Maps

4,509 maps found.

1920, Woodcock Hill Ref. POP872929
1925, Woodhall Hills Ref. POP873231
1946, Golden Hill Ref. NPO717251
1940, Golden Hill Ref. NPO717255
1947, Goom's Hill Ref. NPO717534
1946, Grange Hill Ref. NPO719006
1945, Hunny Hill Ref. NPO742256
1947, Hunt's Hill Ref. NPO742499
1945, Jennetts Hill Ref. NPO745010
1947, Kenfig Hill Ref. NPO746090
1946, King's Hill Ref. NPO747895
1947, Foxcombe Hill Ref. NPO708836
1946, Gants Hill Ref. NPO711097
1945, Haughurst Hill Ref. NPO728595
1947, Hawk Hill Ref. NPO728781
1946, Hawthorn Hill Ref. NPO729077
1946, Headington Hill Ref. NPO729792
1945, Hedgerley Hill Ref. NPO730508
1947, Hedley Hill Ref. NPO730518
1946, Herne Hill Ref. NPO731776

Books

3 books found. Showing results 769 to 3.

Memories

4,091 memories found. Showing results 321 to 330.

My Dear Home Town Of Bournemouth

I was born there in 1928, in Boscombe Hospital, Bournemouth, and lived in Bournemouth till 1962. There is no where like Bournemouth, lovely beaches, stores, theatres, the Chines, and Shell Bay. An excursion to ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1940 by Jean St. Dennis

St Vincent Road

I lived at the bottom of St. Vincent Road, near to Temple Hill Estate and Bow Arrow Lane. We used to play in the fields and I remember Temple Hill Estate being built. I remember the air raids in the war and the bomb falling in ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1945 by Phyllis Gregory

The Old Post Office

My grandparents, Harold and Phyllis Fenton, ran the village post office in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s from their home in the stone house opposite the Horse and Jockey Inn. My three sisters and I, ...Read more

A memory of Waddington in 1960

Christmas Eves 1960s

I was born in Stroud and lived in Cashesgreen and Paganhill until I was 11 when the family moved to Hertfordshire. My aunt lived at Minchinhampton in a house my sister now owns. As children we remember making the then very ...Read more

A memory of Rodborough in 1963 by Tina Owen

Memories Of Swithland

My first memory of Swithland Village goes way back to the days when I was very young. The war was over and we had become accustomed to Holidays at Home instead of going to the sea-side. My parents bought a chalet in what ...Read more

A memory of Swithland in 1947 by Janet Ramsey

Where I Was Born

My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more

A memory of Sole Street in 1946

We Knew This As Four Wents Pond!

We lived at Henfold a couple of miles from here, I used to be a pain in the neck to my older brother who used to come & fish at this pond. I caught my first "Red throat minnow" here. In the winter when ...Read more

A memory of Holmwood Corner in 1952 by Sarah Rashbrooke

Sweeping Staircase

I also have memories of St Nicholas, and was a pupil at the school from 1949 aged four, till 1952. Miss Garrard was the headmistress, and I seem to remember she was very kind. I had a kindergarten teacher who was absolutely ...Read more

A memory of Mickleham in 1949 by Sheila Medhurst

Happy Days 1950s And 60s

I was born and brought up in Weaverham until I left to move to Altrincham with my new wife (and job). Over that 20 year period I have so many happy memories; too many to record in 1000 words. Lived in Lime Avenue all ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham by George Ellis

Perivale Maternity Hospital

I too was born at the Perivale maternity hospital in 1949, and at the time we lived in a prefab at Gurnell Grove somewhere near Cuckoo Hill I think, if anyone has photos of these prefabs perhaps you could email me one ...Read more

A memory of Perivale in 1949 by John Nicholls

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 769 to 792.

Caption For Crays Hill, Homestead Café C1955

Crays Hill lies equidistant between Wickford and Billericay, its crest just above the 150?

Caption For Taddiport, The Village 1923

Thishamlet lies at the foot of the hill on which Great Torrington stands.

Caption For Helford, The Creek C1960

The distant hill with the white house is above Helford Passage on the north side of the main estuary.

Caption For Crays Hill, London Road C1955

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

Caption For Boscastle, The Village 1906

Boscastle's steep, narrow roads with their tricky hairpins have reduced the impact of development; Old Hill looks much the same today as it did in 1906.

Caption For Tilton On The Hill, The Village C1955

At 700ft above sea-level, Tilton-on-the-Hill is one of the highest villages in High Leicestershire.

Caption For Sunderland, The Park C1900

This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.

Caption For Prittlewell, The Church 1891

The Church of St Mary stands at the top of the hill above the old Cluniac Priory of Prittlewell.

Caption For Winchester, St Giles Hill 1899

The fair on St Giles Hill was one of the largest in Europe, attracting many traders.

Caption For Sunderland, The Park C1900

This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.

Caption For Axmouth, The Village 1898

One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.

Caption For Clovelly, Main Street 1894

Clovelly hangs on the side of the hill, fringed by luxuriant woodland.

Caption For Bainbridge, The Village From Roman Fort C1960

We are looking from the slopes of Brough Hill, the site of a Roman fort which has been extensively excavated.

Caption For Cross Hills, Main Street C1965

The main street of Cross Hills in the Aire Valley near Keighley was virtually deserted when the Frith photographer called.

Caption For Radstock, Main Road C1965

At the bottom of Wells Hill we can see the railway station, which came with the Bath and Bristol line in 1874, succeeding a canal and tramway for carrying coal.

Caption For Charing, High Street 1901

These two views of the steep high street as it winds up the hill towards Canterbury show some of the rich assortment of buildings built of brick or black-and-white half timbering.

Caption For Helston, Meneage Street 1924

Helston is pleasantly sited on a hill, above a picturesque valley.

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 Haverfordwest, From The River 1890

A superb view looking up the Western Cleddau into Haverfordwest with the castle in the center and the tower of St Thomas a Becket on the hill overlooking it.

Caption For Knaresborough, Ferry To Dropping Well 1911

On the hill above the town stand the ruins of Knaresborough Castle, which was destroyed by Parliament in 1648.

Caption For Buriton, The Church Of St Mary 1898

The picturesque village of Buriton stands in the shadow of Butser Hill, and by the pretty, tree-fringed pond lies the church, with its 13th-century tower watching over the tranquil scene.

Caption For Winchester, St Giles Hill 1899

The fair on St Giles Hill was one of the largest in Europe, attracting many traders.

Caption For Longridge, Berry Lane C1955

Running from the Market Place to the station and level crossing at the bottom of the hill, Berry Lane leads to today's town centre.

Caption For Shottermill, Three Counties Bridge 1907

Tucked away in the hills of Hindhead and Blackdown, and close to the edge of the county, this little village was the home of the novelist George Eliot, who wrote much of 'Middlemarch' here in 1871