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Places
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- Shanklin, Isle of Wight
- Ventnor, Isle of Wight
- Ryde, Isle of Wight
- Cowes, Isle of Wight
- Sandown, Isle of Wight
- Port of Ness, Western Isles
- London, Greater London
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Killarney, Republic of Ireland
- Douglas, Isle of Man
- Plymouth, Devon
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Southwold, Suffolk
- Bristol, Avon
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Cromer, Norfolk
- Edinburgh, Lothian
- Maldon, Essex
- Clacton-On-Sea, Essex
- Felixstowe, Suffolk
- Norwich, Norfolk
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire
- Colchester, Essex
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Hunstanton, Norfolk
- Chelmsford, Essex
- Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Brentwood, Essex
- Glengarriff, Republic of Ireland
Photos
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Maps
181,031 maps found.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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29,395 captions found. Showing results 18,553 to 18,576.
It is certainly not unlikely that these men and boys are workers at what remained of the indigenous ironworking industry after the 1877 collapse.
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.
A cargo ship is visible on the left.
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
Another of Sussex's seaside villages, Rustington boasts a few flint-walled cottages and a medieval church.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Beyond Smith's chemist's shop, on the left, and the entrance to the Shambles, is another Smith's: Alma House clothing store.
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.
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.
St Luke's is Heywood's oldest place of worship, and is known to have existed prior to 1611.
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.
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.
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.
We are in the centre of the village; this view looks north along Church Street with the churchyard wall on the left.
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.
You can get an idea of a (non-squalid) riverside house by visiting the Prospect of Whitby pub in Wapping.
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.
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.
Trafford Park, and Trafford Hall in the park, was the family home of the Traffords and later the de Traffords from 1770 until 1870.
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.
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