Captions

83 captions found. Showing results 41 to 60.

Caption For Penarth, The Esplanade 1896

Alighting at the railway station, it was now possible to travel comfortably by carriage down Beach Road, admire the Esplanade, and return up Cliff Hill back to your train via Marine Parade and Plymouth

Caption For Middle Wallop, The Cross Roads C1955

At the foot of the hill is a junction.

Caption For Alton, Crown Hill 1954

We are looking back up Crown Hill, with the sign of the Crown on the left.

Caption For St Just, Church And Market Place 1908

This old tin-streaming town is perched on a windy hill a mile inland from the sea.

Caption For Exmouth, The Seafront 1918

This is one of Exmouth's two bowling greens - the other is at the back of the town at Phear Park.

Caption For Grantham, Bee Hive Inn 1893

Back to the east of St Peter's Hill, the photographer looks north along Castlegate, with the Beehive Inn on the left; the leaves hide a beehive set in the tree, which is still there.

Caption For Grantham, Bee Hive Inn 1893

Back to the east of St Peter's Hill, the photographer looks north along Castlegate, with the Beehive Inn on the left; the leaves hide a beehive set in the tree, which is still there.

Caption For Bidborough, Church 1896

The church of St Lawrence is superbly positioned on the brow of a narrow spur offering splendid views to the north of the Greensand Hills.

Caption For Coulsdon, Red Lion Hotel 1906

The Red Lion can be traced back to 1680 and stood alone until the arrival of the railways and Cane Hill Hospital.

Caption For Maidenhead, Castle Hill 1904

This view is from beside the Ice House, its balcony covered in creeper, looking back down Castle Hill.

Caption For Chislehurst, Rush Pond, Ashfield Lane C1965

Prickend marks the end of one expanse of land that stretches from Petts Wood in the south and to Summer Hill in the west.

Caption For Haworth, Main Street 1958

A walk up the hill takes the visitor back a hundred years.

Caption For Othery, Main Road C1955

From Bridgwater we head south-east into Sedgemoor to Othery, a village built on a low hill that rises 60 feet above the Moors.

Caption For Effingham, St Teresa's Convent C1965

St Teresa's Convent was established in Effinghamhill House, a stucco early 19th- century mansion in the chalk hills two miles south of Effingham village.

Caption For Alderley Edge, Duke Street C1960

When Marlborough Road was built in the 1960s, although it appears on a map to extend Duke Street towards the hill and one can walk through, there is no vehicular access between the two roads

Caption For Windlesham, Village And Post Office 1909

This view was taken in the middle of the village, and is looking down Updown Hill.

Caption For Barnoldswick, Tubber Hill C1920

Do not shout too loud about it, though, as there are many locals who would rather it were back across the border.

Caption For Whitchurch, Oving Road C1955

Moving east, the route passes through Whitchurch on its way back to Aylesbury.

Caption For Bramber, The Village Street C1950

The Norman church of St Nicholas is perched on a small hill near the castle ruins.

Caption For Horstead, The Mill 1902

Horstead's old mill would have seen many wherries drawn up at its wharf.