Maps

9,439 maps found.

1895, North Hayling Ref. RNE793462
1912, North Aywick Ref. RNC792869
1900, North Buckland Ref. RNC792992
1901, North Common Ref. RNC793078
1900, North Country Ref. RNC793110
1903, North Elkington Ref. RNC793210
1898, North End Ref. RNC793222
1899, North End Ref. RNC793228
1898, North End Ref. RNC793250
1898, North Lee Ref. RNC793621
1898, North Marston Ref. RNC793699
1898, North Moulsecoomb Ref. RNC793748
1900, North Tamerton Ref. RNC793971
1899, North Whilborough Ref. RNC794074
1899, North Widcombe Ref. RNC794083
1946, North Chingford Ref. NPO1188996
1890, North Frodingham Ref. HOSM55303
1887, North Petherton Ref. HOSM55270
1899, North End Ref. HOSM39578
1895, North Fambridge Ref. HOSM55218

Books

39 books found. Showing results 985 to 1,008.

Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 411 to 420.

Ealing Grammar In The Good Old Days

My family returned emergently to Ealing, from the U.S., in late 1969. We lived with my widowed grandfather in North Ealing and I was sent to school at Ealing Grammar. As we were not sure how long we would be ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1970 by Michael Gross

Mimi And Grandad's Sweet Shop

My grandparents owned the sweet shop at the end of this parade. They were Harry and Gladys Godwin. My mother grew up there, as did my Uncle Paul. My brother and I have hundreds of fantastic memories from the ...Read more

A memory of Rainham in 1971 by Jonathon Cooke

The Perfect Holiday

In the late 1950s we had a couple of holidays in Bracklesham bay, which was then a tiny, but growing village. I had never seen shops which were the equivalent of wooden shacks mounted on bricks. There were some modern ...Read more

A memory of Bracklesham Bay in 1959 by Tony Steadman

Hummed To Sleep By A Factory

We used to live on what was called The Avenues on the Rylands estate. This was situated behind the Princess shopping parade, so called after the name of the local flea pit where all the kids went to Saturday morning ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1961 by John Simpson

Deal Railway Station

I moved to Deal when I was 3. We lived in a house owned by the railway in the station approach. My father was linesman on the railway. I went to the parochial school on London Road. The Headmaster was Mr Scholl and my teacher, Mr ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1947 by Lilian Maxwell

Choir Boys

Hello - I was a chorister at the church, I think between 1958/60 as I was born in 1947,o ur family the Schofields lived at no 10 Carville Avenue, Southborough, we were a Christian family. I have only found out by doing family ...Read more

A memory of Southborough in 1958 by Nigel Schofield

Staying With Nanna.

This memory goes from 1953 up to the 1960s because our holidays in them days were always at Rossington, staying with Nanna. Me my older brother Alex and my twin brother John loved it. Nanna and Grandad were Jack and Burtha ...Read more

A memory of New Rossington in 1953 by Robert Wilson

Born In Burnt Oak

I was born in Burnt Oak in July 1956 in North Road - the same house that my mother was born in.  My grandparents lived in North Road for many years until North Road, South Road and East Road were compulsory purchased by Barnet ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1956 by Sandra Gibney

Bognor Briefly!

My parents George and Phyllis Stroud ran the Hotham Club in Waterloo Square - now the HQ of the RAFA Bognor branch. After National Service I worked first for Lec Refrigeration as a welder and then as a porter at the War Memorial ...Read more

A memory of Bognor Regis in 1960 by John Stroud

Raf Upper Heyford

I was in the Parachute section at Heyford until 1950 when I left the RAF, as an ageing wrinkly my memories are not that good, But I remember we used to get a battered old coach at a weekend ( Smiths Coaches)( I ...Read more

A memory of Upper Heyford in 1950 by John Bond

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 985 to 1,008.

Caption For Little Sutton, Chester Road 1966

Little Sutton lies just north-west of Ellesmere Port, and in recent years, along with Great Sutton, it has more or less coalesced with it.

