Maps

517 maps found.

1902, Albert Village Ref. RNC621090
1902, Prospect Village Ref. RNC811283
1920, Woolage Village Ref. POP874206
1947, Abbey Village Ref. NPO618419
1946, Albert Village Ref. NPO621090
1919, Teign Village Ref. POP845744
1946, Hulland Village Ref. NPO741918
1947, Hutton Village Ref. NPO742892
1947, Grimeford Village Ref. NPO722407
1947, Elan Village Ref. NPO700285
1947, Harbour Village Ref. NPO726690
1947, Harrowgate Village Ref. NPO727701
1920, Mawsley Village Ref. POP775737
1923, Harbour Village Ref. POP726690
1947, Boys Village Ref. NPO647540
1946, Brades Village Ref. NPO647814
1945, Luccombe Village Ref. NPO770282
1945, Ocean Village Ref. NPO795845
1940, Onslow Village Ref. NPO797674
1946, Mawsley Village Ref. NPO775737

Books

26 books found. Showing results 241 to 264.

Memories

4,711 memories found. Showing results 101 to 110.

Horton Kirby In The 1960's

I was born and brought up in Dartford but my aunt, Nora Hall, was housekeeper to Sir Edward Bligh and they had moved to Horton Kirby in 1961 from Swanley Village. Sir Edward took a ten-year lease upon the house that ...Read more

A memory of Horton Kirby by Stuart Hall

Whymarks Of Little Cornard

Over 70 years ago, when I was about three or four years old, my parents and I would travel from Luton to see my maternal grandmother, Kate Whymark, who was the widow of Ernest Whymark. I never met Ernest, as he fell ...Read more

A memory of Little Cornard by Maggie Reeves

Memories Remembered

Memories Remembered After reading Brian Keighley’s story of his memories in Lifton, my memories came flooding back and has prompted me to recall a few of my own. I was born in Lifton 18 months after my sister Jean in 1927 at ...Read more

A memory of Lifton by geoffbailey29

Family Connections.

This picture was actually taken in the early 1960's and later turned into a postcard. The man on the motorbike is my late father, John Ridd, who was a local farm manager at the time. The motorbike by the way is a BSA Bantam - he was the only person in the village who had one like it!

A memory of Abbotsham by Claire Allen

Thame Cottage Portmellon

I was born in 1975 and spent nearly every birthday until I was 16 years old at Thame Cottage, Portmellon with my Mum, Dad, younger Brother, Uncle, Auntie and 3 cousins. One day, when I have my own children, I hope to take ...Read more

A memory of Portmellon by Elizabeth Collier

In The Name Of Adversity

My family lived adjacent to the fields which were designated for the Hixon Aerodrome.  I remember well standing against the garden fence seeing the location being prepared for the runways, and watching the workmen erecting the ...Read more

A memory of Hixon in 1941 by Sylvia Pugh

My Dad's Shop (Mount Stores)

This photo brought back so many memories my Dad, Ralph Catchpole, bought the the Mount Stores in 1952 he owned and ran the shop until about 1965. I have so many memories of my life in Dinas Powis, my Dad's Morris Minor ...Read more

A memory of Dinas Powis in 1955 by Clive Turner

Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle

My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction ...Read more

A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by Denman Lalonde

Evacuee In Cefn Hengoed

During the Second World War my family were evacuated to Cefn Hengoed. Two of my brothers were with the Hughes family, two with the Palmers and two of my sisters with the Jones Famly. We arrived in 1941. Being one of the ...Read more

A memory of Cefn Hengoed in 1941 by Firs Terryt Name La Carneyst Name

Heston Middlesex 1950s

It was good to see people's memories of Heston, as I spent much of my childhood there. My father was manager of a branch of grocers called Platts Stores Ltd, Norwood Green, although we were on the corner of Fern Lane Heston and ...Read more

A memory of Heston by Rita Burgess

Captions

5,033 captions found. Showing results 241 to 264.

Caption For Langold, Doncaster Road Shopping Centre C1955

The village was built to house the coalminers of nearby Costhorpe Colliery, now closed.

Caption For Road Weedon, Jan's Folly C1965

This village is on Watling Street at the junction with the Northampton to Warwick Road.

Caption For Sheringham, The Beach 1893

When this photograph was taken, Sheringham was a small fishing village on the north Norfolk coast, noted for its crabs.

Caption For Middleton, Main Street 1951

Middleton – its full name is Middleton- by-Wirksworth – was a quarrying and mining village which produced the famous Hopton Wood stone.

Caption For Ullenhall, The Village C1955

The Winged Spur (in the background, on the right) in the village centre is still a traditional country pub with a warm welcome for local residents and visitors.

Caption For Etchingham, Looking West C1965

The Village c1965 On the main A272, Chailey actually consists of three villages, Chailey, North Chailey and South Common.

Caption For Staverton, Manor Road C1955

We are looking west over the village pond into Manor Road; the house on the left is The Beeches.

Caption For Long Wittenham, The Village C1960

The village shop in the High Street, seen here advertising Hovis bread, has closed.

Caption For Middlesmoor, Crown Hotel And Shop C1955

Middlesmoor is one of the highest villages in Nidderdale, enjoying fine views down the dale, especially from the churchyard of St Chad's parish church.

Caption For Aylesford, Cage Hill C1960

In this view of the road near the church, the quiet nature of the road is clearly visible, recalling a typical village scene before the car began to strangle the English village.

Caption For Swanage, The Beach 1899

Thomas Hardy described Swanage as '…a seaside village, lying snugly within two headlands as between a finger and thumb'.

Caption For Loxton, The Village 1907

Situated in the Lox Yeo valley, this village enjoyed one of the finest views of the Mendip Hills.

Caption For Keyingham, Methodist Church And Ings Lane C1955

The village post office often doubled as a general store, as the window-dressing here shows.

Caption For Downham, Post Office And Old Stocks 1921

On the right an old sycamore tree shades what is left of the village stocks.The film 'Whistle Down The Wind' with Hayley Mills was filmed in and around Downham village.

Caption For Crantock, The Village C1960

Here we see a quiet scene in the centre of a village that has become overwhelmed by post-war bungalow developments and surrounded by caravan and camping parks.

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Caption For Hope, 1919

Two white-collared Edwardian lads stand behind a trap outside the village smithy in the village which gave its name to the Hope Valley.

Caption For Westmill, The Village Green C1955

If, as has been reported, it is not the most beautiful village in Hertfordshire, Westmill is certainly among the most photographed.

Caption For Over Kellet, The Village 1923

Over Kellet is a village on the road from Carnforth to Arkholme.

Caption For Garboldisham, The Post Office C1955

Mr Burden's shop and Post Office is the centre of village life.

Caption For Rufford, Church Road C1955

This lovely, leafy village is situated near Southport.

Caption For Garboldisham, The Post Office C1955

Mr Burden's shop and Post Office is the centre of village life.

Caption For Chatburn, The Village 1921

Here we see motorists in the village - they are probably touring the area.

Caption For Hemingford Abbots, Village C1955

A family-run business, the Axe and Compasses is situated in the hub of the village and village life.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Grazing Sheep In A Field Versus Sellergarth 2004

Abbot Bankes, accompanied by more than a score of monks, forcefully evicted the entire population of the village, and then proceeded to raze the village to the ground; he left the villagers to their own