Thomas Gray's, 'Elegy from a Country Churchyard', one of the most well

Caption For Kendal, The Castle 1896

Kendal Castle, originally a 13th-century structure, was owned by the family of Katherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII, in the 16th century.

Caption For Bournemouth, Southbourne Terrace C1875

The fine tower and spire of St Peter's Church dominated much of central Bournemouth, until unkind planners allowed the construction of too many large buildings nearby.

Caption For Bath, Great Pulteney Street 1901

In this view the trees are more mature and obscure the long facades of this eleven hundred foot long road.

Caption For Tonbridge, High Street 1951

The crowded and busy pavements on both sides of the street, and the pedestrian crossing marked with belisha beacons in the middle of the photograph, show little indication of the enormous weight of motor

Caption For Warrington, St Elphin's Church, Interior Looking East 1895

The parish church interior enshrines much of Warrington's history through its memorials.

Caption For Stockton Heath, Old London Road C1965

Stockton Heath began to develop as a Warrington suburb with the coming of the tram in 1905. This view towards the Ship Canal shows London Road free of today's endless stream of traffic.

Caption For North Berwick, Tantallon Castle 1897

Tantallon was the stronghold of the Douglases, wardens of the Border Marches, lords of Galloway, and by the end of the 15th century masters of much of Lothian, Stirlingshire and Clydesdale.

Caption For Crawley, High Street 1903

Nowadays, virtually all we see in this tranquil Edwardian view of Crawley Green at the north end of the High Street has been swept away, although elements of the grassed area and a couple of trees survive

Caption For Wainfleet, Woolpack Hotel C1955

Wainfleet is famous as the birthplace of William of Wayneflete, later Bishop of Winchester and founder of Winchester College school and Magdalen College, Oxford.

Caption For Misterton, High Street 1958

East and south of the church, the High Street has a number of good houses, including the 18th-century Elm Farmhouse in the distance.

Caption For Southborough, The Parade 1896

Since it was gradually absorbed to become a suburb of Royal Tunbridge Wells, this small village south of Tonbridge supported a number of businesses in its commercial centre.

Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Boat Station 1896

We are obviously well into the age of mass tourism. This photograph shows one of the late Victorian screw- driven steamers by the end of the pier.

Caption For Ashover, Eastwood Grange C1955

Nether End c1955 Baslow, situated 8 miles west of Chesterfield and 12 miles south of Sheffield, was once a part of the parish of Bakewell, but became independent in July 1869, taking with it

Caption For Anstey, Bradgate Road C1965

The view shows the centre of Domesday Anstige, as the road drops down from the heights of Bradgate Park.

Caption For Tenterden, High Street 1900

The main body of the church dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries, and was here in 1180.

Caption For Dunoon, Castle 1897

Visitors clamber over the site of the old castle. Little of its fabric survives, and it is thought to have been one of the very earliest of Scotland's stone castles, dating from the 12th century.