Maps

5,497 maps found.

1895, Ridley Ref. RNE816657
1895, Ware Ref. RNE860690
1895, Weddington Ref. RNE862617
1895, Winterbourne Ref. RNE871605
1895, Upton Ref. RNE858093
1895, Waltham Ref. RNE860140
1921, Sandhurst Ref. POP825082
1920, Seaton Ref. POP827225
1920, River Ref. POP817252
1940, Aldington Ref. NPO621330
1946, Ashurst Ref. NPO627939
1920, Waltham Ref. POP860140
1920, Whitfield Ref. POP869289
1920, Woodland Ref. POP873549
1896, Aldington Ref. HOSM35767
1906, Stanford Ref. HOSM60246
1895 - 1896, Hunton Ref. HOSM49173
1897-1898, Slade Ref. RNC832378
1897-1898, Larkfield Ref. RNC753096
1898-1899, Seaton Ref. RNC827225

Books

28 books found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Memories

568 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.

Wimbledon, Rushmer Pond.

I lived in Thornton Rd, went to school at Old Cenral, Camp Rd, used to walk passed the pond to school, in the thick smog's we would have got lost if we didn't hold hands. My friends and I had many happy years playing on ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1948 by Janet Robson

Whythenshawe House

My grandmother was in service in a house in Saltwood. I have been trying for years to locate it but to no avail. All I know is the address is: Whythenshaw, Saltwood, Kent. I am assuming it was a house but it may not have been. If anyone can help solve the puzzle it would be very much appreciated.

A memory of Saltwood by Susan Wall

Whittlebury Reunion 2013

The second modern day Whittlebury School reunion has been arranged for Saturday 5th October 2013 at 12:00 hrs for 13:00 hrs at “The Atrium” which is part of the Whittlebury Park golf club (the same place as ...Read more

A memory of Whittlebury in 1963 by Tony Wood

Whit Lane

My parents owned a fish and chip shop just off Whit Lane at No1 Kent Street. The shop was damaged during the blitz, Dec 1940. Dad was away in the RAF, we were under the stairs sheltering when the bomb hit us. We were very lucky and ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1930 by Peter Wilson

Where My Life Began

Mum, Ivy Ironmonger, and her sister, Edie, were evacuated from London during summer of 1944 and I was born on September 19th that year. Mum gave birth in the front bedroom of number 78 Excelsior Sreet, Waunlwyd, one of the ...Read more

A memory of Waun Lwyd in 1944 by David Ironmonger

Where I Used To Get The Bus To School

This picture (e199012) must be mid-afternoon judging by the shadows but there is surprisingly little traffic. The bus stop on the right, with a shelter, is where the 17 and 104 would stop on their way ...Read more

A memory of East Finchley in 1965

Where I Was Born

My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more

A memory of Sole Street in 1946

When L Was Little

Hello, I was born at Paxton Park in 1948. My mum was Sheila Shepherd, daughter of Lilian and Percy. Mum married Horace Hermitage who was stationed there, they married and went off to live in Kent but she came back to St Neots ...Read more

A memory of Eynesbury in 1960 by Sylvia Webster

When Did Purfleet Cross The River Thames

Wrongly assigned to Kent - always in Essex Many thanks for letting us know about this glitch - now corrected. Editor

A memory of Purfleet

When I Was A Lad....

Ahh.. What a rush of memories return to my mind as I ponder the view of the vale of Almondsbury laid out before me. I grew up in the lower village (then known as marshwell crescent). My father's family hailed from the deepest ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1955 by Alan Jarman

Captions

216 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Ash, New Street C1955

There are two villages called Ash in Kent.

Caption For Chatham, Military Road C1965

The No 142 bus, advertising Kent Life magazine, is bound for Weeds Wood via Huntsman's Corner.

Caption For Ide Hill, The Church C1960

Its architecture is deemed modern compared to many other Kent places of worship that began life in Norman times.

Caption For Chilham, The High Street C1955

Pollarded lime trees line part of the High Street of this village, which can justifiably claim to be one of Kent's prettiest; it duly attracts hordes of visitors during the summer season.

Caption For Kendal, Stricklandgate 1888

Kendal—the 'Auld Grey Town' on the River Kent—was founded on wealth won from the wool of Lakeland sheep.

Caption For Aylesford, Village From The River C1960

One of Kent's most ancient villages, Aylesford occupies a strategic crossing of the Medway, and dates from the time of the Saxons.

Caption For Hartfield, 1906

We are on the upper River Medway north of the Ashdown Forest, near the Kent border.

Caption For Eythorne, Chapel Hill C1955

Along with its neighbouring villages of Betteshanger and Tilmanstone, this settlement was a centre of the short-lived Kent coal industry, which began when coal was discovered when borings for a proposed

Caption For Sittingbourne, High Street C1960

It is early morning or a summer's evening in this significant mid-Kent town.

Caption For Gravesend, Clifton Marine Parade C1898

We are keeping to the Kent bank of the Thames Estuary as the river reaches Gravesend, beyond the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford.

Caption For Margate, Marine Terrace From The Lighthouse C1965

boating pool from the pier.The clock-tower is just to the right of the centre of the picture, and we can see the entrance tower to the Dreamland amusement park.This is the oldest theme park in Kent

Caption For Maidstone, High Street C1955

As the county and assize town of Kent, as well as its chief agricultural centre, Maidstone is also a busy market and shopping centre, and many of its older buildings are overshadowed by the commercial

Caption For Kendal, St George's Church And The Weir 1891

The twin Italianate towers of St George's Church dominate this view of Kendal, across the River Kent and its weir.

Caption For Pegwell, Coastguard Cottages 1907

This row of diminutive, white cottages provided accommodation for the Coastguards maintaining a watch along this busy stretch of the Kent coastline with its treacherous offshore sandbanks.

Caption For Kendal, Stramongate Bridge 1896

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

Caption For Flookburgh, The Village 1897

Flookburgh is a charming and ancient market town between the Kent Estuary and Cartmel Sands.

Caption For Goudhurst, Measuring The Hops 1904

The newly installed railway connection serving the Weald of Kent had no doubt dropped many of these workers off to start work in the hop fields.

Caption For Tonbridge, High Street 1948

Meanwhile, local schoolboy Michael Colin Cowdrey, 17, made his debut for Kent County Cricket Club in this year.

Caption For Eastry, High Street C1955

Between Canterbury and the sea, and built on a section of the Roman road which ran from Dover to Richborough, Eastry was once the site of a palace of the Kings of Kent, who divided their realm into 'lathes

Caption For Darlington, Tubwell Row 1903

On the left are the flower-bedecked premises of the seed merchants and nurserymen Kent & Brydon.

Caption For Grays, The Thames C1955

This view captures well the character of much of the Thames estuary: a somewhat bleak, flat shoreline and a smudge of distant chalk hills on the Kent side.

Caption For Southampton, The Royal Pier Pavilion 1908

The name comes from the fact that the opening was carried out in 1833 by the Duchess of Kent and Princess, later Queen, Victoria.

Caption For Flimwell, The Village 1903

Flimwell is centred on a crossroads near the Kent border.

Caption For Cliffe, The View From The Church C1950

Once known as 'Coveshoo', Cliffe was a meeting place for the Great Councils of Kent in Saxon times.