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Photos

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Maps

181,031 maps found.

1884, Spinney Hill Ref. HOSM59887
1884, Thorpe Underwood Ref. HOSM61715
1883, Upper Stowe Ref. HOSM63042
1883 - 1884, Upton Ref. HOSM63091
1886, North Tawton Ref. HOSM55309
1884 - 1905, Antingham Ref. HOSM36033
1884 - 1885, Briggate Ref. HOSM38921
1884 - 1885, Worstead Ref. HOSM65308
1897, Acton Bridge Ref. HOSM35650
1897, Little Leigh Ref. HOSM51536
1883 - 1884, Norwich Ref. HOSM34997
1880 - 1885, Ashmanhaugh Ref. HOSM36358
1885 - 1905, Banningham Ref. HOSM36971
1881 - 1884, Beighton Ref. HOSM37404
1881 - 1884, Blofield Ref. HOSM38126
1881 - 1884, Brundall Ref. HOSM39340
1885 - 1905, Calthorpe Ref. HOSM39869
1881 - 1884, Cantley Ref. HOSM40042
1882, Carleton Forehoe Ref. HOSM40079
1880 - 1885, Coltishall Ref. HOSM41661

Books

442 books found. Showing results 19,321 to 19,344.

Memories

29,073 memories found. Showing results 8,051 to 8,060.

Shopping Memories.

This photograph shows two ladies chatting together in the foreground.  On the right in the floral dress is my mother Mrs Beatrice Farnsworth.  My family have been farmers in the locality for three generations.  My mother's car is ...Read more

A memory of Worksop by Claire Allen

The Peart Family.

This is the Peart family. Amelia the eldest aged 17 holds her baby brother George. Next to her on the rock is Robert Leadley Peart and at her side is Robert's twin Matthew. Next to Matthew is Jane (known as Ginny) and then Tom. Ginny ...Read more

A memory of Whitby by Claire Allen

Architectural Notes

As a former resident of Bath I recall that this building was not particularly liked. In 1959 the hotel was demolished and a block of 33 flats at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor level with shops at the ground floor was built. The quality ...Read more

A memory of Bath by Claire Allen

Working On The Boats.

The wooden boats in the picture belong to the riverside restaurant, out of shot to the right. As a teenager, in 1974, it was my job on a Sunday afternoon to hire these out. We did have a few people fall out of the ...Read more

A memory of Barrow upon Soar by Claire Allen

Preparing For The Festival Of Britain.

This photograph shows a Wednesday afternoon, early closing day, hence the low volume of traffic and few shoppers. The year is definitely 1951. On the left is myself and my apprentice electrician seen manhandling ...Read more

A memory of Leeds by Claire Allen

The Peart Twins.

The children are twin boys. Matthew Peart on the left and Robert Peart on the right. Robert was drowned at the age of twenty when he was swept overboard near St Petersburg on 19 July 1908.

A memory of Whitby

Burtons Corner.

A foundation stone laid by Arnold James Burton in 1933 is to be found on the extreme right of this shop, just off the picture.  I'm sure this foundation stone used to be at the other end of the building.  The possible reason for its move ...Read more

A memory of Crewe

Shopping Memories.

On the left hand side of the photograph next to the zebra crossing is Eastwells, a greengrocers and fruiterers. My father Harold Besent who is in the window in a white coat was a partner and also the managing director from 1940 ...Read more

A memory of High Barnet in 1955 by Claire Allen

The Ormerod Family.

Ormerod House passed out of the Ormerod family when the male line died out and the three daughters of the last Ormerod married. Their husbands were John Hargreaves, a local coal mine owner, the Rev William Thursby who became vicar ...Read more

A memory of Burnley in 1900 by Claire Allen

'sabrina'.

I am certain the steamer is 'Sabrina' built in 1870 and was the steam inspection launch of the Directors and Engineer of the Gloucester and Berkeley Ship Canal, Gloucester. In 1912 'Sabrina' was owned by the Dock Company and did not leave ...Read more

A memory of Gloucester in 0 by Claire Allen

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Captions

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Caption For Cavendish, The Green C1965

The brick house on the left belonged to the blacksmith, with the forge behind. A house has since been built in the yard. To the right is the Grape Vine of c1520, with 20th-century pargetting.

