Places
36 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Burgess Hill, Sussex
- Brierley Hill, West Midlands
- Cotswold Hills, Gloucestershire
- Kelton Hill, Dumfries and Galloway
- Box Hill, Surrey
- Turners Hill, Sussex
- Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire
- Biggin Hill, Greater London
- Beacon Hill, Surrey
- Mill Hill, Greater London
- Leith Hill, Surrey
- Scayne's Hill, Sussex
- Cross Hills, Yorkshire (near Silsden)
- Harrow on the Hill, Greater London
- Winchmore Hill, Greater London
- Northwood Hills, Greater London
- Walton on the Hill, Surrey
- Muswell Hill, Greater London
- Clee Hill, Shropshire (near Doddington)
- Berry Hill, Gloucestershire
- Forest Hill, Greater London
- Ide Hill, Kent
- Quantock Hills, Somerset
- Crays Hill, Essex
- Longfield Hill, Kent
- Crockham Hill, Kent
- Herne Hill, Greater London
- Amersham on the Hill, Buckinghamshire
- Hill Ridware, Staffordshire
- Tan Hill, Yorkshire
- Forty Hill, Greater London
- Windmill Hill, Sussex
- Boyn Hill, Berkshire
- Wheatley Hill, Durham (near Peterlee)
- Horndon on the Hill, Essex
- East Hill, Kent (near Swanley)
Photos
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Maps
4,509 maps found.
Books
3 books found. Showing results 337 to 3.
Memories
4,090 memories found. Showing results 141 to 150.
Donkey Halt.
The bungalow in the centre of the photograph is called Donkey Halt as when the carts of pilchards were taken up the hill by donkeys they stopped there for a rest before tackling the very steep hill to the main road at the top.
A memory of Crafthole by
Great Grays
I was born in 1942 in Hathaway Rd at my Nan's. We moved to Milton road. When small I remember the house being damaged by the rocket that fell in the pit. Later playing on the bomb site in Cromwell Road. Went to Quarry Hill school, remember ...Read more
A memory of Grays by
Tulse Hill Garden Which Bordered Brockwell Park
Where the present Tulse Hill Tesco Shop and Esso Petrol station stands today, was the home of my grandfather Alfred John Thomas from the 1920's to the 1950's. Through the 1960's & 70's his daughter ...Read more
A memory of Brixton by
Growing Up In Finchingfield
My family Ken and Joan Blake owned the Church Hill Stores (opposite the Church) from 1945 to the early 50's then we lived in the village until 1957. I have many memories of my time in Finchingfield and many faces ...Read more
A memory of Finchingfield in 1940 by
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
Childhood In Elmsleigh Road
I lived at number 42 Elmsleigh Road from 1947 until about 1963.My pals and I played in the street in safety as there were few cars. We played "tin can tommy" and "cannon" otherwise we were on Wandsworth Common climbing ...Read more
A memory of Wandsworth by
The Old Thatch
Ah, The Old Thatch. I remember it well, for this is where I grew up from the early 1940s until 1956. By today's standards it was grim: no heating, no running water, no flush loo - nothing. Yet it was a wonderful place in which ...Read more
A memory of Nether Wallop in 1940 by
When I Was A Girl
When I was about five years old my parents used to take us kids on a Sunday walk. Always remember it was to Stambridge mills. Back then the roads leading to the mill were not more then a country track. On the way to the mills dad ...Read more
A memory of Rochford in 1955 by
Walking In The River
From the concrete slab bridge by the watercress beds to the park near Scots Hill we would wade in the river with bare feet, I was only nine years old then. The river bed was a fine golden grit that was easy to walk on. ...Read more
A memory of Rickmansworth in 1948 by
Edgecoombe, Selsdon 1957 61
I remember Selsdon well as my family lived at 68 Edgecoombe, the long road on the opposite side of the wood at Selsdon not to be confused with Selsdon Woods. We had two ways to get to Selsdon shops. Through the woods ...Read more
A memory of Selsdon by
Captions
1,924 captions found. Showing results 337 to 360.
A panoramic view of the town with the Priory ruins in the foreground and the tower of the church of St Thomas à Becket on the hill to the left.
Now, cars leaving the town centre accelerate up and away towards Gallows Hill and The Kibworths.
This is the main road through the village looking towards Hutton Hill.
Looking down the street to the green hills of County Tyrone beyond.
A classic rural Irish scene of this period, a pleasing main street, devoid of any traffic save for a farmer chugging up the hill in his tractor.
A picture postcard view of Goudhurst, looking up the hill to the church peeping out at the top.
On the far side are the houses of Kilmun and the heights of Stronchullin Hill, Beinn Ruadh and Creachan Mor.
This view was taken further down the hill and looking south.
Below Church Hill and the main street, Victoria Road provides us with our first glimpse of the sea and of the Moot Hall.
Bryn Euryn, below which this limestone quarry once operated, has associations with an early hill fort, Roman remains and a nearby ruined late medieval mansion now known as Llys Euryn.
The tree-covered hill in the distance is Peak Tor, a name which echoes the ancient Old English name for the district.
A cyclist gingerly crosses Edgware Road as Watling Avenue drops away eastwards towards Mill Hill.
A scene that is now no more: the barracks stood on Caterham Hill, where the sentry is standing guard at the entrance.
On School Hill, several houses on the left, including the bow window, are clad in mathematical tiles, hanging tiles that simulate brick.
Water was pumped up from the valley below; this facilitated the development of Frith Hill.
Cranham lies on the other side of Coopers Hill.
The High Street has attractive tile-hung and weatherboarded cottages tumbling down the hill.
At Kinsley Wood the ER was planted on both sides of the hill.
South from Aysgarth we travel over the hills to the source of the Wharfe, and nestling below Buckden Pike we find this charming little village.
The modest hotel stands on North Quay Hill with a view over the harbour and bay.
Situated on a steep hill on a road that comes from Sandsend, the village has a Saxon church; here are buried the bodies of seven unidentified sailors that were washed up on the tides.
In the distance is Kilcreggan on the Rosneath Peninsula, and the entrance to Loch Long which is backed by the Cowal hills.
In the background on Calton Hill stands the unfinished monument to the Scottish dead of the Napoleonic Wars.
On the right is The Angler's Rest and behind it Prestonbury Hill, on top of which is the prehistoric Prestonbury Fort.
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