Maps

4,509 maps found.

1925, Hill Top Ref. POP735997
1924, Hill Top Ref. POP735999
1921, Hill Top Ref. POP736010
1921, Hill Top Ref. POP736015
1919, Hill View Ref. POP736060
1919, Fox Hill Ref. POP708761
1921, Frankley Hill Ref. POP709131
1919, Frieze Hill Ref. POP709459
1919, Frith-Hill Ref. POP709558
1919, Furze Hill Ref. POP710298
1923, Galley Hill Ref. POP710723
1920, Gants Hill Ref. POP711097
1920, Gibbet Hill Ref. POP713332
1924, Godley Hill Ref. POP717053
1919, Goose Hill Ref. POP717581
1919, Gorse Hill Ref. POP717872
1919, Duton Hill Ref. POP696069
1925, Harewood Hill Ref. POP727255
1925, Haverton Hill Ref. POP728694
1925, Hawkshead Hill Ref. POP728938

Books

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Memories

4,091 memories found. Showing results 661 to 670.

Pavenham 1945 1970

This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that ...Read more

A memory of Pavenham by Stephen Wessel

My Memory

My grandma lived in Varna Road in a bungalow built by my Grandad Fred, The house was called Exley, they had my dad Edward, Albert,Stanley, Margaret,Gladys and Elsie, My grandmother was called Rose, I stayed with them in 1961 and went to ...Read more

A memory of Bordon by Marilyn Davey

Hatch End 50/60/70s Memories

As I’ve only just stumbled on this web page so offer excuses if it’s past its sell by date. I lived in Sylvia Ave Hatch End from 1951 (as a babe in arms) until I married and moved away in 1976. My recollections may now ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End by Martin Harris

The Way We Were

In 1946 my family Mum, Dad,brother Alex and sisters Jenny and Kay moved into a requisitioned house in Hollybush Hill. The house was called Surinam and it was a beautiful old house with a sweeping staircase and cellars ...Read more

A memory of Wanstead by Lillian Bradley

Draycott In The Clay For Me

I was born in Draycott in 1956. Bill and Ida were my parents and David and Susan are my big brother and sister! I have so many happy memories of this wonderful village. I went to the village school which now ...Read more

A memory of Draycott in the Clay by Maurice Bean

Memories Of Plymouth Were I Was Born.

I was born at number 8 Castle Street, the Barbican Plymouth 1942 my mum was a daughter of the Higgins family. G G Grandad use to run his boat from the Barbican across to Jenny cliff / Cawsands / Kingsands ...Read more

A memory of Plymouth by William R Dudley

Gold Hill Park I Remember Going There To Fly Kites And I Was From Quiet Chesham La Next To The Colony

Hi I went to school there til 10 years old Chalfont I loved it! Gold Hill was windy good for kites. Headmasters name was Mr Barry he was a great history teacher I remember a gal Megan Long I was friends with there. Hahaha. Also a swimming pool and small classrooms.

A memory of Chalfont St Peter by Chris Littler

A Very Happy Childhood At Westbury

My name is Andy Pike, getting on a bit now but lovely to read other folks memories of Westbury. Here are a few reminiscences of my childhood in Westbury on Trym in the 50's and 60's. Maybe this will ring a ...Read more

A memory of Westbury on Trym by waylandpike

The Day I Was Born

I was born on 22nd June 1948 at 95 Dryfield Road in the front main bedroom of my nans's house. We lived there until I was 8 when we left my nan's and moved to St. Johns Wood in London. My nan lived there until I was in my ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1948 by Barbara Badzek

Village Shop

I lived in the bungalow at the end of the spinny on West Avenue in the late 1960s and went to Highcroft School from age 4 to 5, which was an old Victorian building which always smelt of tomato soup and stood on the corner of ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1960 by Mark Waters

Captions

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Caption For Launceston, From St Stephens 1935

Now on the B3254 to Bude, St Stephens Hill was one of the roads administered by the Turnpike Trust, who set the tolls.

