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Maps

4,509 maps found.

1896, Derbyshire Hill Ref. RNE690231
1898, Gold Hill Ref. RNE717207
1895, Goose Hill Ref. RNE717581
1896, Gorse Hill Ref. RNE717872
1899, Gravelly Hill Ref. RNE719431
1899, Griffins Hill Ref. RNE722380
1895, Broom Hill Ref. RNE652270
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1896, Bull's Hill Ref. RNE655283
1898, Bunwell Hill Ref. RNE655528
1895, Burgh Hill Ref. RNE655681
1895, Burgh Hill Ref. RNE655682
1898, Burtle Hill Ref. RNE657080
1898, Cackle Hill Ref. RNE658337
1896, Lodge Hill Ref. RNE765815
1895, Lord's Hill Ref. RNE767411
1897, Lowe Hill Ref. RNE768684
1895, Hunt's Hill Ref. RNE742499
1898, Kenny Hill Ref. RNE746233
1896, Kents Hill Ref. RNE746340

Books

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Memories

4,110 memories found. Showing results 791 to 800.

Epsom Army Cadets

We were part of the 3rd Cadet Batallion of the East Surrey Regiment. Our base was the wooden huts erected behind Snows cycle shop in East Street after a German bomb obliterated the infants school that was there. The Officer in charge ...Read more

A memory of Epsom by b.waterman

Life As A Youngster In 1960x Old Basing

I went to Old Basing school slightly later, in 1962,and I remember school dinners as being dreadful, the dinner ladies were so strict that you did not dare not to eat your meal, they even reported to my ...Read more

A memory of Old Basing by qualityincornwall

Mitcham Memories.

Hi. my name is Chris Everett. I was born in a nissen hut at Ivy Gardens, Wide way pollards hill Mitcham in 1947. I remember going to St Mark's school infants and later Sherwood park junior school. Saturday morning pictures at the ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by waylandwx

Anstey Born And Bred

I was born in Hollow Road in 1944. I then lived in Forest Gate and Cropston Road where I lived until I got married in 1966. I have one brother Bill and two half brothers Charles and Keith and two half sisters Susan and Jane. I ...Read more

A memory of Anstey by patshort1

My Early Years In Batley Carr

I LIVED IN 23 UPPER MOUNT STREET, MY NEIGHBOURS WERE KATHRINE HILL, PAUL AINSWORTH. BRIAN DUXBERRY MARGARET HALLAS THE STUBLEYS AND A FEW MORE. I WENT TO WARWICK ROAD SCHOOL UNTIL 1958. SOME OF MY TEACHERS WERE MR. ...Read more

A memory of Batley Carr by johntho3

Tulse Hill Tesco Esso Petrol Station Formerly Cheriton Court Garage

Where the present Tulse Hill Tesco Shop and Esso Petrol station stands today, was the home of my grandfather Alfred John Thomas from the 1920's to the 1950's. Through the ...Read more

A memory of Tulse Hill by Gemma Gemma

My Days In Drayton

How nice to read about Drayton. My parents moved here in 1953 and my father owned the chemists shop on the north side of Havant road opposite Lower Drayton lane. In the early 60s,I played in local groups (The ...Read more

A memory of Drayton by denloc142

My Days In Drayton

How nice to read about Drayton. My parents moved here in 1953 and my father owned the chemists shop on the north side of Havant road opposite Lower Drayton lane. In the early 60s,I played in local groups (The ...Read more

A memory of Drayton by denloc142

Tunnel Behind Rookwood Close

My parents lived in Rookwood Close from 1966 to 1972. I remember playing in the woods behind the houses and discovering what looked like a railway tunnel going under the hill. I was able to venture in 20 feet or so but the ...Read more

A memory of Grays by perce.thrower

Childhood In Kensington

I LIVED IN CAMPDEN HOUSES, PEEL STREET, THOUGH THE FIFTIES AND WENT TO THE CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART IN BARNES. I LOVED SEEING THE PEOPLE ON THE TV AND RADIO WHO LIVED CLOSE BY BECAUSE THE STUDIOS WERE EASY TO ...Read more

A memory of Kensington by cindyandjohn

Captions

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Caption For Belfast, Castle And Lough 1897

Perhaps she have never known a parkland which soared up over 1000 feet to enclose the massive Cave Hill.