Caption For Barford St John, The Village C1965

Barford St John is a typical example of the remoteness of some of the villages in north-west Oxfordshire.

Caption For Steventon, War Memorial And Abingdon Road C1955

The tree-lined B4017, running south to north, bisects a village green that is reputed to be one of the finest in the county.

Caption For Yarm, High Street C1955

Yarm has a remarkably wide High Street, typical of many North Riding market towns.

Caption For Southborough, St Peters Church 1896

Consecrated in August 1830, St Peterís church is built in brick and stone; it consists of chancel, nave, north and south porches, and an eastern tower with a spire containing a clock and six bells

Caption For Plymouth, St Andrew's Cross 1895

The only remaining piece is the cop- per cross from the very top, which is now in the north aisle of St Andrew's.

Caption For Hampstead, Spaniards Road 1898

Taken from close to the Spaniards pub, this view looks along the dead straight link between North End Way and Hampstead Lane, which is still recognisable.

Caption For Greywell, The Church Of St Mary The Virgin 1904

The view shows the north side of the church, which dates from the late 12th century, and the fine Norman doorway. The 17th-century tower contains four bells.

Caption For Doddington, Church 1906

Immediately north-east of the Hall is St Peter's Church, almost entirely rebuilt in the 1770s by Thomas Lumby in partly scholarly Gothic, although a cheery Strawberry Hill Gothick breaks out here

Caption For Northfield, Parish Church, Greatstone Inn And Pound 1949

The south aisle was replaced in the late 13th century; the north aisle was only added in 1900, though it was built in a 14th-century style.

Caption For London, Covent Garden 1900

Covent Garden Market was the main fruit and vegetable market for the area north of the Thames until 1974.

Caption For Barnstaple, The Square 1903

The Square lies at the north end of the Long Bridge. The building to the right is the red façade of The Athenaeum, built in 1888, which houses the museum and a collection of fossils.

Caption For Porthtowan, 1935

One of the few places on the north coast with access to a fine sandy beach and increasingly popular with surfers, Porthtowan is seen here in its early years of development and is hardly recognisable today

Caption For Headingley, Otley Road C1955

Headingley had once been a small village to the north of Leeds and its population in 1775 was estimated at 667 people.

Caption For Headingley, Otley Road C1955

Headingley had once been a small village to the north of Leeds and its population in 1775 was estimated at 667 people.

Caption For Lostwithiel, St Bartholomew's Church, North East 1893

Viewed from North Street, the main body of the church shows the nave's clerestory windows and the chancel's tall east window of five lights, but the spire is its crowning glory.

Caption For Appledore, Quay 1923

The quay at Appledore, built in 1846, still stands; but these coastal trading schooners, once the lifeblood of trading along this north Devon coast, are now only memories, superseded by motor transport

Caption For Skegness, South Parade 1899

The buildings on the left survive, now with large shops built out at ground floor level, but the corner building on the north side of Lumley Road, to the left of the Clock Tower, has been (badly) replaced

Caption For Lincoln, Bailgate C1955

Turning left out of Castle Hill, Bailgate follows the course of the Roman Ermine Street towards the old Roman north gate from the city, the Newport Arch.

Caption For Braunton, North Street 1900

Although some of the cob and thatch buildings have been replaced, there are still examples to be seen, and North Street is narrow to this day.

Caption For Northfield, Parish Church, Greatstone Inn And Pound 1949

The south aisle was replaced in the late 13th century; the north aisle was only added in 1900, though it was built in a 14th-century style.

Caption For Penrith, Ennerdale From Green Gable 1889

This view looks north-west down Ennerdale from Great Gable's sister peak, Green Gable.

Caption For Guildford, St Catherine's Ferry 1895

The ferry ran for the last time in 1964, but the present footbridge was not built until 1985, linking again the two halves of the North Downs Way.

Caption For Amberley, The Church 1899

Amberley church lies between the castle and the village at the western end of a ridge of high ground, which is about one mile north of Houghton Bridge.