Maps

459 maps found.

1898, West Down Ref. RNE863983
1898, Winterbourne Down Ref. RNE871609
1898, Woodhouse Down Ref. RNE873413
1900, Kerley Downs Ref. RNC746428
1920, Derry Downs Ref. POP690297
1919, Green Down Ref. POP720792
1920, Earl's Down Ref. POP696540
1920, Fleet Downs Ref. POP706646
1946, Priest Down Ref. NPO810798
1946, West Down Ref. NPO863983
1946, Quintrell Downs Ref. NPO812469
1896, Lelant Downs Ref. RNE754953
1898, Charlton Down Ref. RNE666875
1896, Lyne Down Ref. RNE771065
1946, Woodhouse Down Ref. NPO873413
1896, Down Hatherley Ref. RNE692607
1895, Down Street Ref. RNE692630
1899, Down, The Ref. RNE692632
1895, Earl's Down Ref. RNE696540
1898, Buckland Down Ref. RNE654742

Books

47 books found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Memories

8,147 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.

Farley Croft Wwii

I am 86 but still remember the time at Farley Croft during WWII. My siblings and I were evacuated to Westerham in 1939. Around 1942/46 my sisters Rose, Sylvia and I were taken from the billet we were in and put in Farley Croft ...Read more

A memory of Westerham by rbbrett2004

Sunny Hill Georgian Manor House

When my father got a job in Bristol after the war we moved to Bristol from Leeds but there was very little housing available. After a year of living with a family ‘in digs’ as it was called then, we were allocated ...Read more

A memory of Shirehampton by Jill Brown

"Bre's Tree" Linslade Bedfordshire

I lost my wife on new years eve 2021 following three years of her illness with vascular dementia. No one really told me how things would progress with this dreadful illness and so I just tried my hardest to cram ...Read more

A memory of Linslade by ducatee

My Childhood Home And Its Spelling

I do remember that the signpost on the main road pointing towards Bratton had it as 'Bratton Seamore". My first home was Bratton Hill Cottage, since demolished and the land developed. My Father worked ...Read more

A memory of Bratton Seymour by Steven Brunt

Mandrake Road

My siblings and I were all born at Weir maternity hospital in Balham, we lived on Mandrake road and we all went to Fircroft primary school opposite our house. I was at Fircroft from 1976-1982. Mr. Chaimings was the headmaster then, Mr ...Read more

A memory of Tooting by Sylvia Amoah

Nuns Of Priory Road

Dies anyone remember the convent in priory road noak hill ? I remember seeing the nuns walking down the road in their bkack habits. I used to run away feeling scared

A memory of Noak Hill by Denise Solomonides

Memories Of Market Drayton

This once sleepy hamlet was first home to me, a better place for childhood there could not be. Little Drayton church and it`s `olde` Sunday school. fishing excursions with Uncle to Buntingsdale pool, Dalelands ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton by Allen Warrender

Happy Holiday Memories

I spent most weekends and school holidays in my Nan's little caravan on Pantymwyn Caravan Park from about 1974. I remember going to Mr Rich's for a gas bottle, going to the water stand as Nan's van was a little old thing lit ...Read more

A memory of Pantymwyn by Sandra Loftus

Growing Up In Queensbury

I was born in Wellington Street on the 16th. of June 1955. My mother was Kate Holland, formerly Henderson. and my father was George E Holland. Sadly he passed away in 1939. So I dont remember very much about him. I had a ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury by Geofftrey Holland

The Fairway

I was born at 28 The Fairway in 1946. There was (is) a wide grassed area down the centre of the road making it a kind of dual carriageway. In the years following the 2nd World War there were, "Pig bins", on several sections of the grass ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by David Jagger

Captions

2,258 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Kettering, Newland Street 1922

The KICS (Co-op) drapery building with Jacobean bay windows can be seen down Newland Street.

Caption For Rottingdean, Village Pond C1955

Rottingdean, the valley of Rota's people, is cut off from its vast neighbour, Brighton, by steep chalk downs and sea cliffs.

Caption For Honiton, High Street C1965

The solid brick building two doors down, then the National Provincial Bank, is now Natwest. Further down is Boots the Chemist, the Midland Bank, the Lamb Inn and Moors Garage.

Caption For Washington, The Post Office C1960

Washington is on the main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.

Caption For Warrington, Horse Market And Town Centre C1950

Warrington did once have a horsemarket, but it was further down the road, along Winwick Street outside Central Station.

Caption For Hillsborough, Courthouse Square And Main Street 1890

Begun in 1772 as a market house, it seems to be a centrepiece for the vast County Down estate. The big house (the castle) was not yet begun, and it came without a long drive.

Caption For Findon, Post Office Corner C1960

Findon is on the top of the Downs, just north of Worthing, and was noted for an annual sheep fair. Now horse breeding and training is an important local activity.

Caption For Graffham, The Village C1955

Graffham is a wooded hillside village under the Downs. Pescod's Stores has a Hovis sign on a painted wall.

Caption For Northampton, The Drapery 1922

Note the many shop awnings and the trams further down the street, a reminder of town centre public transport.

Caption For Bakewell, River Side Walk And River Wye C1955

This view down the Wye was taken from the ancient Bakewell Bridge.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1897

Down the slope the sgn of the Royal Oak Hotel hangs above the hand-cart; it was named for King Charles II, who was nearly captured on his escape into exile along this very street in 1651.

Caption For Wakefield, Kirkgate C1965

This shopping complex with its sweeping lines still contains large national shops, and seems unthreatened by the new Ridings Centre, off to the left down Southgate.

Caption For Bristol, Park Street 1900

Half-way up the street is what appears to be a water-cart on damping-down duty.

Caption For Snaith, Selby Road C1950

In medieval times, Snaith was an important trading town - its market charter was granted in 1223.

Caption For Daventry, Sheaf Street C1950

We now turn left from the High Street into Sheaf Street and look back down the hill to Brook Street. The scene appears very quiet, with only one car and a cyclist to be seen.

Caption For Birkenhead, Queensway Tunnel C1965

To create the large tunnel entrance and the lead-up area, many back-to-back houses had to be pulled down; the town's library also had to be demolished.

Caption For Malmesbury, Abbey Row From The Abbey Roof C1955

The photograph shows Abbey Row; we are looking down towards the Triangle and the parish of Westport.

Caption For Nork, Golf Club C1955

East of this golf course is the Banstead Downs Golf Course, and then east of the railway lies the rest of Banstead Downs, which are undeveloped heath and woodland.

Caption For Lancaster, Market Street C1950

We are looking down from Castle Park to Castle Hill and the city beyond. The Castle gateway is out of shot on the left.

Caption For Dartmoor, Footbridge, Becky Falls 1922

This is a well-known beauty spot on the north face of Haytor where the Becka Brook hurtles down to join the River Bovey.

Caption For Kettering, Newland Street 1922

The KICS (Co-op) drapery building with Jacobean bay windows can be seen down Newland Street.

Caption For Stamford, St Peter's Callis C1955

St Peter's Church was 'pulled down' in 1560, and this building was built in 1863.

Caption For Peasmarsh, The Hare And Hounds C1955

A scene of a typical village pub: quiet, unassuming and somewhat down-at-heel, but an essential part of the fabric of English rural life.

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.