Maps

4,509 maps found.

1919, Hill Corner Ref. POP734864
1925, Hill End Ref. POP734891
1919, Hill End Ref. POP734902
1919, Hill Green Ref. POP735300
1921, Hill Green Ref. POP735301
1921, Hill Houses Ref. POP735458
1925, Hill Top Ref. POP735961
1925, Hill Top Ref. POP735991
1925, Hill Top Ref. POP735994
1923, Hill Top Ref. POP736007
1923, Hill Top Ref. POP736012
1920, Hill Top Ref. POP736017
1919, Hill Top Ref. POP736019
1919, Hill Wootton Ref. POP736075
1921, Hob Hill Ref. POP737134
1921, Money Hill Ref. POP782464
1923, Mossley Hill Ref. POP784479
1925, Nab Hill Ref. POP786940
1919, Netley Hill Ref. POP789136
1925, Nettleton Hill Ref. POP789188

Books

3 books found. Showing results 289 to 3.

Memories

4,090 memories found. Showing results 121 to 130.

Hop Picking. Telephone Exchange Tunbridge Wells

 DOES ANYONE EVER ANSWER TO OUR MEMORIES?. THERE MUST BE SOMEONE OUT THERE  COME ON JOIN IN   I joined Tunbridge Wells telephone exchange September 1948.  I remember so well the evening the man would ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge in 1940 by Daphne Hooker Married Name Russell

Reflections From Childhood

I was born at Reeds Hill Farm in 1942. I started school at a two room school in Chardstock, we walked to school which for me was a long way and I usually got my older sisters who had to walk from the farm past my school to ...Read more

A memory of Chardstock in 1942 by Gerald Russell

Majestic Cinema

Glad someone remembers the Majestic Cinema at Fair Green. We lived in Norbury, just over the border in Croydon, but my Dad was a Cinema Manager with the ABC chain, and regularly did relief stints at the Majestic when the regular Manager ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Colin Marsh

Prefabs

From 1947 I lived in Bedford Road at the top of East Hill but my maternal grandparents lived in the prefabs at the other end of town. The name Blackmans Close sticks in my mind for some reason but I’m not sure if it’s my memory playing tricks - ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by Michael Swanton

Sellwoods

Lived and grew up at Sellwoods from 1953. Family also owned shop in Whitchurch Hill Sallyann Commins

A memory of Whitchurch-on-Thames by Sally Smith

Oakhanger, Hampshire

Grew up in Oakhanger and enjoyed the freedom of exploring the common in the centre of the village. Some good times were had sledging down a hill on the common in the snow. Also, finding and catching tadpoles in the pond ...Read more

A memory of Oakhanger

School Holidays

I remember long hot summers back then 1960’s playing in Crago’s barn just outside of village and picking primroses down the hill at Treburgy Water with my sister .. we had to fill a basket and then when we got home we had to ...Read more

A memory of Dobwalls by Janice Webb

Memories From My Father Rod Dean

This is what Dad had to say when I emailed him this site and the photos from 1955. Dad lived in Oakley from childhood until 1987, when as a family we moved to Adelaide Australia. I myself lived in the village from ...Read more

A memory of Oakley in 1955 by Gary Dean

Born In Horndon On The Hill

My name is Christine Worsley née Heard, My parents moved to Horndon on the Hill in 1949-1950 when they got married and lived in bungalow called 'Wingfield' on North Hill, which I think is towards the bottom of North ...Read more

A memory of Horndon on the Hill by Christine Worsley

We Emigrated To Australia In 1963 From Sandiacre

I was about 5 when my mum and dad moved us to Sandiacre from Nth Wingfield around 1955, we Loved our new council house in Coronation Avenue, my grandma and grandad lived in the first house on the corner ...Read more

A memory of Sandiacre by Jean Mc Donald Née Hammond

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 289 to 312.

Caption For Barcombe, The Church 1894

An evocative picture of the originally 11th-century church of St Mary and its blossoming churchyard in its lovely isolated setting overlooking the duck pond with good views towards Offham Hill.

Caption For Cwm, Town Centre C1955

A young man trundles a push chair up the hill on this warm-looking afternoon.

Caption For Abergavenny, Holy Mountain 1898

Holy Mountain, otherwise known as Skirrid Fawr, is one of the seven hills surrounding Abergavenny.

Caption For Seaford, Lullington Hill 1894

We are on the south downs behind Seaford: a now-vanished rural scene, with stooks in the field on the left and horses descending the hill.

Caption For Hillsborough, Main Street 1890

The mile-post on the hill still tells of 70 miles to Dublin, but those are Irish miles.

Caption For Downham, And Pendle Hill 1921

The beacon on Pendle Hill is said to be Saxon, and the field known as Kirkacre was in existence when Alfred the Saxon was chieftain.

Caption For High Salvington, 1919

In 1919 Worthing had not yet sprawled up the valley below Salvington Hill, and you could look across to Cissbury Ring without the neat, but characterless, housing of Findon Valley in between.

Caption For Wadebridge, Camelford Road 1920

The old road to Camelford and beyond, later becoming the A39, climbs steeply up Gonvena Hill from the bridge.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Cornhill C1950

Angel Hill was once the site of Bury Fair, but by 1955 it has been relegated to nothing more than a car park.

Caption For Edinburgh, From The Castle 1897

Calton Hill can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Exmouth, From The Beacon 1922

This fine view looks across the clock tower and Morton Crescent to the estuary of the River Exe, with Starcross and the Haldon Hills in the distance.

Caption For Exmouth, The Esplanade And The Pier C1955

This fine view looks across the clock tower and Morton Crescent to the estuary of the River Exe, with Starcross and the Haldon Hills in the distance.

Caption For Tunbridge Wells, 1875

This is an early view of Tunbridge Wells, with a lone cart ascending the hill beside the common, where early visitors like Queen Henrietta Maria had camped.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Angel Hill C1955

The gateway to the Abbey and the commercial edge of the secular town face each other across Angel Hill.

Caption For Dorking, Coldharbour Lane 1907

The Barclay Family of Bury Hill gave the Nower to the people of Dorking on the celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee.

Caption For Haverfordwest, Hill Street 1906

Formerly named 'Hill of St Thomas' or 'Hilstret', it runs from St Thomas's Green to Market Street.

Caption For Windsor, Peascod Street 1937

Peascod Street lies at the centre of Windsor, at the top of the hill.

Caption For Colerne, Market Square And Church C1930

With a population of only about 250, Colerne is a small hill village with a superb church that has a slender Perpendicular west tower; it commands a magnificent elevation overlooking the village

Caption For Aldeburgh, The Steps 1906

The High Street is Aldeburgh's main area of activity, and from here the Town Steps lead off up a steep hill.

Caption For Cherhill, White Horse And Monument C1955

On the top of the hill are the remains of Oldbury Castle (an Iron Age fort) and the striking Lansdowne Monument erected in 1845 to the memory of an ancestor of a local landowner.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1897

The houses in this view are (starting with the closest): Gate Cottage, Fernley, Hill View and the thatched Park Farmhouse.

Caption For West Kirby, The Memorial C1965

The view from the top of Grange Hill over the Dee Estuary on a summer's day can be quite breathtaking.

Caption For Norwich, Elm Hill, First Mayor Of Norwich House (1566) 1929

Elm Hill was rescued from slum clearance by the Norwich Society in 1927 and beautifully restored.

Caption For Bakewell, Church 1923

This view of this delightful building was taken from South Church Street at its junction with Church Hill, the lane to the left.