Caption For Lavenham, Lady Street C1960

On the left is a high-quality Tudor house, with arched windows for a shop at the far end. Opposite is the 15th-century Wool Hall, originally the Guild of Our Lady, with an open hall and cross-wings.

Caption For Richmond, Market Place 1929

On the left outside Rodber's furniture and floor coverings shop can be seen tables, beds and a chest of drawers, and also their delivery van.

Caption For Symondsbury, Village C1940

Mark Twain expected his perfect piece of England to have a castle and the odd ruin.

Caption For Chesham Bois, Anne's Corner C1955

In the centre of the view is Anne's Corner, a picturesque house with timber-framing to the upper floor.

Caption For Leicester, The Town Hall C1950

After the piped water and the sewers came the benevolent face of bureaucracy in the new brick-faced Town Hall, designed by local architect F J Hames in 1876 in a friendly yet impressive Queen Anne

Caption For Calne, The Green 1957

On the right with the railings are two fine examples of clothiers' houses from the mid 17th century, re-fronted and altered in the late 18th century.

Caption For Clitheroe, The Weir 1899

Along the Ribble Way, before reaching Gisburn, the river cuts through a deep gorge, perhaps the most spectacular part of its length; but at this point we see the river harnessed.

Caption For Pantasaph, St Clare's Convent C1940

A sombre and rather depressing view of this large and complex set of 19th- century buildings mirrors the sad decline in its fortunes - falling numbers led it into disuse.

Caption For Gunnerside, 1923

Village life is captured in the streets of the village - the Literary Institute (1877) still stands, now the post office and village hall.

Caption For Elland, The Town Hall C1965

Elland is a small town built around the industries of woollen mills, textiles, and quarries for coal, stone and clay.

Caption For Preston, Cheapside C1960

Here we have a good view of the area that is to the west of Market Square.

Caption For Dudley, The Zoo Entrance C1960

This view of Berthold Lubetkin's entrance to Dudley Zoo also shows the large letters 'Z', 'O', and 'O', which left little doubt as to what lay beyond.

Caption For Dudley, The Zoo, The Gorilla C1965

The stylish design of Berthold Lubetkin's enclosures at Dudley Zoo is seen to good effect in this view of the Gorilla House.

Caption For Selby, The Abbey And The Park 1901

Building started on the abbey in 1100. It was the first to be founded after the Norman Conquest, and it was not completed until 1935.

Caption For Cadnam, The Sir Walter Tyrrell C1960

This well-known inn is situated in a peaceful corner of the New Forest, close to Cadnam.

Caption For Southampton, Bargate C1955

By the time this photograph was taken, the buildings either side of Bargate had been demolished to allow traffic to pass freely round each side of it.

Caption For Tunstall, High Street C1955

One hundred years before this, there were no large shops in the town, and the age of the department store was still a few years away.

Caption For Ferring, The Village C1960

Ferring is a residential village near the sea.The Norman church keeps the registers of Kingston, a village long lost due to coastal erosion.

Caption For Horam, The Post Office C1955

The 'Cuckoo Trail' for cyclists, walkers and the disabled connects Horam to Heathfield and Polegate via the route of an old railway.

Caption For Camberley, Cambridge Hotel C1955

To the right one can just see the Cambridge Tea-Rooms, a smart place to have morning coffee or afternoon tea. Further up on the right is Whites Garage, with the clock outside.

Caption For Marcham, Church Street C1965

West of the crossroads, Church Street runs north from Frilford Road, behind the camera, to the church, glimpsed to the left of the big tree at the far end.

Caption For Swanage, Ballard Head 1897

There are overgrown sandpits above the junction of Victoria Road (centre left), and Beach Road (centre) which has since been re-named Shore Road.

Caption For Great Cornard, Church 1895

The apparent terracing between the river and the church is actually hedges on either side of the Marks Tey to Sudbury railway line and of the road from Bures to Sudbury running south to north across