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Maps

4,509 maps found.

1946, Golden Hill Ref. NPO717250
1947, Welton Hill Ref. NPO863253
1946, West Hill Ref. NPO864385
1945, West Hill Ref. NPO864388
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1946, West Hill Ref. NPO864395
1946, Westerleigh Hill Ref. NPO865771
1946, Westhall Hill Ref. NPO866056
1947, Wheatley Hill Ref. NPO867029
1946, Whelpley Hill Ref. NPO867118
1940, Pound Hill Ref. NPO810305
1946, Primrose Hill Ref. NPO810941
1947, Pule Hill Ref. NPO811463
1947, Quarrington Hill Ref. NPO812072
1947, Tile Hill Ref. NPO848351
1946, Timbold Hill Ref. NPO848591
1946, Tipper's Hill Ref. NPO848725
1945, Titty Hill Ref. NPO848966
1946, Toot Hill Ref. NPO850023
1945, Tot Hill Ref. NPO850738

Books

3 books found. Showing results 553 to 3.

Memories

4,110 memories found. Showing results 231 to 240.

Alice Bacon

Was my teacher at school 1940 (ish), was MP and in the Labour government hierarchy. She lived on Castleford Road near Greens newsagents on the corner; a very strict teacher but had time for pupils. Her father was Ben Bacon who was ...Read more

A memory of Normanton by Eddie Downing

The Gables Boys Home.1960s.

I was at the Gables Boys Home for approx a year and a half, from 1966 to half way through 1967, I was taken there because I was always bunking off school, and the little tin god authorities in those days decided that was ...Read more

A memory of Maldon in 1966 by Lewis Underwood

Harvest Hill Hartest

Went to Sunday School here as well... my uncle and aunt ran it at the time.

A memory of Hartest by Bob Watson

My Memories Of Denham Court

My name is Mel Edwards and I was at Denham Court for a few years. Mr & Mrs Hill were in charge, then they had a son called Steven and a daughter who I think was called Susan. I can remember there were 9 dormitories, ...Read more

A memory of Denham in 1958 by Mel Ewdwards

Cambridge Terrace Shops

Bush Hill Park had so many interesting characters back in the 70's when I was young. I loved going to the shops in Cambridge Terrace, just off Dehli Road. My favourite one was Stewart's, the sweet shop, owned by ...Read more

A memory of Bush Hill Park in 1972 by Sharon Kenealy

Saturday Treats

My late father, Bill Clements, always took me shopping on a Saturday morning and after hair cuts we would end up a Woollies for sweets and a matchbox toy before catching a bus home to webheath from the old bus station just down to the left of Woolworths.

A memory of Redditch in 1961 by Martin Clements

Lovely Little Dartmouth, A Time Capsule

My uncle, Reginald, always called Dartmouth, "The Town That Time Forgot". And he meant that in a good way because Dartmouth was largely unchanged over the years and of course, as a result, is now quite the ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth by Robert Pavlick

Toast Rack. Motorcycles.

Where the pushbike is, The Toast Rack cafe was, a favourite place for us 'rockers' to meet for coffee and a smoke (back in the days when we all did). This was the meeting place on a Sunday morning to ride to Box Hill and ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1961 by Peter Leonard Norcott

The Goat Forty Hill.

I used to play piano in The Goat on Saturday nights, I was only 15, but don't tell anyone! Wally Reid was the Governor, and his son Norman used to play drums too! We lived in Russell Road, number 69, and opposite our house ...Read more

A memory of Forty Hill in 1951 by George Nash

Young Days In Bexley

Other peoples memories are bringing back some of my own. Walking from Bexley to the Regal for Saturday morning movies across the heath. Frog spawn from the river at the mill. Walking to school past the brewery to the ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1945 by Michael Gorst

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 553 to 576.

Caption For Stamford, Red Lion Square 1922

To its right Barn Hill climbs gently north-west, a street of almost unspoilt Georgian houses.

Caption For Melplash, The Village 1912

South Warren Hill rises to form the skyline in this picture, taken from the highway between Rose Cottage (left) and Rock Cottage (right).

Caption For Hope, Moorgate And Lose Hill 1920

Lose Hill, at 1,563ft, is the eastern extremity of a fine ridge which runs from Mam Tor.

Caption For Claughton, C1955

Claughton Hall, a Tudor mansion near the church, was moved stone by stone higher up into the hills.

Caption For Marske, Village 1913

Marske is an attractive and unusual Swaledale village, neither nuclear nor linear, nestling in a fold of hills just above the River Swale.

Caption For Devonport, Hms Lion And Implacable 1890

Fittingly, it stands high on a hill over- looking the dockyard from which HMS 'Doris' would have sailed to South Africa.

Caption For Bromyard, Tower House C1965

This beautiful building stands in Tower Hill, part of Bromyard that has been virtually cut off from the rest of the town by a new bypass.

Caption For Luton, Corn Exchange C1950

These premises were on Market Hill at the top of George Street, opposite the old Corn Exchange. They made way for Debenhams in 1978.

Caption For West Lulworth, The Village 1903

The village street curves around the foot of Bindon Hill as it approaches the cove, with the Cove Hotel next to the thatched cottages on the left.

Caption For Staintondale, The Village C1960

During the reign of King Stephen in the 12th century, the original owners of Bell Hill Farm, Staintondale, rang a bell or blew a horn every evening to act as a guide to travellers.

Caption For Coverack, From The South West 1938

Development dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries has crept up the hill away from the little fishing harbour on the east side of the Lizard peninsula.

Caption For Runcorn, All Saints Church 1894

It was designed by Anthony Salvin and built using stone from the nearby Runcorn Hill quarries.

Caption For Northfield, The Black Horse 1949

The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield's older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1912

Chideock, always pronounced without the 'e', is set in a landscape of ancient ridgeways and rolling hills.

Caption For Davington, The Priory 1892

The pyramid-capped tower of this Norman church stands prominently on a hill, and forms part of Davington Priory, founded in 1153 by Fulco de Newenham.

Caption For Chalford, The Vale 1890

In the distance is Rack Hill, which acquired its name from the racks on which cloth was pegged out to dry.

Caption For Richmond, The Bar 1913

The attractive houses of steeply cobbled Cornforth Hill have front gardens on the left. The house on the right, now one, was then two.

Caption For Richmond, The Bar 1913

The attractive houses of steeply cobbled Cornforth Hill have front gardens on the left. The house on the right, now one, was then two.

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Caption For Loders, 1903

From Boarsbarrow Hill, this view looks to St Mary Magdalene Parish Church and Georgian Loders Court, which is the home of Viscount and Viscountess Hood (centre). The woods of Waddon rise behind.

Caption For Cropthorne, 1901

Its old cottages with their colourful gardens, its ancient church, and lovely scenery with Bredon Hill just in the background, make a visit a memorable experience.

Caption For Danbury, The Village, Looking West 1903

Danbury Hill is the second highest point in Essex, and the old village spreads downhill from this point.

Caption For Davington, The Priory 1892

The pyramid-capped tower of this Norman church stands prominently on a hill, and forms part of Davington Priory, founded in 1153 by Fulco de Newenham.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1912

Chideock, always pronounced without the 'e', is set in a landscape of ancient ridgeways and rolling hills.

Caption For St Ives, High Street 1922

In summer months there is an atmosphere of palpable excitement here, as an endless stream of people winds its way down the hill into the heart of the town, turning at the old granite church of St Ia into