Maps

9,439 maps found.

1919, Cleeve Ref. POP670149
1925, Stutton Ref. POP842350
1925, Suffield Ref. POP842455
1925, Thimbleby Ref. POP846704
1923, Westgate Ref. POP866031
1924, Walcot Ref. POP859613
1925, Sherburn Ref. POP829820
1923, Croxton Ref. POP685090
1924, Farlington Ref. POP703442
1925, Flixton Ref. POP706858
1924, Foston Ref. POP708365
1924, Howsham Ref. POP741667
1925, Dudley Ref. POP694630
1919, Kenn Ref. POP746129
1925, Killerby Ref. POP747151
1919, Hewish Ref. POP732099
1925, Leake Ref. POP754102
1925, Litton Ref. POP758409
1925, Netherby Ref. POP788841
1925, Norby Ref. POP792643

Books

39 books found. Showing results 1,753 to 1,776.

Memories

1,548 memories found. Showing results 731 to 740.

Eskley Gardens

I grew up first in flats opposite the shops in Daiglen Drive (I was born in Islington), then when I was about 3 we moved to Eskley Gardens. It was a great place - the old Belhouse mansion was derelict at that time, and we (my ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1963 by Michael Campbell

My Great Grandparents And Great Uncle

After reading through all your lovely memories I am hoping somebody may remember my great grand parents and great uncle. My great grand parents were Douglas and Verena Walters who lived at 21 North Street. ...Read more

A memory of Farncombe in 1942 by Kelly Shaw

York Parade

My wife Evette, was born in York Parade, Dagenham? or Ilford, in 1938 and her dad worked at the Ford plant. Her family moved north to Wallasey when she was only 7 so she only has vague memories of the area. Over the last few years ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1940 by Ian Ross

Happy Childhood 1950 Onwards

I lived in Hillbrow Cottages on the Eastbourne Road from 1950 to 1970s. My father, George Mison, worked in the sand quarry in Bletchingley and mum, Elsie, was a housewife. There are only 12 cottages at Hillbrow and ...Read more

A memory of Godstone in 1950 by Ruth Bradbury Nee Mison

Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND: My mother Milly and father Bert moved to Winchmore Hill from Camden/Kentish Town. I was born in 1944 at The North Middlesex Hospital in Edmonton. I grew up ...Read more

A memory of Winchmore Hill in 1944 by Richard Starling

1955 1959

During those years, my father was in the US Air Force stationed at Wethersfield. We lived in Coggeshall on East Street. With the advent of Google Earth I can still walk down familiar streets in Coggeshall from Texas. I see some ...Read more

A memory of Coggeshall by Carroll Wayne Stewart

Thorne As I Remember

So much and so little time; Green Top Primary School, happy days before the big move up to the Grammar School or North Eastern Road Secondary Boys. Mr Morris for metal work, Mr Snow for woodwork. Mr Colin Ella for religious ...Read more

A memory of Thorne by David Walton

Tracing Bearpark

I haven't actually ever been to Bearpark but I did visit my godmother's family who lived I think, in Waterhouses which I believe, is not too far from Bearpark. I remember visiting Durham Cathedral and going down a mine where I ...Read more

A memory of Bearpark in 1948 by Anne Archer (Nee Bearpark

Blunts Fishmongers

My father owned the fish shop at Stonecot Hill and I remember going and answering the old phone that had an operator. Also I put the sawdust on the floor at night and wrapped up the fish in newspaper for customers. I do not have ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1950 by Gillian Ward

Memorial Gardens

If one stands with the pond & cenotaph behind you, there is now a memorial garden built I think in 1950/51 to remember those from Carshalton who gave their lives in WW2. As early teenagers we used the gardens as a meeting ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton in 1951 by Tony Arkell

Captions

2,676 captions found. Showing results 1,753 to 1,776.

