Places

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Maps

33 maps found.

1946, Fox Hill Ref. NPO708761
1898, Fox Hill Ref. RNE708756
1898, Fox Hill Ref. RNE708761
1920, Fox Hill Ref. POP708756
1919, Fox Hill Ref. POP708761
1947, Fox Hill Ref. NPO708756
1899-1901, Fox Hill Ref. RNC708756
1898-1899, Fox Hill Ref. RNC708761
1899 - 1922, Foxhill Ref. HOSM45759
1919, Foxhills Ref. POP708908
1945, Foxhills Ref. NPO708908
1895, Foxhills Ref. RNE708908
1897-1909, Foxhills Ref. RNC708908
1885 - 1906, Foxhills Park Ref. HOSM45760
1895 - 1896, Pondtail Copse Ref. HOSM45749
1946, Box Hill Ref. NPO647443
1899, Box Hill Ref. RNC647443
1895, Cox Hill Ref. RNE679667
1940, Box Hill Ref. NPO647444
1898, Box Hill Ref. RNE647443

Books

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Memories

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My Early School Years In Mill Hill 1943 1950

I have few memories of my primary school which was in a private house in Croft Close a turning off of Marsh Lane, but I do remember being very happy there. This was during the latter war years. ...Read more

A memory of Mill Hill by Ron Sargeant

1950s In Hook Heath, Woking

In 1949/50 my parents moved to Little Morton, Hook Heath Road when I was 2 years old. The house (now advertised as having 6 bedrooms) seemed enormous and the garden was very large. In about 1960 my parents sold part of it ...Read more

A memory of Hook Heath

Growing Up In Queensbury

I was born in Wellington Street on the 16th. of June 1955. My mother was Kate Holland, formerly Henderson. and my father was George E Holland. Sadly he passed away in 1939. So I dont remember very much about him. I had a ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury by Geofftrey Holland

Mitcham

I lived in Manor Road in the late fifties and then Lymington Close until the end of the sixties, it was a great place to live then. We played on Mitcham common going to the seven island ponds on our bicycles and the old gun site. Mr ...Read more

A memory of Norbury

St Nicholas (Later Box Hill) School & Remembering The Misses Garrard

I attended St Nicholas school (later Box Hill School) between approx 1957 and 1962. The school was co-educational and catered to children aged from about age 4 to 18. My brother was 4 and I was 7 when we started at the ...Read more

A memory of Mickleham by gouran.mina

Air Force Brat

My father was stationed in Lakenheath, England in 1963. My mother and 2 brothers followed 3 months later - I was 12 at the time. Coming from Texas, November in England was a shock, and it was the coldest winter they'd had in 60 years. ...Read more

A memory of Newmarket

Precious Memories!

Some of my most precious memories of life belong to Menith Wood. My parents bought a caravan where we had many happy times on the “Bird in Hand” public house caravan site, opposite the woods. I remember feeding “Thomas” the boar, ...Read more

A memory of Menithwood by Elizabeth Flint

Yesterday's Birch

I REMEMBER BIRCH IN 1960'S. THE VILLAGE SHOP WAS RUN BY A JEWISH MAN CALLED MR WOLFE. WHEN YOU CROSSED THE ROAD ON TO WHITTLE LANE THERE WAS A ROW OF HOUSES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE WHITE HART PUB . AS YOU WALKED UP THE ...Read more

A memory of Birch by franciscaine7

The Lost Wildlife Of Welling

Who can remember the cheerful chirping of house sparrows appearing as if from nowhere and landing en masse on a tree or fence, only to fly off again in a moment's notice. Or the wonderful murmeration patterns from clouds ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Bernard Schofield

Memories Of High Street

This is a very significant picture to me although taken a good many years after we left High Street for Mill Lane. My sister, Hilda and I were both born in one of the houses just beyond the white building, in our time that ...Read more

A memory of Donington in 1930 by Winnie Nowaknee White

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Captions

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Caption For Wanborough, High Street C1965

The road to the right leads to Callas Hill and Foxhill.

