Maps

9,439 maps found.

1882, North End Ref. HOSM47640
1903, North Cove Ref. HOSM55197
1902, North End Ref. HOSM55215
1883, North Wick Ref. HOSM55378
1886, North Huish Ref. HOSM55231
1887, North Elkington Ref. HOSM38377
1887, North Elkington Ref. HOSM55211
1896, North Charlton Ref. HOSM55182
1920, North Wraxall Ref. HOSM63014
1896, North Bitchburn Ref. HOSM55162
1886, North Gulham Ref. HOSM55225
1896, North Togston Ref. HOSM55312
1908, North Ferriby Ref. HOSM34988
1885, North Barningham Ref. HOSM70032
1898, North Dykes Ref. HOSM55209
1890, North Lees Ref. HOSM55243
1898, North Leigh Ref. HOSM55244
1892, North Kilvington Ref. HOSM55239
1886, North Kelsey Ref. HOSM55234
1886, North Owersby Ref. HOSM55268

Books

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Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 441 to 450.

Pea Shooter And Buses

It was about 1953 when we discovered pluffers and ca caws. The pluffer was a device we used for a pea-shooter. This was a straight stem from a weed and it was about an inch or so in diameter, hollow through the centre and ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1953 by Jimmy Burrows

Bristol's Loveliest Church, St Mary Redcliffe.

St Mary Redcliffe Church. Bristol's loveliest church, St Mary Redcliffe, was described as 'the fairest, the goodliest and most famous parish church in England' by Queen Elizabeth I in 1574. Thanks to ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1880 by Paul Townsend

My New House

We have just bought a cottage here in North End and I am immersing myself in the wonderful history of the place. It looks nearly the same as it did all those years ago. Does anyone know when these cottages were built? I am like ...Read more

A memory of Higham Ferrers in 2009

In Memory Of My Grandparents

Mr Gran and Grandad had their home in North Stoke, a Mr and Mrs Sallis (Elizabeth and Arthur). They lived in Calendula Cottage, as it was called then. My mother had three sons, Ray the oldest, Tony, and ...Read more

A memory of North Stoke by The Frith Memory Archivist

Milnathort A Genteel Place

My sister and I were invited to spend holidays at the home of a very kind lady in Milnathort. Church of Scotland ministers were asking members of their congregations to look after children from 'homes' during the ...Read more

A memory of Milnathort in 1965 by Janette Dewar

Early Childhood In Romford

I was born in 1953 and lived for the first 3 years in an old house in Junction Road (Number 8) with my parents and Mum's mum (Granny). The back garden of the house seemed to be a jungle and had its end boundary with ...Read more

A memory of Romford by Roger Harley

Raf Lyneham 1947 48

My first job, after leaving Chippenham Secondary School in 1947, was in the Met. Office at RAF Lyneham. I sometimes cycled there from my parents' home at Box, between Chippenham and Bath. Airfield security seemed ...Read more

A memory of Lyneham by John Bunting

My Village As A Child

I was born at Grainthorpe in 1945 at Chapel Hill Cottages to Jim and Ivy Holdsworth Dad was a Geordie who came to the village in 1943 with the Royal Ulster Rifles. My mother was Ivy Loughton and was brought up by her ...Read more

A memory of Grainthorpe

Braintree Friends

My mum Eileen Ardern, nee Clark, was born at 59 Notley Road, Braintree in 1925. She married my dad Roy in 1944 and shortly afterwards moved north to Altrincham in Cheshire. She would dearly love to hear from Peggy Potter (age ...Read more

A memory of Braintree in 1930 by David Clarke

Lynchford Road

This picture shows what is now Lloyds Bank with the edge of the North Camp Methodist church on the left where I went to Sunday school and Brownies in the church hall.

A memory of Farnborough by Sarah Steadman

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,057 to 1,080.

Caption For Plymouth, St Andrew's Cross 1900

Ever since then the north door (left) of St Andrew's has been known as the Resurgam door.

