Places

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Photos

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Maps

123 maps found.

1895, Bull Hill Ref. RNE655147
1947, Bull's Hill Ref. NPO655283
1919, Bull's Hill Ref. POP655283
1897-1909, Bull Hill Ref. RNC655147
1899-1900, Bull's Hill Ref. RNC655283
1896, Bull's Hill Ref. RNE655283
1945, Bull Hill Ref. NPO655147
1919, Bull Hill Ref. POP655147
1900, Lower Daggons Ref. HOSM39431
1946, Ballhill Ref. NPO631409
1896, Ballhill Ref. RNE631409
1923, Bullgill Ref. HOSM39436
1897, Bullgill Ref. RNE655218
1919, Ballhill Ref. POP631409
1900, Ballhill Ref. RNC631409
1925, Bullgill Ref. POP655218
1919, Ball Hill Ref. POP631056
1895, Bell Hill Ref. RNE637719
1945, Bell Hill Ref. NPO637719
1895, Ball Hill Ref. RNE631056

Books

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Memories

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My Early Years In Salford

I was born in Salford, at 15 School Street in 1951. My first school was Stowells Memorial, I think the headmistress was a Miss Dent. There was a butchers shop one the corner with the same name as our family, but I don't think ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Jacqueline Timperley

Mandrake Road

My siblings and I were all born at Weir maternity hospital in Balham, we lived on Mandrake road and we all went to Fircroft primary school opposite our house. I was at Fircroft from 1976-1982. Mr. Chaimings was the headmaster then, Mr ...Read more

A memory of Tooting by Sylvia Amoah

Grosvenor Road And Urmston, Always A Place In My Heart.

I lived on Grosvenor Road, Urmston - the allotment end - from 1965 to late 1969 age 3 to nearly 8 years of age with my 2 brothers and parents (we then moved to Blackburn). My daughter has recently ...Read more

A memory of Urmston by magwat13

Rose View

1970 - 1984: As you look at this photo the last building on the right, the barn like cottage with the small window, is Rose View. My mum and dad bought it for £1,000 in 1970, and set to work modernising it as I was due 1971 and my brother ...Read more

A memory of Polgooth in 1970 by Tami Cross Halls

Hawkinge, My Birthplace

I was born at Corner House, at the bottom of Aerodrome Rd, Hawkinge on 31st August 1936. My parents were the local newsagents in Canterbury Rd, backing onto the famous airfield.  I have vivid childhood memories of the war ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1940 by David Pepin

Eastry Childrens Home

I had a wonderful upbringing ‘up the hill’ from Buttshole pond… 1958 - 1966 I was raised in one of the seven cottages- mine was Lime Cottage. My matron was Mrs. Aunty Betty Harris- who had a daughter, ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by John Boston

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 was ...Read more

A memory of Horton Kirby by Stuart Hall

Hill Street Pontnewydd

Hi. My name is Iris Elliott (nee ) Poole. I was born in Hill Street Pontnewydd in 1930 to Daisy and Tom Poole. I had a brother Mervin. Everyone knew my father Tom who was quite a character. He was a very big man and worked in ...Read more

A memory of Pontnewydd by janet.elliott

Purveyor Of Sweetshops

I knew all the best sweet shops on Lavendar Hill Rd. Easily the best was Browns Sweet shop where Stormont Rd met Lavendar Hill. It had every sweet you could think of and seemed to be open 7 days a week until 9pm. I think the owner ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by tedpettit

Growing Up In Hornsey

I was born in Hornsey in 1923, and spent the first 10 years of my life living with my parents in the top flat at 257 Wightman Road. The ground floor was occupied by Mr and Mrs Dan Costigan. Mr Costigan was a bus driver, and they ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1920 by Arthur Astrop

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Captions

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Caption For Alderholt, The Mill C1960

Alderholt Mill is situated on a tributary of the Ashford Water.

Caption For Pitsea, Gun Hill C1955

Gun Hill takes its name from the Gun Inn, further up London Road at Bowers Gifford.

Caption For Fowey, South Street 1908

The narrow alley between the houses leads off to Bull Hill.

Caption For Northwich, Bull Ring 1903

Within a few years the Bull Ring became one of those places where pedestrians took their lives in their hands, having to dodge scores of ICI workers as they freewheeled four, five, even six abreast down

Caption For Pilley, The Post Office C1955

The others are Bailey, Bull Hill, Portmore, Sandy Down, Walhampton, and Boldre itself.

Caption For Enfield, Hilly Fields C1955

The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen.

Caption For Pitsea, Gun Hill C1955

Gun Hill takes its name from the Gun Inn, further up London Road at Bowers Gifford.

Caption For Enfield, The Rose And Crown, Clay Hill C1955

The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen.

Caption For Hampstead, North End 1898

Not much more than a stone's throw from Jack Straw's Castle, the original Old Bull and Bush can be seen on the right of shot.

Caption For Preesall, The Village C1955

Occupying a hill-top, Preesall grew as a small market around a corn mill and two pubs, both of which are shown here, the Black Bull and the Saracen's Head.

Caption For Rake, The Flying Bull 1934

Chalk quarrying is carried out on the hills here.

Caption For Wakefield, Clarence Park C1960

The bandstand, left, opens out into a huge amphitheatre for musical concerts; built in 1926, it replaced the original less convenient stand at the top of Lowe Hill.

Caption For Pitsea, Pitsea Road C1955

Its social centres were the old Bull public house, situated on Bull Road (now Clay Hill Road), Holy Cross Church, and Fairview Hall in Timberlog Lane.

Caption For Dorking, Rose Hill 1906

Those still trading are the Surrey Yeoman (see 46016 overleaf), the Bull's Head (Rose Hill, which we can see in 54666, right, with its entrance on the corner of the High Street and just behind the

Caption For Northfield, The Black Horse 1949

The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield’s older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.

Caption For Staintondale, The Village C1960

During the reign of King Stephen in the 12th century, the original owners of Bell Hill Farm, Staintondale, rang a bell or blew a horn every evening to act as a guide to travellers.

Caption For Northfield, The Black Horse 1949

The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield's older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.

Caption For Finedon, Bell Inn (Oldest In England) C1955

The older part of the village is full of houses and cottages built by the Victorian lord of the manor, William Mackworth-Dolben.

Caption For Rothwell, Market Place C1955

This view looks east from Bridge Street, past the Market House and along into Bell Hill.

Caption For Powerstock, Eggardon Hill 1906

This photograph shows the skyline from the profile of Bell Stone (left, top) along to the ramparts of the Iron Age hill-fort on Eggardon Hill (right, top).

Caption For Abberley, The Tower 1911

Abberley Hill and Woodbury Hill rise to about a thousand feet.

Caption For Goudhurst, St Mary's Church 1901

St Mary's, Goudhurst's church, was founded in the 14th century, with its bell tower built in 1640.

Caption For Maiden Newton, Riversdale 1906

Its bell tower housed a carillon of 35 bells, cast at Louvain, and installed at a cost of more than £2,000.

Caption For Clee Hill, Cornbrook Bridge 1911

Standing 533 metres above sea level, this hill is made up of a stone known as dhustone (from the Welsh word 'dhu', meaning black).