Caption For Worston, The Village 1921

Though parts of Pendle Hill reach over 1,900ft, it never quite makes it to 2,000 feet—the height when a hill becomes a mountain.

Caption For Lower Kingswood, Smithy Lane 1915

These compact, if undistinguished, houses still stand behind the Fox on the Hill in Smithy Lane, as it leads towards the busy A217 Brighton Road.

Caption For Stocksbridge, The Clock Tower C1960

Samuel Fox's umbrella works were here, as well as the English Fruit Preserving Co's orchards.

Caption For Barley, The Village And Pendle Hill C1960

The ancient name for the village is Barelegh (meaning 'wasteland'), but lush meadows now support flocks of sheep.

Caption For Billesdon, Market Place C1955

Not only does the ancient 'Jurassic Trackway' run on a north-south line to the east of the village towards Tilton-on-the Hill, but a Neolithic road from Leicester, eastwards towards Ingarsby, skirts the

Caption For Box Hill, Hotel And Garden 1931

This hotel nestles at the foot of Box Hill, alongside the rushing traffic of the main London to Dorking road.

Caption For Cowes, Birmingham Road C1965

The Museum displays paintings, logbooks, model ships, and yacht designs by Uffa Fox, and is a sailor's haven.

Caption For West Humble, The Village 1906

Here the River Mole cuts into the steep slope of Box Hill near the Burford Bridge Hotel.

Caption For Brockham, Old School Lane 1958

Further down Tanner's Hill, the lane becomes Old School Lane; this view looks north past these pairs of tile-hung former estate cottages, which are all now in private hands and extended by a bay at

Caption For Dorking, High Street 1905

Street has changed out of all recognition - though the 15th-century White Horse, a famous coaching inn in the centre of the picture, still stands, and the view is still terminated by the green baulk of Box Hill

Caption For Dorking, Castle Mill 1909

Preserved by Surrey County Council, it is most famous for its ancient yews.

Caption For Dorking, Fort Tea Gardens C1955

A marvellous view of the once bustling scene at the tea rooms near the summit of Box Hill, close to the Monument.

Caption For Halton, From The River C1955

In the Domesday Book it was spelt as it is today; the name comes from either 'halgh', an ancient word for hill, or from an Icelandic invader named Hella who settled here.

Caption For Rochdale, The Fountain 1902

Officially described as a `drinking fountain for horses, cattle and dogs`, it became known as the Angel, owing to the 15ft-high white Sicilian marble statue on a Yorkshire stone base.

Caption For Dorking, From The Nower 1936

The sandstone hills have their highest point in Leith Hill, 965ft above sea level, about five miles south-west of Dorking.

Caption For Dorking, Boxhill, The Wimpy Bar C1965

When I was a teenager I remember riding out on my BSA Bantam to the Wimpy Bar on Box Hill. I

Caption For Ingleton, 1929

Ingleton is the gateway to the Three Peaks, and has been a popular destination for hill walkers and climbers for over a hundred years.

Caption For Brockham, The Green 1906

Overlooked by the slopes of Box Hill and the sweep of the North Downs, this delightful village acquired its name from the badgers whose setts were by the River Mole.

Caption For Box Hill, The Slopes 1906

The Lookout at the summit of Box Hill is due to the generosity of Mr Leopold Salomons of Norbury Park.

Caption For Box Hill, The Summit 1906

The popularity of Box Hill, once called the White Hill from its chalk bluff and affording a splendid view across the Weald from its summit of just over 600ft, reached an apogee during the late Victorian

Caption For Hertford, Port Hill From Hartham 1929

The young girl in her fashionable cloche hat dips for minnows in the River Beane, whilst her friend waits patiently for her turn.

Caption For Old Warden, Church And Thatched Cottage C1955

This chocolate box view has been carefully preserved by the beneficial presence of the local landowners, the Ongley and Shuttleworth families, for almost 200 years.

Caption For Treen, Village C1955

Down the hill to the left lie the delights of the Logan Rock Inn, while turning right after the telephone box leads to a beautiful campsite high above Porthcurno beach.