Maps

4,509 maps found.

1920, Shopp Hill Ref. POP830542
1947, Lodge Hill Ref. NPO765810
1946, North Hill Ref. NPO793504
1947, Old Hills Ref. NPO796734
1947, Orcop Hill Ref. NPO797830
1947, Mill Hill Ref. NPO780231
1945, Mill Hill Ref. NPO780270
1945, Muswell Hill Ref. NPO786289
1947, Kinkry Hill Ref. NPO748363
1947, Knowl Hill Ref. NPO750486
1946, Lawrence Hill Ref. NPO753613
1946, Neath Hill Ref. NPO788158
1946, Nedge Hill Ref. NPO788198
1946, Nedge Hill Ref. NPO788199
1945, Netley Hill Ref. NPO789136
1947, Newton Hill Ref. NPO791834
1946, Noak Hill Ref. NPO792438
1945, Limpers Hill Ref. NPO756085
1940, Marden's Hill Ref. NPO774498
1947, Marston Hill Ref. NPO775217

Books

3 books found. Showing results 409 to 3.

Memories

4,090 memories found. Showing results 171 to 180.

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, ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Colin Marsh

When I Was A Child

I can clearly remember pushing my doll's pram up to the shops with my mother from our home in South Mossley, Hill Road.  I was always fascinated by the overhead cash delivery system in the Co-op shops.  The very end shop was the ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1955 by Margaret Ralph

A View From The Band Stand

I was born in 1965, the year the photo was taken and at the time my dad was a gardener at Parc Howard. I remember going to visit him almost every day, in the summer months, with either my grandmother or mother. This was ...Read more

A memory of Llanelli in 1968 by David Charles

Happy Days In Coulsdon, 1947 To 1955

Born in Purley Hospital in 1947, we lived in Bramley Avenue for the first 2 years of my life, but of course I have no memories of that. We then moved to 30 Grove Wood Hill, which is off Woodcote Grove Road. I had ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon by Peter Harvey

Growing Up In Cold Ash

I spent the early years of my life in Cold Ash and Thatcham. We lived in a detached house on Cold Ash Hill called Midway. I believe it has since been renamed. The house was built by my grand father Alfred Gadd, the carpenter, ...Read more

A memory of Cold Ash by grahamfsmith

Village Life

I was born in post-war Corringham into a large family that had been evacuated from the blitzed East End of London. I was christened and married at St. Mary's Church and I lived in Chamberlain Avenue (down the left fork of the ...Read more

A memory of Corringham in 1940

Golfing Memories.

My late husband was the professional at Royal St Davids for many years and the only golfer so far to have been both Welsh Amateur Champion and Welsh Professional Champion twice. We lived at 'Plas Owain' which is the house just above ...Read more

A memory of Harlech by Claire Allen

The Long Walk To Hire A Trike

Millport to me was, as I'm sure it was to most who have visited over the years a place where cars were few and pedal power ruled. All my memories of Millport as a child involved a long walk over the hill from the ferry, ...Read more

A memory of Millport in 1980 by Ronald Andrews

My Banbury Grans Village

My grandmother's name was Amelia Gough and she lived in the second cottage on the right at the bottom of the green on the road to Mollington. Water was collected by bucket over the road from a tap in the vicarage wall. ...Read more

A memory of Warmington in 1940 by Michael Bennett

Boots The Chemist

I own part of the building which is the second one on the left of the photo. Many years ago there was another building on the end, on the corner of Market St and Well Lane. Our building is now the Fat Frog Cafe and lots of ...Read more

A memory of Liskeard by Lynda Gale

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 409 to 432.

Caption For Shaftesbury, Gold Hill C1955

The quaint cobbled street of Gold Hill has featured in a number of feature films and television

Caption For Weston Under Redcastle, Hawkstone Park, The Lake C1955

Unfortunately, when the bypass was built it actually went right through the village, cutting off the original settlement on the hill with its church from the later roadside settlement.

Caption For Stratton, The Village 1906

Though described in the mid 19th century as 'a poor town lying among hills', Stratton with its narrow streets is blessed with many fine old houses.

Caption For Rockingham, Village C1960

Rockingham stands on a steep hill above the River Welland; from the summit you can look out over five counties.

Caption For Exmouth, View From The Beacon 1925

The river Exe from Beacon Hill.

Caption For Sixpenny Handley, Frogmore Pond And Vicarage C1950

The Old Vicarage can be seen on the hill (centre).

Caption For Machynlleth, Penrallt Street 1899

A lone horse and cart trundles up the hill, but the then unsurfaced road is safe enough for children to play in.

Caption For Barnstaple, Haymaking 1890

Over the hills in the distance lie Ilfracombe and the Bristol Channel.

Caption For Bakewell, Old Cottages 1914

This row of delightful cottages is on South Church Street, the hill out of town.

Caption For Poole, Parkstone, Castle Hill 1900

The main road from Poole to Bournemouth was called Parkstone Hill until the 1890s, when a castellated house called The Castle was built on high ground near the top.

Caption For Wanborough, The Cottage Shop C1965

These cottages stand at the top of Pack Hill, near its junction with Church Road and Mayfield, in Upper Wanborough.

Caption For Great Chart, The Village 1908

Three small children play on the long village street leading up the hill to the church, lined with well-kept red-brick and timbered cottages and neat gardens, and with the Swan public house halfway along

Caption For Prestbury, The Village 1907

The tram and cyclists here are heading up the steep ascent of Cleeve Hill, which is not far from the village.

Caption For Cuddesdon, High Street C1955

The village, on the eastern side of Garsington Hill, to the east of Oxford, boasts many stone-built houses and picturesque cottages.

Caption For Margate, Hotel Metropole 1892

It was demolished, along with the adjacent buildings including the Ship Hotel, in 1938 to make way for Fort Hill and the

Caption For Kendal, Branthwaite Brow 1914

Branthwaite Brow is one of the three streets which meet Kent Street as it leads up the steep hill opposite Miller Bridge.

Caption For Hitchin, Hermitage Road 1901

Windmill Hill is just visible in the background.

Caption For Gloucester, From Robinswood Hill 1904

Robinswood Hill once served the city with water via Scriven's conduit.

Caption For Osmington, The King George Iii White Horse C1960

This impressive hill figure in tribute to the King, showing him riding on a white horse, was carved in 1808 at the bidding of John Rainier, a local worthy.

Caption For Broadway, The Tower C1955

This local landmark stands on Fish Hill.

Caption For Westcott, Village Sign 1922

Now on the A25, this village lies between the north downs and the Leith Hill sandstone range.

Caption For South Harrow, Northolt Road C1965

Archetypal 1930s development swishes around the foot of Harrow on the Hill, with its gasworks tower always visible from the village and on the approach to Northolt Aerodrome.

Caption For Devizes, On The Canal 1898

Devizes is perched on the top of a hill overlooking the Avon valley.

Caption For Bournemouth, Westover Road C1955

Unlike many similar local newspapers, it has survived to the present day at its Richmond Hill offices.