Places

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Maps

13 maps found.

1895, Beech Hill Ref. RNE636391
1924, Beech Hill Ref. POP636386
1919, Beech Hill Ref. POP636391
1947, Beech Hill Ref. NPO636386
1940, Beech Hill Ref. NPO636391
1903, Beech Hill Ref. RNC636386
1896, Beech Hill Ref. RNE636386
1920, Best Beech Hill Ref. POP639302
1895, Best Beech Hill Ref. RNE639302
1940, Best Beech Hill Ref. NPO639302
1898, Best Beech Hill Ref. RNC639302
1897-1900, Beech Hill Ref. RNC636391
1909 - 1910, Beech Hill Ref. HOSM37366

Books

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Memories

187 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Chideock School

I started school at the age of five following in the footsteps of my brother John and sister Pam and walking each day to school from Quarr Lane, sometimes we used the footpath starting at Frogmore farm and coming out above the ...Read more

A memory of Chideock in 1943 by Patricia Homewood

18 Two Meadows

As a Londoner, when my new husband was offered a job in Great Yarmouth in 1964, I was excited, although a bit apprehensive about moving to the small village of Hemsby. We bought a brand new house in a new subdivision at Two Meadows. It ...Read more

A memory of Hemsby by Carol Watts

1950s

My first introduction to Fairbourne I think was in 1953 (the same week that we heard that Everest had been conquered and the Coronation). As a child resident of St Christopher's Railway Orphanage in Derby, we went camping for the first time ...Read more

A memory of Fairbourne by Peter Studden

60 Years Of Denial

I was sent to this place in the mid 50s to recover after being treated for T B , I would be around 6 years old,and being from a village type environment and having no father or siblings this establishment came as a complete shock. I ...Read more

A memory of Hornsea by Alan Billing

A Beautiful Place

I arrived in 1953 to live with my father and stepmother in Marbury. I have very mixed feelings of my life here. The countryside was beautiful, my love of nature and animal life has never left me. Bill's lawns (our name for the ...Read more

A memory of Marbury in 1953 by Robert Chambers

A Day At Alum Chine In The 1960s

It's a few minutes before 8.30am, and I've just returned with the newspaper for Dad bought from the Riviera Hotel next door. I have to rush downstairs again in time to ring the gong for breakfast - Mr Lacey, ...Read more

A memory of Westbourne in 1966 by Michael Bond

A Tiny Hamlet Lost In Time

The year was 1970. Myself and a friend were typical 15 year old youths of the time, well, typical for our type of neighborhood. We had long hair, pierced ears, denim jeans and jackets and owned but a couple of shillings ...Read more

A memory of Trelights in 1970 by Rod Templar

A Glimps Of My War Years

Born Cecil Nixon @ 131 Morrison St.Gatesgead County Durham. Went to Rose St school,Prest St. Victoria Road, Marske by the Sea and Reeth schools. Kicked out of school before war began by the Black Watch & Tyne-side ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1940 by John Nixon

A Lovely Devon Village

We moved to No. 6 Tipton Vale in 1950. Maureen a baby, myself (Valerie) and parents Eric and Joan White fom Fenny Bridges. The house was a new council house, pink and blue. Dad dug out a bank at the rear and we found ...Read more

A memory of Tipton St John in 1950 by Valerie Jordan

After The War Was Over

Just after the war during our summer holidays I was sent from Rochester (where we lived at that time, Dad having been demobbed and then working at Short Bros on the airport), together with my trusty Hercules cycle to spend the ...Read more

A memory of St Blazey in 1940 by Mike Mumford

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Captions

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Caption For Langdon Hills, Entrance And Keepers Cottage C1950

One Tree Hill and Westley Heights were together designated Langdon Hills Country Park in 1973.

Caption For Langdon Hills, Entrance And Keepers Cottage C1950

One Tree Hill and Westley Heights were together designated Langdon Hills Country Park in 1973.

Caption For Edgehill, Walk In Beech Woods 1922

It is believed that in 1642 there were few trees and no woods on Edge Hill.

Caption For Edgehill, The Obelisk 1922

It is believed that in 1642 there were few trees and no woods on Edge Hill.

Caption For Netherbury, And Lewesdon 1902

Orchard Hill and Whitecross are at the top left, and the 893ft summit of Lewesdon rises centre left.

Caption For Barnston, Beech Farm C1955

Situated at the top of a steepish hill on the road from Heswall, the entrance to Beech Farm is on the right in our picture.

Caption For Dudley, Panoramic View From Castle Keep C1955

The one thing that has not changed about Dudley Castle is the spectacular views afforded from Castle Hill.

Caption For Goring, The Village 1896

This sprawling riverside village lies between the beech-clad hills of the Chilterns and the windswept slopes of the Berkshire Downs.

Caption For Hawkley, Hawkley Hanger 1901

With its spectacular beech hangers, green hills and downland, it is not surprising to learn that this corner of east Hampshire is known as 'Little Switzerland.'

Caption For Goring, Village 1899

Goring is a riverside village lying between the beech-clad hills of the Chilterns and the windswept slopes of the Berkshire Downs.

Caption For Selborne, The Village Centre 1928

Behind the house is the famous Selborne Hanger, a beautiful beech-clad hill beloved of the 18th-century naturalist Gilbert White, who also lived at The Wakes.

Caption For Washington, The Post Office C1960

Washington is on the main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up

Caption For Washington, The Post Office C1960

There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up on the top of the Downs.

Caption For Hanbury, Dodderhill Common C1965

Also known as Piper's Hill Common, this beautiful nature reserve has developed from wood pasture; that is, rough grazing with a scattering of trees.

Caption For Hanbury, Dodderhill Common C1965

Also known as Piper`s Hill Common, this beautiful nature reserve has developed from wood pasture; that is, rough grazing with a scattering of trees.

Caption For Dorking, From The Nower 1936

The sandstone hills have their highest point in Leith Hill, 965ft above sea level, about five miles south-west of Dorking.

Caption For Billesdon, Market Place C1955

Not only does the ancient 'Jurassic Trackway' run on a north-south line to the east of the village towards Tilton-on-the Hill, but a Neolithic road from Leicester, eastwards towards Ingarsby, skirts the

Caption For Penarth, The Beach And Esplanade C1960

In November 1959 the council gave support for a 'skyscraper block of Continental styled luxury flats' at the bottom of Beach Hill – a 10-storey block heralded as 'the most modern in the country', comparable

Caption For Woolacombe, Shell Beach 1911

Known as Shell Beach because of the number of sea shells to be found here, this beach's real name is Barricane Beach.

Caption For Little Haven, 1898

This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years.

Caption For Bucks Mills, From Beach C1890

As at Clovelly, donkeys were much in use here, ferrying herrings and lime from the kiln (centre) up the hill.

Caption For Little Haven, Black Rocks 1898

This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years.

Caption For Weston Super Mare, The Sands And The Pier 1913

In addition to pure air, Weston has an unlimited supply of pure water from a never-failing spring, owned by the town, which is said to have its source in the Mendip range of hills.

Caption For Little Haven, 1898

Strawberry Hill, above the village, was the site of an Iron Age fort.