Caption For Southwell, The Minster, The West Towers 1895

All that remains of the Saxon building is a carved doorhead in the north transept and some paving in the south transept.

Caption For Leeds, Cookridge Street C1955

In June 1840, Thomas Cook arranged a members' excursion to York by way of the Leeds & Selby and the York & North Midlands Railways.

Caption For East Grinstead, St. Michaels School 1923

Standing on the north-west side of Moat Road, this was an Anglican school for girls, run by St Margaret's Convent.

Caption For Cambridge, Pembroke College 1890

This view looks north along Trumpington Street, with Pembroke College on the right, and Peterhouse on the left.

Caption For Aberdeen, Union Street And The Market Cross C1885

These days, Aberdeen is famous for its association with North Sea oil, but shipbuilding, fishing, papermaking and the quarrying of granite have all played their part in the city's development.

Caption For Crowland, Abbey 1894

It is now a fragment: the nave north aisle is now the parish church with a monumental 15th-century tower capped by a squat spire.

Caption For Burgh Le Marsh, The Windmill C1965

North of Wainfleet, on the Skegness to Lincoln road, Burgh le Marsh is a market town whose charter was granted in 1401. At its east end is another of Lincolnshire's preserved windmills.

Caption For Hammersmith, Town Hall Square C1960

Immediately north of the Town Hall there used to be a small park or square.

Caption For North Cheam, The Queen Victoria C1960

In the 1950s one of the latter was the weekly venue for the North Cheam Jazz Club, which featured a youthful George Melly and the Mick Mulligan Jazz Band as a regular attraction.

Caption For Simpson, Main Road C1958

This view looks north to the thatched cottages, Nos 456 and 458.

Caption For Newnham, High Street 1950

greenhouse in England is said to have been made and erected in Newnham by Sir Edward Mansell, who established the country's earliest coal-fired glass- making furnace at a works to the north

Caption For Stourport On Severn, The River Upstream From The Bridge C1960

In the 1880s the Severn and Canal Carrying Company advertised daily services to Bristol, Gloucester, Kidderminster and towns further north.

Caption For Grenoside, War Memorial 1953

This old manorial village 5 miles north of Sheffield was part of the industrial revolution: it established small craft workshops making nails and parts for the burgeoning factories in Sheffield

Caption For Gumfreston, Church 1890

The church was restored in the 1860s and boasts wall paintings on the north wall of the nave.

Caption For Rickmansworth, St Mary's Church 1897

Taken from the upper storey of a cottage in Church Street, this view of the north side of the church looks beguilingly medieval.

Caption For Middleton Tyas, Scotch Corner Hotel C1960

This landmark, familiar to drivers on the A1, was in the 1950s THE place for film stars to stay on their way north, and most of the cars we see here are in the luxury class.

Caption For Sunderland, Fawcett Street 1890

This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

Caption For Wisbech, View From North Brink 1901

The North and South Brinks, sombre rows of mansions and warehouses, look out over each other on opposite sides of the river.

Caption For Tickhill, Market Place C1955

Situated nine miles east of Rotherham on the A361, the village of Tickhill once had one of the most important castles in the North, built on a motte no less than 75ft high and surrounded by a wet moat

Caption For Great Gable, 1889

This view of Great Gable is unusual, as it is taken from the north. The usual view of the shapeliest mountains in the Lake District is from the head of Wasdale, where it dominates the scene.

Caption For Sunderland, The Bridges 1900

Just beyond is the North Eastern Railway's bridge over the Wear.

Caption For Cardiff, Castle South Side 1893

Robert FitzHamon chose to build his castle within the ruins of the old Roman fortress, raising a motte in the north-west corner.

Caption For Doddington, Village 1906

Although only five miles to the west, it has avoided the expansion of villages such as Skellingthorpe or North Hykeham.

Caption For Stamford, Market Place 1922

North from St Mary's Street, St John's Street leads past St John's Church into Red Lion Square, the market place.