Places In Old Photographs

Hemel Hempstead's history goes back a long way and is mentioned in the Domesday Book survey. St Mary's Parish Church is one of the oldest buildings...

Coal was the very bedrock on which the town of Whitehaven was built, the trade in coal with Dublin starting after the Dissolution of the Monasterie...

The historic town of Wexford has a rich and vibrant history, which is uniquely encapsulated in this selection of archive images taken from the John...

The devoted journalists at the Chicago Tribune have been reporting the citys news for 170 years. As a result, the paper has amassed an inimitable, ...

'Go where we will throughout England, there is no spot which is not boundup with our history. The New Forest is, perhaps, as good an example as cou...

Witney grew up as the result of deliberate planning on the part of successive Bishops of Winchester, a spacious, wedge-shaped market area being lai...

County Wicklow, with its golden beaches, wooded valleys, majestic mountains and stunning lakes, rivers and waterfalls, is an area of great natural ...

The historic seaside town of Youghal has a rich and vibrant history which is uniquely captured in this collection of archive images. Still a popula...

In ancient times Clapham was a secluded Surrey village, clustered round a manor house and church. By the seventeenth century, the wealthy of London...

Warrington is a new town with a long history but throughout it has remained an important commercial centre and a vital nodal point on the national ...

The city of Oxford has a long and prosperous history. First mentioned by name in 912 as one of the 'burghs' or fortified places that King Alfred an...

It is almost impossible not to like Cromer: a medieval town which two centuries ago transformed itself into one of the most attractive seaside reso...

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and has been a major port and industrial city since the nineteenth century. Shipbuilding has long b...

Leicester has long been an important city in the East Midlands. Remains of Roman Leicester can still be seen today, as well as many buildings from ...

Bungay History Tour offers an enthralling insight into the fascinating history of this town in Suffolk. Author Christopher Reeve guides us around i...

Parts of this much centralised English county Keith had visited with his parents throughout his wartime boyhood. Later as a young man his continuin...

Exmoor is one of southern England's few remaining wild landscapes. In this area there are a scattering of attractive villages and the occasional to...

If you walk through Ipswich you become aware of how buildings of all periods jostle each other for space. There are remnants of fine medieval and T...