Maps

4,509 maps found.

1921, Chart Hill Ref. POP666953
1925, Chat Hill Ref. POP667049
1920, Chattern Hill Ref. POP667091
1921, Chattle Hill Ref. POP667097
1921, Cherrytree Hill Ref. POP667437
1919, Church Hill Ref. POP668528
1921, Blackberry Hill Ref. POP642252
1919, Bleak Hill Ref. POP644034
1920, Bobby Hill Ref. POP644768
1923, Bole Hill Ref. POP645532
1919, Bowridge Hill Ref. POP647391
1925, Bracken Hill Ref. POP647631
1923, Bradwell Hills Ref. POP648034
1921, Bramcote Hills Ref. POP648544
1920, Brands Hill Ref. POP648752
1922, Bateman's Hill Ref. POP634668
1919, Beacon Hill Ref. POP635296
1921, Beacon Hill Ref. POP635322
1921, Beacon Hill Ref. POP635335
1919, Birchy Hill Ref. POP640609

Books

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Memories

4,101 memories found. Showing results 591 to 600.

Childhood Days

I too have happy and sad memories of Thurnscoe. I started school in 1952 at Hill Infants. Mrs Cartlidge was our teacher. I still remember where I sat behind the door and being given a small blackboard and chalk on my first day there. ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe in 1952

Saturdays

I went to Ferndale nearly every Saturday with my Mum and brother to visit my grandparents and my Great Aunt and Uncle. My grandparents, the Gambles, lived in Brynhyfryd and we would get off the bus at the bottom of the hill on the Strand ...Read more

A memory of Ferndale by Deb Page

Spaldwick Windmill The Belton Family

The Belton family has a long association with Spaldwick as millers, witnessed by a hill being in the family name, (O.S. map 153), just north of the village. My mother's sister Violet Bass, from nearby Kimbolton, ...Read more

A memory of Spaldwick in 1955 by Paul Digby

Happy Days

i was born in Algers Road, Loughton in 1942 and moved to Chigwell in 1944, then back to Buckhurst Hill in 1947.  My dad worked as a lorry driver for W.C.French. My brother Chris and friends used to walk up to Buckhurst Hill High Road ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1947 by Roger Walker

Mr Hill The Butcher

I can remember shopping with my mother at Mr Hill's shop until sometime in the 1970s. We believe that he was one of the last butchers to wrap the meat in newspaper and to have sawdust on the shop floor.

A memory of Byfleet in 1971 by Nicola Russell

Meifod In The 50s

This photo brings back many happy memories of Meifod in the 1950's when I used to go on holidays there with my family. The white building in the centre was the bank and the photo was taken outside the Lion Inn where my grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Meifod in 1950 by Brian Morris

Hanford Lodge

In about 1967 my mother and father moved to this lodge after selling the Corner Store in Child Okeford. It belonged to Hanford School. It was sad to return a few years ago to find it had burned to the ground. Opposite was one of ...Read more

A memory of Child Okeford in 1967 by David Moon

Brighton Bypass

I can remember going up onto Southwick Hill with my son Gary and his friend Ben the day before the opening of the Brighton bypass. I told them that it would never again be as quiet as it was now!! Dave Smith.

A memory of Southwick by David Smith

Early Schooldays

My memories of Byfield, where I lived on the brand new council estate, in Lovett Road, are idyllic. I was there from age 6 to 10, then we moved to York. We children had to walk what seemed like miles, in all weathers, to the village ...Read more

A memory of Byfield in 1954 by Rosemarie Delaney

Turnford A Peaceful Place

I was born and grew up in a happy, peaceful village where everyone knew everyone else. My memories are of long walks in a beautiful countryside which could have been a million miles from London instead of an hour on a ...Read more

A memory of Turnford by Geraldine Atkinson

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 1,417 to 1,440.

