Maps

4,509 maps found.

1897, Star Hill Ref. RNE838726
1897, Station Hill Ref. RNE838871
1895, Stone Hill Ref. RNE840324
1895, Stoner Hill Ref. RNE840621
1894, Studd Hill Ref. RNE842218
1895, Sunny Hill Ref. RNE842903
1898, Wardy Hill Ref. RNE860686
1898, Wellington Hill Ref. RNE863097
1899, Welton Hill Ref. RNE863253
1947, Woodgate Hill Ref. NPO873186
1945, Woolton Hill Ref. NPO874392
1946, Woolvers Hill Ref. NPO874397
1945, Workhouse Hill Ref. NPO874535
1895, Butser Hill Ref. RNE657663
1898, Callow Hill Ref. RNE659776
1898, Campion Hills Ref. RNE660404
1898, Carley Hill Ref. RNE661446
1898, Carpenter's Hill Ref. RNE662727
1898, Carr Hill Ref. RNE662797
1896, Castle Hill Ref. RNE663955

Books

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Memories

4,090 memories found. Showing results 241 to 250.

Faraway Castles

As a child playing on the allotments behind the Fire station in Trowbridge I used to see the white buildings gleaming in the sun of the Manor on the far hills. It was always so beautiful sitting majestically in the distance I ...Read more

A memory of Trowbridge by Barbara Thompson

Greenwich In The 1940s And 1950s

I was born, during the Battle of Britain, at 8, Roan Street. Our back yard bordered St Alfege's churchyard. The house is not there any more because it had to be pulled down after the war. We had several 'near-hits' ...Read more

A memory of Greenwich by marionlangham

Hart Hill School 1954

I was born in 1949 and entered Hart Hill School in 1954. Those were the times when 5 year olds were taken to school by their Mums for about one week into the new term! There were so many kiddies in the surrounding area of ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Kay Blythe

Little Boy's Heaven

In 1961 or 1962, as a small boy of 5 or 6 my mum, brought me to Hednesford to visit her grandmother, my great-grandmother, Emily Chetwyn. A diminutive lady, we, the children, called her little nana. I believe she lived in the ...Read more

A memory of Hednesford by Steve Brooks

Ronald Peel

My dad Ronald Peel was born in Wheatley Hill in 1932. He had very happy memories as a child growing up there He sadly passed January 28th 2022 I have done a lot of family research on my dads family since I last posted on this ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley Hill by Deborah Farrow

My Childhood In Coldharbour

In July 1959, I was born at home, to Eric and Ann Shields in Coldharbour village.  My father was the village policeman; we lived in what was then the police house, which was situated next to the village shop opposite ...Read more

A memory of Coldharbour in 1959 by Rosemary Shields

Cheslyn Hay 1960 1977

My parents moved from Essington to Cheslyn Hay in 1960. We briefly lived in one of the cottages in Hollybush before moving to Low Street. I remember Harry Bates selling fruit & veg from his horse & cart and people ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay by andyandjan35

Un Expoded Bomb In The Back Garden!

My family and I have lived at 48 Streatham Common North for the last 30 years. Next door to me at one time lived an elderly spinster who often regaled me with stories. She particularly loved to talk about her ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by teresatunstall1

Tottenham Lane 1957 65

I was born in Muswell Hill Cottage Hospital in 1957. We lived at the off licence in Tottenham lane opposite the police station....Victoria wine. I went to Rolkesly Infant and Junior and had best friend Robert in the infant ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey by Jo Oliphant Hope

St Michaels School

I used to go to the school here - St Michaels.  Every week we walked up to the church, two by two, past the farm where Wild Ridings is now. I remember when there were cows grazing there and harvest festival service was ...Read more

A memory of Easthampstead in 1964 by Alex Ruffer

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 577 to 600.

Caption For Husthwaite, East View C1955

Until recently, Husthwaite, on the western edge of the Hambleton Hills near Easingwold, was known as the Orchard Village because of its abundance of apple, pear and plum orchards.

Caption For Chalford, The Golden Valley 1910

This viewpoint on Coppice Hill is a favourite spot for photographing Chalford.

Caption For Skelton, View From The Hills C1960

The area of high ground immediately behind Skelton High Street is known as 'the hills'.

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 Colchester, Castle And Memorial C1960

This grand war memorial by Henry Fehr was erected in 1923 on a site formed by the demolition of a number of houses at the east end of High Street, which visually linked the street to East Hill – a

Caption For Cheltenham, London Road 1906

conveyances were mostly replaced by electric trams, which covered the major routes in and out of town; there was even a tram that regularly undertook the steep climb up towards Cleeve Hill

Caption For Great Comberton, The Village C1960

The old parish of Great Comberton runs from the river Avon to the summit of Bredon Hill.

Caption For Kidderminster, High Street C1955

Rowland Hill was born in Kidderminster in 1795.

Caption For Little Comberton, The Village C1955

Little Comberton lies on the northern side of Bredon Hill, not far from its sister village of Great Comberton.

Caption For Symonds Yat, C1950

This view across the River Wye portrays the deep valley the river has carved through the hills here.

Caption For Glynneath, The Railway Viaduct C1955

A superb view of both the railway in the foreground, complete with steam engine, and the rolling hills beyond.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, The War Memorial 1924

The architect was Major C Oakley and the sculptors were Fairburn and Hill, all of Barrow.

Caption For Accrington, Composite C1955

The views are of the Town Hall in the centre, the sunken gardens on Broadway, the Parkinson Rock Garden in Oak Hill Park, Blackburn Road and St James' Church.

Caption For Calne, Ratford C1960

These cottages on Ratford Hill are similar in style to the Sandy Lane estate cottages.

Caption For Chalford, The Golden Valley 1890

In this panoramic view of the Golden Valley, the mill chimneys are visible in the background; the workers' cottages are on the lower slopes of the hill, and the canal winds its way along the valley

Caption For Dovedale, Reynard's Cave From Above C1864

The wooded slopes in the background are on the Staffordshire bank of the Dove, and rise to Air Cottage on the top of the hill opposite.

Caption For Godalming, View From Frith Hill 1898

In its early years the main entrance to Charterhouse was along Peperharow Road, seen here from the water tower on Frith Hill.

Caption For Haverfordwest, From The River 1890

A superb view looking up the Western Cleddau into Haverfordwest with the Castle in the centre and the tower of St Thomas à Becket on the hill overlooking it.

Caption For Launceston, Windmill Hill C1960

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

Caption For Kidderminster, Coventry Street And St George's Church 1931

He also wrote the inscription on both the Baxter and Hill statues.

Caption For Hendon, Technical College C1955

Just along from the town hall is the old technical college building, an equally impressive structure.

Caption For Dunster, The Yarn Market C1955

This market, with the medieval Luttrell Arms Hotel to the right and Conygar Tower on the hill behind, has little changed.

Caption For Detling, St Martin Of Tours' Church C1960

St Martin of Tours' Church is on the main Pilgrims' Way from Winchester to Canterbury, and would have been a regular stopping point for the pilgrims before starting the climb up Detling Hill.

Caption For Castleton, Peveril Castle C1864

Henry II's 12th-century keep at Castleton, seen here from Cave Dale with Lose Hill in the background, was an obvious sign of the Norman's dominance of the Peak District.