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1898

The 200-foot Royal Victoria Pier (left) was built out from Castle Hill at Butlers Horse, and was erected to coincide with Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1897.

Caption For Dorking, Cottage Hospital 1906

Talbot built a substantial house, and created a hanging garden on the side of a hill. The mansion was demolished, and the land was sold by Thomas Hope in 1814.

Caption For Dorking, Deepdene House 1891

Talbot built a substantial house, and created a hanging garden on the side of a hill. The mansion was demolished, and the land was sold by Thomas Hope in 1814.

Caption For Dorking, Rose Hill 1906

Those still trading are the Surrey Yeoman (see 46016 overleaf), the Bull's Head (Rose Hill, which we can see in 54666, right, with its entrance on the corner of the High Street and just behind the

Caption For Laindon, Station 2005

Most of the land around Pitsea, Dunton and Langdon Hills had originally been farmland; the crops were mainly barley, oats, wheat, peas, beans, and clover.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Church Hill 1903

From the hill behind the town there is a splendid view of the German ocean.' This was how Morris & Co's Directory viewed Aldeburgh in 1868.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, Box Moor 2005

The Meadow was eventually built on, and is now known as Fig Tree Hill. New flats and houses were erected there in the late 1950s.

Caption For Andover, George Hotel 1908

Mayhem ensued when it came to paying the bill, for each party believed itself the guest of the other.

Caption For Newark, Devon Bridge 1909

In 1742 the town sponsored a Bill to change the course of the Trent, which would have enhanced its position as an inland port.

Caption For Bourton On The Water, The River Windrush C1965

In various travel guides, Bourton is billed as either 'the Queen of the Cotswolds', 'the jewel in the Cotswolds' crown', or 'the Venice of the Cotswolds'.

Caption For Portland, The Pulpit Rock 1898

Portland Bill juts out into the English Channel at the southernmost point of the island. The Pulpit Rock is just one of the many unusual and dramatic rock formations in the vicinity.

Caption For Totnes, River Dart C1965

By the late 1960s the RDSC had replaced their paddlers with three motor ferries: the 'Conway Castle', the 'Seymour Castle', and the 'Cardiff Castle', the latter skippered by Bill Rehberg,

Caption For Nailsworth, Longfords Lake 1910

Longfords Lake was created in 1806 as a reservoir to feed the large nearby cloth mill run by the Playne family. Originally 15 acres in extent, it is now much silted up.

Caption For Chester, Bridge Street 1903

On the left outside Hodley's is a poster announcing the postponement of the Ruabon date for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Caption For Camberley, Frimley Road 1931

Before any building on the right, it was called Domans Meadow, and was the site of Bronco Bill's Circus in 1917. Camberley Football Club used to play there as well.

Caption For Cleveleys, The Arena C1955

The Arena, built below the sea-front promenade, was billed as the 'premier open-air theatre of the north'.

Caption For Tenbury Wells, The Butter Market C1960

There are a number of old posters sticking to the walls - these days there is a discreet sign which tells us that 'Bill Posting is now Prohibited'.

Caption For Leysdown On Sea, Station Road C1960

More than 40 years later, many visitors continue to pour in to stay at a resident caravan park offering karaoke and clubland singers on the entertainment bill.

Caption For Horsmonden, The Village 1925

It is said that a ghost of a highwayman known as Bill the Buck, who was hung and gibbeted at Horsmonden, walks across the green.

Caption For Rhyl, The Pavilion 1954

Prince's International Circus is billed to appear at the Pavilion.

Caption For Fleckney, The Grand Union Canal C1965

The Union Canal Bill was approved by Parliament in 1793, and work began in 1794, reaching Fleckney in 1796.

Caption For Eriswell, The Square C1960

More recently it was used by Bill Jaggard for producing wooden decoy pigeons.

Caption For Upper Dicker, Stud Cottages C1955

Bottomley did not pay his bills on time, and sometimes not at all, but he played the role of a genial squire with gusto; besides building estate cottages, he also bred race horses.