Caption For Filey, On The Beach C1950

Filey Bay runs down from the prominent coastal feature of Filey Brig which juts out into the North Sea.

Caption For Southport, Marine Lake 1902

Here we see the North or Marine Lake about ten years after it opened. In the centre background is a windmill, which was situated on the top of the boathouse.

Caption For Gravesend, The Roman Catholic Church 1902

Originally built as an Anglican church in Milton Road in 1834, and then purchased for the Catholic community in 1851, St John the Evangelist had its unusual and prominent tower, with a French-style

Caption For Mary Tavy, Elliots Hotel 1908

Two miles north of Mary Tavy is Wheal Betsy, one of Dartmoor's most famous mines; in the middle of the 19th century it was producing over 1,000 tons of lead and 2,000 ounces of silver annually.

Caption For Yarm, High Street C1967

We are looking north towards Yarm Bridge, with Stockton beyond.

Caption For Torquay, Anstey's Cove 1896

This quiet little corner is on the north side of Torquay and reached by way of a romantic wooded ravine.

Caption For Belfast, A View Of Cave Hill 1897

This view looks westwards across the lough to Cave Hill, just to the north of the city. The castle is visible part way up the hill.

Caption For Oxford, Ship Street And Exeter College Chapel 1922

Note Ye Olde North Gate Teahouse on the corner.

Caption For Dittisham, Church 1925

The north aisle has stained glass by Augustus Pugin, who designed the decoration of the Houses of Parliament.

Caption For Two Bridges, The Hotel C1955

Crockern Tor, a mile to the north, is the site of the Devon Stannary Parliament which sat from 1305 to 1749.

Caption For Torquay, Anstey's Cove 1896

This quiet little corner is on the north side of Torquay and reached by way of a romantic wooded ravine.

Caption For York, Heslington Hall, University Of York C1960

This elegant Elizabethan mansion was originally built for the Secretary of the Council of the North in 1568.The hall changed hands many times over the following centuries before being almost rebuilt

Caption For Croydon, North End 1896

The brand-new tower of the Town Hall can be seen above the far shops in North End, which today is a pedestrianised road.

Caption For Seaburn, Lower Promenade C1955

On the north side of the village green is this raised terrace.

Caption For London, Portobello Road C1895

This view looks north up Portobello market in Notting Hill's Portobello Road. To the left is Elgin Crescent, and on the right is Colville Terrace.

Caption For St Annes, Pier Entrance 1901

The North Channel provided a navigable stretch of water close to the head, and thus several large steamers and private yachts were able to moor here.

Caption For Maidenhead, King Street 1904

The north end of King Street has changed dramatically since 1904: the right hand side is mostly occupied by the backside of Tesco's, and on the left only The Rose pub, with the tall chimney, and the Methodist

Caption For Hadleigh, The Castle 1891

The castle had two main towers and a further tower guarding the entrance on the north side. There was no keep.

Caption For Pitsea, The Broadway C1955

The park, on the north side of London Road at the junction with Rectory Road, used to be known as Beckney Mead.

Caption For Pitsea, The Recreation Ground C1955

The park, on the north side of London Road at the junction with Rectory Road, used to be known as Beckney Mead.

Caption For Ferrybridge, The Village C1955

Ferrybridge was a rendezvous point for the gentry travelling up the Great North Road. Ferrybridge had Yorkshire's largest pottery, which was founded in 1792 and was part-owned by Ralph Wedgwood.

Caption For Dublin, Grafton Street 1897

Looking north along Grafton Street towards Trinity College and the east portico of the Bank of Ireland. Grafton Street is Dublin's most elegant shopping street.

Caption For Worcester, High Street C1950

This is the north end of High Street, which seems to have had an abundance of shoe shops in 1950: Trueform (on the left) was a popular chain for decades, and Olivers (on the right), is still trading today