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Photos

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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1891 - 1901, Wickersley Ref. HOSM64626
1910, Stubbermere Ref. HOSM60293
1896 - 1898, Therfield Ref. HOSM61558
1885 - 1904, Tomlow Ref. HOSM39817
1884 - 1899, Kilsby Ref. HOSM50052
1902 - 1903, Pailton Ref. HOSM56010
1881 - 1882, Rugeley Ref. HOSM35131
1881 - 1882, Bishton Ref. HOSM37437
1882 - 1883, Brereton Ref. HOSM38805
1879 - 1908, Clifton Ref. HOSM41179
1897 - 1908, Halton Ref. HOSM47539
1897 - 1908, Norton Ref. HOSM55399
1899, Higham Ferrers Ref. HOSM48497
1907 - 1908, Rye Ref. HOSM50677
1908, Rye Harbour Ref. HOSM58342
1914 - 1915, Greenside Ref. HOSM65094
1896, Wendens Ambo Ref. HOSM63693
1899, Compton Chamberlayne Ref. HOSM41724
1895, East Tytherley Ref. HOSM44388
1908, East Winterslow Ref. HOSM44400

Books

442 books found. Showing results 18,553 to 18,576.

Memories

29,073 memories found. Showing results 7,731 to 7,740.

Memories Of Downton

My family moved to The Research Station at Forest Road, Redlynch at the end of the war, and from there to a house in Moot Lane, Downton. My father (Oliver) was in the Royal Artillery during the 1914 - 1918 war, and my ...Read more

A memory of Whiteparish by Raymond Pidgley

Chirbury Road Wood Relatives

Some time in the 1980s, my mother Dorothy visited her gt-aunt Rhoda Wood (b1901), who had lived in the same cottage, 15 Chirbury Road, Montgomery, all her life, one of 10 children of Charles (b1849) and Ellen Wood ...Read more

A memory of Chirbury in 1900 by Gillian Morgan

Fearnanrefuge In The Storm

For my memories of Fearnan please read: Fearnan...refuge in the storm at: the Glasgow Guide Boards: http://discuss.glasgowguide.co.uk/index.php

A memory of Fearnan in 1940 by Alastair Barnett

Old Metropole Hotel

Sorry to see an apartment building on the site of the old Metropole Hotel. As a young lad from Scotland, around 1960, I took a job there as a waiter with a friend. I remember taking part in a waiters' race along the promenade. ...Read more

A memory of Ventnor by Alastair Barnett

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

Constructing Mayflower Ii

When I was young we would holiday in a caravan at a site near to Hollicombe in between Torquay and Brixham. As we lived in Walsall in the West Midlands this journey, by coach, was not to be undertaken lightly and a day ...Read more

A memory of Brixham in 1956 by Michele Alberto

The Sycamores

My grandfather, Gerard Murgatroyd, was born in a house in Knutsford called "The Sycamores" in 1879. I live in Montreal and my father died in 1949 when I was two. My grandfather died before my parents met and there was no love lost ...Read more

A memory of Knutsford in 1989 by Carol Murgatroyd

Childhood In Sutton

My memories of Manor Park were that on a Saturday morning we used to go to the Granada cinema for Saturday morning pictures. The cinema was right next to the park and we used to go in the park on our way home. I lived in ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1950 by Ann Jaramillo

My Early Years In Small Heath

My earliest memory of Small Heath was when we lived in Herbert Road at 3/97 and then I was evacuated to a small village near Ross-on-Wye during the war years. The Secondary Modern school I went to was in Oakley ...Read more

A memory of Small Heath in 1945 by Gwen Sked

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

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Captions

29,395 captions found. Showing results 18,553 to 18,576.

Caption For Clydach, The Wells 1893

It is certainly not unlikely that these men and boys are workers at what remained of the indigenous ironworking industry after the 1877 collapse.

Caption For Redditch, Market Place C1955

The market originally took place on the Green, but was confined to the south side of it after the Chapel on the Green was built in 1805.

