Maps

90 maps found.

1924, Westhill Ref. POP866087
1947, Westhill Ref. NPO866087
1909, Westhill Ref. RNC866083
1940, West Hill Ref. NPO864404
1919, West Hill Ref. POP864388
1920, West Hill Ref. POP864404
1899, West Hill Ref. RNC864388
1898, West Hill Ref. RNC864405
1898, West Hill Ref. RNE864388
1897, West Hill Ref. RNE864399
1895, West Hill Ref. RNE864405
1897, Westhill Ref. RNE866087
1898, West Hill Ref. RNE864381
1898, West Hill Ref. RNE864390
1919, West Hill Ref. POP864395
1945, West Hill Ref. NPO864402
1919, West Hill Ref. POP864390
1899, West Hill Ref. RNC864390
1898, West Hill Ref. RNE864385
1895, West Hill Ref. RNE864404

Books

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Memories

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1944 Vi Flying Bomb

This isn't really a memory because I was too young at the time. I was born in a timber bungalow called "Midway" on Lowford Hill, Bursledon in April 1942. Dad was working at the Follands aircraft factory at that time, building war ...Read more

A memory of Bursledon by Nigel Olliver

Talke A Forgotten Village

As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more

A memory of Talke in 1959

The Kennet

The river is the Kennet and this view shows the junction of the Kennet river (from low level bridge on the right) and the Kennet and Avon Canal (towards the locks straight ahead). The tributary to the left is towards the West Mills flour mill (water powered). The view is upstream (West).

A memory of Newbury by Claire Allen

Family History

I have recently found out that my Great Grandmother Emma Frost (nee Lake) had a baby girl in 1864 called Annie Frost and she was born in Buckhurst Hill. I suppose Emma must have known someone in the Town. It was legal, she was ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1860 by Mollie Elliott

Long Time Ago.

Born in Hardwick Hall Sedgefield During the war '42. Brought up in old West before Owton Manor est etc. Remember walking the streets during war with Mum after air raid sirens etc. and standing in queues with our ration coupons for ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool by kiwa170642

Thermopylae

I was brought up in Claughton Village (Wirral) and in the holidays as children we regularly walked through Bidston Hill to Thermopylae Pass.  We would spend all day on the Hill and at Thermopylae and walk home at the end of the day exhausted ...Read more

A memory of Upton in 1959 by Joan Grey

Riding My Horse

This was one of the routes I took in the early 70s when riding my beautiful horse out. We would go up West Balgrochan Road, turn in to Acre Valley Road and go up the hill where the woods are and down to the other side, sometimes going on ...Read more

A memory of Torrance

Cinemas In Croydon

I lived in Croydon until 1969 (the year I got married and moved away). My Dad - Len Marsh - was a Cinema Manager with the ABC chain, and we lived very near the Rex Cinema, Norbury, closed in 1962. Dad was based there for a time, but ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Colin Marsh

Dagenham Heathway

I am 74 and was born at 4 Northfields gardens on may 11 1947. And remember when my nan lived at 14 Sterry road just off the Heathway She had a Dalmatian called chukie I used to go to Marino’s for sweets and mum and dad took my sister ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Barbara Findlow

Going To The Shops...

As a fully paid up member of the 'Baby Boomer' generation, born in 1947, I've been reading all the stories posted on this lovely website (which - like many others, I suspect - I came across purely by chance). I was born in Perivale ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Peter Taylor

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Captions

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Caption For Hastings, Castle Ruins 1890

The remains of Hastings Castle, the first built by William the Conqueror, crown Hastings' West Hill, with superb views over the town and out to sea.

Caption For Calne, High Street And Market Hill C1960

West Hill House, right, at the corner of Market Hill and Quarr Barton, is Grade II* listed; it was the home and surgery of Dr James for 42 years.

Caption For Hastings, The Beach 1925

The steep, turfy slopes of its East and West Hills have recently been made more accessible by means of a lift.

Caption For Charminster, The Village 1913

We are looking south- eastwards from West Hill across to the Victorian villas on the sylvan summit of East Hill, glimpsing the tower of the parish church (left).

Caption For Montacute, The House 1900

Heading north-west, the route reaches Montacute.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Secondary School 1925

The school was in Hill Road, between Pound Road and West Hill Road, with a view across the town, including St Michael's Church (centre right), to Golden Cap (centre) on the eastern seaboard of Lyme

Caption For Luccombe, The Village 1901

South of the A39, we climb from lush pastures towards Exmoor and the well-wooded Holnicote Estate and Dunkery Hill, much of which are owned by the National Trust.

Caption For Epsom, West Hill 1923

But most of all, Edwards remembered Clay Hill - West Hill as it is now - where he enjoyed the hospitality of Colonel Dennis O'Kelly, and was taken to view his stables.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Victoria Hotel 1907

The school was in Hill Road, between Pound Road and West Hill Road, with a view across the town, including St Michael's Church (centre right), to Golden Cap (centre) on the eastern seaboard of Lyme

Caption For Leigh On Sea, 1891

Leigh-on-Sea is high on the hill overlooking the Thames Estuary, just west of Southend.

Caption For Kington, View From Bradnor Hill C1955

Amongst the many hills that can be seen from the summit of Bradnor Hill, Hergest Ridge lies towards the south west.

Caption For Kington, View From Bradnor Hill C1955

Amongst the many hills that can be seen from the summit of Bradnor Hill, Hergest Ridge lies towards the south west.

Caption For Porlock, 1923

This view, from Parson's Hill between the deep tree-filled Hawk Combe and the A39, looks across the small town below to Hurlstone Point.

Caption For West Witton, The Village C1960

A herd of Shorthorn cattle is driven down the main street of West Witton, which stands at the eastern entrance to Wensleydale.

Caption For Benhilton, All Saints Church C1955

This view is taken from the west, near the north-east corner of the Green, at the foot of Angel Hill.

Caption For Winster, West Bank C1955

West Bank winds up the hill towards the significantly-named Miners' Standard public house on the hill above the village.

Caption For Kingswinford, Summer Hill C1965

The four roads which meet at the Cross are Moss Grove, Market Street, High Street, and Summer Hill, which are part of the main roads linking Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge and Wolverhampton.

Caption For Winchester, Stanmore From Romsey Road 1928

Lines of local authority housing climb the hill at Stanmore on the south-west outskirts of Winchester, which has evolved and expanded over the years.

Caption For Penruddock, The Village C1955

Penruddock is a small village on the edge of the Lake District National Park, about five miles west of Penrith.

Caption For St Alban's Head, Bottom Valley 1899

Hill Bottom (centre), south-west of Renscombe Farm is seen here in a view towards Chapman's Pool and Houn's-tout Cliff The slopes of the Plain and St Alban's Head (left) rise to the south.

Caption For Clent, Early Morning Over Clent Hills C1955

Along with the nearby Lickey Hills, the Clent Hills (which rise to 1,000 ft above sea level) form a clear boundary between rural countryside to the south and west and the man- made industrial

Caption For Blue Anchor, The Beach 1935

There are numerous caravan parks and few buildings of any quality, but towards the east the land climbs towards Cleeve Hill and things become a little more scenic.

Caption For Gourock, From Tower Hill 1900

A view over the rooftops from Tower Hill.

Caption For Cawsand, Cawsand Square 1949

The twin villages of Cawsand and Kingsand nestle into the hills on the west of Cawsand Bay; they were once, like so many Cornish villages, a centre for smugglers.