Caption For Aberystwyth, The Beach 1899

arranged for them, including bathing from the bathing machines in the middle of the picture, taking trips around the bay in the rowing or sailing boats, and being entertained at the top of Constitution Hill

Caption For Launceston, Castle 1893

This photograph was taken from Windmill Hill, the only point in the town that is higher than the castle. The road curving up to the left of the castle is Roydon Road, known at this time as Zulu Road.

Caption For Penzance, On The Rocks 1906

The old town, spread picturesquely round part of Mount's Bay, has delightfully narrow streets that ascend the hill from the fine esplanade at the edge of the sea.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Hodder Bridge 1921

The hill on the left is called Knot or Sugar Loaf.

Caption For Waddesdon, The Manor, South Front 1897

The hill top was levelled to accommodate the house, its parterres and approaches, and a fine aviary was added in 1889.

Caption For Runcorn, Weston Point C1955

We are looking from the Beacon Hill area.

Caption For West Marden, Village C1955

This sizeable hamlet on the Downs south of Harting has no church, but boasts some attractive flint cottages and fine scenery.There is plenty of history here: Bow Hill was a great Stone Age centre

Caption For Maldon, High Street 1901

This famous and picturesque town is situated on a hill above the River Blackwater.

Caption For Talybont, General View C1955

This compact village is situated on the main coast road north of Aberystwyth; it grew up to serve the workers of the nearby lead mines and woollen mills.

Caption For Road Weedon, The New Inn C1965

The New Inn, sporting its new Watney's Red Barrel sign by the door and the sign board with the house style lettering, stands up the hill in Road Weedon on the old London to Holyhead turnpike.

Caption For Frome, Market Place 1907

The town, built in oolitic limestone, is a most attractive one: its streets curve up and down hill picturesquely.

Caption For Dudley, St John's Church C1965

St John's Church, Kate's Hill was erected in 1840 at a cost of £3,000, four years ahead of the ecclesiastical parish it serves, which was created on 15 October 1844.

Caption For Wilton, Ici Plant At Night C1965

This spectacular view was taken southwards towards the Eston Hills, and shows the great ICI Wilton Works, which was developed after the Second World War - the site extended for almost two miles.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Black Mountains From Crucorney C1960

The ridge of Hatterall Hill and the Black Mountains in the distance is the route for a walk with panoramic views to Hay Bluff.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Sugar Loaf C1960

The Welsh name for the Sugar Loaf is Pen Y Fal, meaning 'top of the round hill'.

Caption For Devizes, The Caen Hill Flight 1898

This set of 16 locks is part of the famous flight of 29 at Caen Hill.

Caption For Castle Bromwich, The Green C1965

The castle was on a hill north of the church, comprising a motte and bailey with earth and timber fortifications.

Caption For Totternhoe, Hill 1897

A few miles from Dunstable, through the Downs, and nowadays part of the commuter belt, Castle Hill road links the three ends of Totternhoe, Church, Middle and Lower.

Caption For Borehamwood, Theobald Street C1955

Ascending the hill into the distance are some of the descendants of the trees of ancient Baram Wood.

Caption For Benhilton, All Saints Church C1955

This view is taken from the west, near the north-east corner of the Green, at the foot of Angel Hill. The fine west tower of All Saints dominates the scene.

Caption For Maidenhead, Castle Hill 1904

This view is from beside the Ice House, its balcony covered in creeper, looking back down Castle Hill.

Caption For Bishop Auckland, Castle Gateway 1898

It was the second Gothic Revival building to be completed in County Durham; the style had become fashionable thanks to Horace Walpole, who had used it to great effect at his own house, Strawberry Hill,

Caption For Clee Hill, The Village C1955

If there is any breeze blowing, it will blow onto Clee Hill, and consequently the village can sometimes be very bleak.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, The Arches C1955

At the top of the steps on the right was a fish and chip shop; its practice of throwing out vinegar caused the area to be nicknamed Vinegar Hill.