Caption For Newhaven, The Harbour C1960

A cargo ship is visible on the left.

Caption For Arundel, The Black Rabbit 1898

The Black Rabbit 1898 Overlooking the pretty Arun near Arundel, the Black Rabbit was first licensed in 1804; at that time it was a popular watering-hole for workers digging a new cut of

Caption For Rustington, The Church And Lychgate C1960

Another of Sussex's seaside villages, Rustington boasts a few flint-walled cottages and a medieval church.

Caption For Richmond, The Channel 1929

The coffee merchant E W Coleman's van is parked outside his shop (centre); beside its window is an LNER train timetable - Station Road is off to the left.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1929

The ball finial of the Obelisk looks new; it had been replaced in 1907. At least one household living upstairs in the Toll Booth has lit a fire.

Caption For Richmond, Castle Hill 1929

In the centre is a fish and chip saloon; to its right is the narrow wynd called The Bar, and on the railings is an advertisement for wet fish on sale in the basement of No 1 New Road.

Caption For Sherburn, The Parish Church C1955

Little remains of the original structure save for the south wall of the chapel. It was redeveloped in the 1760s, and a new master's house was added in 1832.

Caption For Leamington Spa, Regent Hotel 1932

On 10 September 1819, the Prince Regent came to stay at the recently opened William's Royal Hotel. As a result the hotel was renamed The Regent.

Caption For Stroud, High Street C1955

Beyond Smith's chemist's shop, on the left, and the entrance to the Shambles, is another Smith's: Alma House clothing store.

Caption For Barton Upon Humber, St Peter's Church C1960

The church of St Peter was made redundant in 1972, and is now protected by English Heritage. Lincolnshire possesses very many Anglo-Saxon church towers, and St Peter's is one of England's best.

Caption For Market Deeping, Stamford Road C1955

Mill Cottage is on the right, and the River Welland is at the other side of the house. The timbers of the upper storey have since been covered over by sandstone-coloured paint.

Caption For Heywood, The Centre C1955

St Luke's is Heywood's oldest place of worship, and is known to have existed prior to 1611.

Caption For Wickersley, Royds Moor C1955

A royd is a northern name for an assart, a practice going back to medieval times when the population of a hamlet cleared land, usually sufficient to make one or two fields, for crops.

Caption For Macclesfield, St Peter's Church 1903

Built in 1848 with funds raised almost entirely from public subscriptions, St Peter's was consecrated in July 1849 by the Bishop of Chester, Dr Graham.

Caption For Langdale Pikes, The Valley 1892

Stickle Ghyll, which flows down from Stickle Tarn, passes under the bridge in this view, which looks towards the 2,403 ft summit of Harrison Stickle, the highest of the pikes.

Caption For Pangbourne, The Village 1893

We are in the centre of the village; this view looks north along Church Street with the churchyard wall on the left.

Caption For London, Chelsea, Cheyne Walk 1890

The pavilion roofs on the right were once Lindsey House of 1684, subsequently owned by the Moravian Sect, who added the French mansard roofs. In 1774 it was subdivided into five houses.

Caption For London, Chelsea Embankment 1890

You can get an idea of a (non-squalid) riverside house by visiting the Prospect of Whitby pub in Wapping.

Caption For Eton, 4th June Procession Of Boats 1906

Our cameraman was standing quite close to the place where photograph 35371 was taken as he captured the excitement of this riverside party, organised by Eton College.

Caption For Manchester, View From Victoria Hotel 1889

We are looking from the second floor of the Victoria Hotel. Manchester Exchange Station (technically in Salford) is on the left, the Cathedral on the right.

Caption For Manchester, Trafford Park 1897

Trafford Park, and Trafford Hall in the park, was the family home of the Traffords and later the de Traffords from 1770 until 1870.

Caption For Dudley, Castle Street And St Edmunds Church C1955

Much that can be seen to the left and right in this photograph was swept away in redevelopment during the 1960s, with the exception of St Edmund's Church and the buildings adjoining it.