Maps

4,509 maps found.

1946, May Hill Ref. NPO775782
1947, Meal Hill Ref. NPO776146
1946, Merry Hill Ref. NPO778366
1946, Middle Hill Ref. NPO779107
1947, Stoke Hill Ref. NPO840074
1946, Stoke Hill Ref. NPO840079
1947, Stoney Hill Ref. NPO840691
1947, Strawberry Hill Ref. NPO841538
1945, Strawberry Hill Ref. NPO841544
1945, Streatham Hill Ref. NPO841585
1945, Pict's Hill Ref. NPO805848
1940, Pound Hill Ref. NPO810305
1946, Primrose Hill Ref. NPO810941
1947, Pule Hill Ref. NPO811463
1947, Shirdley Hill Ref. NPO830357
1946, Shooters Hill Ref. NPO830514
1946, Tansley Hill Ref. NPO844951
1947, Tile Hill Ref. NPO848351
1946, Timbold Hill Ref. NPO848591
1946, Tipper's Hill Ref. NPO848725

Books

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Memories

4,090 memories found. Showing results 181 to 190.

Manor Court House

The building behind the Market Cross with the arched windows is the Manor Court House, a grade II listed building. It is owned by the Epworth Mechanics' Institute Library, which still operates from the upper floor. The Library was ...Read more

A memory of Epworth by Peter Frost

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

Hednesford Hills Mineral Water Company

My Uncle Fred owned this factory at Pool House, Hednesford. He was my mothers brother and she was born there and lived there until married. I spent many happy times delivering lemonade with Mr Haynes to local ...Read more

A memory of Hednesford by clivesturnbull

The 40/50s

It was the 118 bus Colin. It went from Clapham Common to Mitcham Cricket Green. I also remember well those wonderful Leo's ice lollies. After those awful slabs of lard between 2 wafers that went soggy they were magic - Walls's! My family ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Paul Croxson

Home Sweet Home

Porthywaen born and bred, lived at the Gate House for nearly 30 years with Mum Dad and 2 Brothers, Dad lived there most of his life he was born next door at Yew Tree Cottage in 1940 his father worked in the quarries and some very ...Read more

A memory of Porth-y-waen by Phil Davies

Leave Things Alone

I lived on Frenchbarn Lane just across from St Peters church from 1960 to 1972, I was 5yrs old when I moved there. Coming from Salford docks area it was like moving into one of Enid Blytons books. A real farm just up the ...Read more

A memory of Blackley by Neil Edwards

Born Next Door

I was born in the flat above the shop to the right and and just out of sight of the photograph in 1944. Home births were the norm in those days. I lived in Camberley and went to France Hill Secondary School. I remained in Camberley ...Read more

A memory of Camberley in 1944 by Gaynor Henderson

Good Times, Good Money, Good Friends.

I was sent frtom Leeds to Lower Bynamman in 1970 to work building up a huge 2400 Marion excavator for Sir Lindsey Parkinson at the GCG (Tyor Gwaith?) opencast coal site. I lodged at the Bryannam Hotel with Dez and ...Read more

A memory of Brynamman by Paul Leavett

A Holiday Of Note

I can't pinpoint the year exactly, but it was definitely a year or two before 1953 which was the year I left the UK. I and three friends, student nurses at a hospital in Essex, decided on a holiday in Scotland. We chose Dollarbeg as ...Read more

A memory of Dollar in 1951 by Thelma Hurly

183 Bus To The Pinner Red Lion

All buses going to Pinner in the 1950's had the destination "Pinner Red Lion" as there was an old pub of that name on the corner of Love Lane and Bridge Street. The bus in this photo has continued its journey having ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1956 by John Howard Norfolk

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 433 to 456.

Caption For Liskeard, The Cheesewring, Daniel Gumb's House 1908

The summit of the hill encloses a stone fort probably associated with the Bronze Age.

Caption For Liskeard, The Cheesewring, Daniel Gumb's House 1908

The summit of the hill encloses a stone fort probably associated with the Bronze Age.

Caption For Helston, The Parish Church C1950

The church is built with granite from Tregonning Hill near Breage; granite is notoriously difficult to work, and this accounts for the relative lack of decoration of many Cornish churches.

Caption For Bakewell, From Station Road 1914

From the height of Castle Hill, close to the old railway line on the east side of the valley, Bakewell looks exactly what it is: a pretty and compact market town.

Caption For Melksham, Forest Road C1950

This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill.

Caption For St Austell, Truro Road C1955

The view looks towards the town from the causeway across the valley, with New Bridge at the bottom of the hill.

Caption For Bangor, Main Street 1897

This view, taken from the bottom of Main Street, looks up the hill towards the station.

Caption For Thurstaston, View Of The Welsh Uplands C1960

Thurstaston Common is one of the highest points on the Wirral Peninsula, and an ideal vantage point to view the hills of Snowdonia across Caldy golf course and the Dee Estuary.

Caption For Crays Hill, London Road C1955

Crays Hill National School used to stand amongst the trees on the right.

Caption For Butser Hill, 1898

Over the years sheep have grazed the slopes of this famous chalk hill, which rises to 888 ft.

Caption For Coniston, The Village 1929

Ramblers (right) head for the hills, striding purposefully out past the Rayburne Hotel and Cafe in the centre of Coniston village.

Caption For Whitby, West Cliff 1891

The tide is out, but that does not stop the children having a paddle by Tate Hill Pier, which juts out in the

Caption For Oban, From The South West 1901

With surrounding hills dominating the skyline, and substantial granite buildings, this view becomes immediately identifiable as Scotland.

Caption For Hythe, High Street 1899

The long, narrow High Street, with the Rose & Crown Inn on the right, is at the foot of a steep hill overlooking the sea.

Caption For Hemsworth, Bullenshaw House C1965

During the war two air-raid shelters were built into the hill.

Caption For Sutton, Stonecot Hill C1955

This view, taken from Stonecot Hill, shows the 1930s Woodstock pub, which still flourishes.

Caption For Terrington, The Village C1955

Terrington Hall, set amongst the trees, is now a preparatory school.

Caption For Rochester, College Gate C1965

One of the three surviving 15th-century entrances to the cathedral precincts, College Gate stands at the foot of Boley Hill, and is banded with stone and flint, with a timber-framed upper storey.

Caption For Sevenoaks, Upper St John's Hill 1959

St John's Church, built in 1858-9 by Morphew & Green and with its west gable-end facing out onto the road junction, dominates this cross-roads towards the top of the hill.

Caption For Offwell, The Lower Village C1960

Offwell hides in the hills to the south-west of Honiton, half-forgotten by time and well off the tourist trail.

Caption For Stapleford, The Rose Inn C1960

The road on the right leads to the famous Gog Magog Hills.

Caption For Port Erin, 1897

In the distance to the left are Bradda Hill, Bradda West and Bradda East.

Caption For Darley Dale, C1955

This is a closer view of Darley Dale, looking towards the solitary tree-topped Oker Hill, which was the subject of a sonnet by William Wordsworth published in 1829 about two local lads going to war

Caption For Bradford On Avon, From Grip Wood 1900

This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill.