Old Photos & Pictures Of The United Kingdom

Old Photographs

To navigate the site first choose a country, click on a thumbnail to select a county, and then click on a thumbnail to select a town or village.
Because of the age of the photographs, it’s not possible to guarantee that the titles and descriptions are always correct; some times, I have to rely on pencilled notes on the back of the photos or descriptions in old photograph albums.
The quality of the photos, pictures and vintage postcards vary greatly, some of the postcards are beautiful, especially the Photocrom postcards, and some of the photos are simply holiday snaps which time has not been kind to, I have included both on this site as they both give us a glimpse into our recent past.
If you have a photograph taken by you or your family and would like to show it on this site please send it using the contact form, the law governing photographs is complicated so please only send photographs when you have the copyright owners permission; this is normally the person that took the photograph.

If your surname is Mitchell, you may like to check out Devon Mitchells -- a nice site and well worth a visit.

recent additions:
2009
June - changed site design - 210 pictures added mostly postcards
July - 250 + postcards added
August - Thank you to Alan White for a wonderful collection of photographs of Hastings, the full collection can be seen on Alan's album page - album
200 postcards added
September -240 pictures added mostly Photographs of England
October - Thank you to Rob for allowing us to use scans of his postcards, this is a big benefit for the site and much appreciated.
500 + images added
November - 200 + postcards of England added