Caption For East Blatchington, The Village 1906

The field in the foreground, with its flint wall, lies to the south of East Blatchington Farm; the view looks south down Blatchington Hill, the village main street, with Belgrave Road passing in front

Caption For St Cleer, The Holy Well 2003

This sizeable village, close by Liskeard, sprawls along a hill-top surrounded by high moorland.

Caption For Amersham, General View C1955

Looking west past the Memorial Gardens, the white building on the far hill, just to the left of the church tower, is Shardeloes, the Georgian mansion of the lords of the manor.

Caption For Luton, George Street 1897

Viewed from the Corn Exchange on Market Hill, Luton's main street on a summer's day just before the turn of the 19th century gives little indication of the importance of this thoroughfare.

Caption For Hoylake, Market Street C1965

By the time the lake silted up in the 1830s, the name Hoylake had replaced Hoose, the original name of the village that nestled in the sand-hills on the fringes of Liverpool Bay.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The End Of The Cobb C1910

The view is eastwards to Stonebarrow Hill and Cain's Folly (top left) and the familiar profile of Golden Cap (central skyline) with Thorncombe Beacon to the east (right).

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1949

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north-west corner of the Town Hall.

Caption For Mannington, Village Green 1922

Geese run loose on the grass at Mannington hamlet, midway between the villages of Holt and Horton in the hills north of Wimborne.

Caption For Nailsworth, 1900

Here Nailsworth is seen from the 'W', the zigzag hill road linking it to Box village.

Caption For Horning, The Old Wind Pump 1902

A small hollow post wind pump for land drainage, the mill had shuttered sails and was turned to the wind by twin tail vanes.

Caption For Loch Katrine, Trossachs Pier C1890

The picturesque loch, which is ringed with hills, features in Sir Walter Scott's poem 'The Lady of the Lake'.

Caption For Barnoldswick, Tubber Hill C1920

Tubber Hill is on the outskirts of Barnoldswick; running alongside it is part of the Roman road which once went from Preston to York.

Caption For Clitheroe, From The Castle 1927

Tuesday and Friday, animals were transported all over Lancashire.The origin of the name Clitheroe is surrounded by doubt and mystery.The 'oe' at the end comes from the Old English 'hoh', mean- ing a hill

Caption For Cuckfield, High Street C1950

The main road (A272) ran through Cuckfield, and turns right at the junction beyond the parked car, whilst the minor northbound road to Whitemans Green continues into the distance up the hill.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Grannys Teeth 1912

The poet Alfred Tennyson walked across the hills from Bridport in order to see the spot in August 1867.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Old Sea Walls C1960

Eastwards are Long Ledge, Curtis Cove and Broad Ledge, with Stonebarrow Hill in the distance.

Caption For Launceston, Castle Street C1955

The white statue atop the ridge is of Britannia; tradition says that when she hears St Mary's clock strike thirteen, she will come down from the roof and walk up the hill to church.

Caption For Freshfield, Victoria Buildings C1965

Here we see Victoria Buildings on the corner of the road to the sand dunes, known as Formby Hills, and to Mad Wharf beyond them.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, On The Sands 1898

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

Caption For Worksop, The Lion Gates, Welbeck Abbey C1965

Near the entrance to Worksop College, on Sparrow Hill (the old road into Worksop), are the lion gates and one of the many lodges and gateways into the vast 3,000 acre grounds of Welbeck Abbey, built

Caption For Alfold, The Village C1965

The houses in this view are for the most part late Victorian, apart from the one on the right; the prettiest part of the village is nearer the church and the Crown pub at the bottom of the hill

Caption For Four Elms, C1960

This peaceful village lies below the slopes of the Greensand Hills.

Caption For Liskeard, The Hurlers And Cheesewring Hill 1900

Cheesewring Hill can be seen on the horizon.