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Maps

4,509 maps found.

1920, Cowbeech Hill Ref. POP679337
1925, Dudley Hill Ref. POP694634
1903, Lodge Hill Ref. RNC765806
1903, Gamble Hill Ref. RNC710981
1898, Mill Hill Ref. RNC780272
1899-1900, Hill Ref. RNC734822
1903, Hill Dale Ref. RNC734884
1899, Hill End Ref. RNC734903
1903, Hill Top Ref. RNC735980
1902, Hill Top Ref. RNC736010
1902, Hob Hill Ref. RNC737134
1902, Holt Hill Ref. RNC738941
1903, Hooley Hill Ref. RNC740023
1903, Hunger Hill Ref. RNC742172
1902, Kates Hill Ref. RNC745503
1903, Keresforth Hill Ref. RNC746416
1902, Nedge Hill Ref. RNC788198
1899, Knowles Hill Ref. RNC750588
1919, Alveston Hill Ref. POP624729
1921, Asfordby Hill Ref. POP627265

Books

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Memories

4,110 memories found. Showing results 391 to 400.

A Visit With A Great Aunt And Uncle

In 1970 my Grandparents (Mr & Mrs Harold Hall of Winnipeg, Canada) and I spent some time with my Grandmother's sister, Ethel Mills and her husband John. We had a family reunion and dinner in a restaurant.  About ...Read more

A memory of Earby in 1970 by Allaine Beels

Happy Childhood Holidays

I say 1950 for the year my memory relates to but in fact my memories cover from around 1946 to 196 I've only just found this web site for "Memories" although have looked at the site before and what nostalgia it has evoked ...Read more

A memory of Llwyngwril in 1950 by Margaret Garrod

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

My Subsequent Visit 29.10.2008

My wife and I had pre-arranged to meet my sister and her entourage in the Fox and Hounds at midday yesterday. The long and winding lane from Eynsford became muddier and narrower with each passing mile and we were ...Read more

A memory of Romney Street in 2008 by Peter Collihole

Hill Farm

In 1940 my dad James Smith and his brother William was evacuated in Great Dunham on Hill Farm with Mr and Mrs Everington and they wanted to adopt my dad and brother but my nan said no. My family were from Hackney in London. In 1941 my ...Read more

A memory of Great Dunham in 1940 by First Name Last Name

Married Quarters Inkerman Road

My dad was a military policeman stationed at Inkerman Barracks and we lived at No. 1 MSQ Inkerman Road. It was great fun there, the woods over the road, next to the Victoria Cafe (all now gone). To the side of No. 1 was ...Read more

A memory of Knaphill in 1959 by John Burbridge

Wheatley Hill

Hi, my name is Shirley Cross, my name was Shirley Stokoe and I lived in Thornley. My dad's nme was Robert Stokoe, he has now passed away. My memories of Wheatley Hill are nice. I remember spending a lot of time there growing up. I ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley Hill in 1966 by madamclaire

Albert Road, 2 Rose Cottages

My father was born at number 2 in 1911. My grandfather was a dairyman and would probably have worked at Parsonage Farm or Heron Hill Farm. All this is on my father's birth certificate. I imagine the place was on the right ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere in 1910 by Alan Squire

Captions

1,906 captions found. Showing results 937 to 960.

Caption For Bramber, The Village 1890

In the distance is the tree-clad hill of Bramber Castle with the stone tooth of its keep.

Caption For Bainbridge, 1896

In Roman times a fort stood on nearby Brough Hill, and a garrison was maintained here from about AD 80 to around the end of the 4th century.

Caption For Dunster, Market House 1890

The tower on Conygar Hill was built in 1775 and gives a grand view across the bay.

Caption For Bossington, The Village 1931

Lying near the coast below Bossington Hill, these cottages over- look a stream that once powered a corn mill. Close by is Lynch Chapel, a medieval chapel-of-ease to the church at Selworthy.

Caption For Devizes, The Caen Hill Flight 1898

Few canal sights in Britain match the splendour of the Caen Hill flight of 29 locks which raises the Kennet and Avon canal 230 feet over a two mile stretch.

Caption For Coulsdon, Farthing Down C1955

The signpost makes a central focal point on the flat-topped ridge looking towards the solid tower of Cane Hill Hospital on the skyline.

Caption For Enfield, The Rose And Crown, Clay Hill C1955

The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen. Upstairs were many chambers, all magnificently furnished.

Caption For Uffington, Dragon's Hill C1960

Looking down from the White Horse can be seen the flat-topped Dragon's Hill where, legend has it, St George slew the Dragon; the white markings on the side are where the blood of the Dragon ran down in

Caption For Thrapston, De Vere Road C1955

Pairs of 1930s semis seem to march down the hill, the view made more bleak by the brutal municipal pruning of the silver birch trees - they are now no more substantial than the street lamp or the telephone

Caption For Greenhow Hill, The Organ, Stump Cross Cavern C1955

A local guide points out the stalactite formation known as the Organ in Stump Cross Cavern, one of the Dales' popular show-caves, at Greenhow Hill on the Pateley Bridge to Grassington Road.

Caption For Rochester, College Gate And Cathedral 1908

At the foot of Boley Hill stands the 15th-century College Gate, one of three surviving entrances to the precincts of the cathedral, whose modest spire (added when the tower was rebuilt in 1904) rises behind

Caption For Bakewell, Dagnall Close Gardens C1955

The road on the top of the hill - indicated by the houses - leads to the delightfully names Conksbury Bridge in gorgeous Lathkill Dale.

Caption For Cheshunt, Turners Hill C1965

This view from the roundabout looks north along Turner's Hill, where the contrast between the modern shopping parade and the smaller old shops can be appreciated.

Caption For Warnham, Corner House 1921

After the horses had been changed at Kingsfold, the stagecoaches ran through Warnham down Little London Hill, past Warnham Corner at the junction of Station Road.

Caption For Wass, The Village C1960

Today the hill is covered by a flourishing forest.

Caption For Pendleton, The Village 1921

Pendleton nestles right in the shadow of Pendle Hill: in fact, the name means 'the houses on Pendle'.

Caption For Rochester, College Gate And Cathedral 1908

At the foot of Boley Hill stands the 15th-century College Gate, one of three surviving entrances to the precincts of the Cathedral, whose modest spire (added to the original tower in 1904) rises behind

Caption For Ullswater, From Place Fell 1892

Ullswater snakes into the Lake District hills for seven and a half miles, from Pooley Bridge to Glenridding, and has three major and quite different stretches.

Caption For Barbon, The Village 1901

The pretty little village of Barbon, near Kirkby Lonsdale, lies in the hills above the Lune Valley beneath Thorn Moor, on the minor road through Barbondale to Dent.

Caption For Croydon, Church Street C1950

Ahead at the top of the hill is Whitgift Hospital, which was built as a home for 16 men and 16 women in 1596 by the Archbishop Whitgift. The building then marked the edge of the town.

Caption For Triscombe, Triscombe Stone 1929

High on the hill above the village from which it takes its name lies the Triscombe Stone.

Caption For Bromfield, Church From Bridge 1904

Henry Hill Hickman was born here and is buried in the church. By the age of 21 he was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Caption For Powerstock, The Village 1902

Dugberry Hill is on the skyline (right of church tower).

Caption For Windsor, Castle Hill 1914

A number of carriages are seen going up Castle Hill towards the Castle. The livery of the coachmen indicate that the occupants were high-ranking, possibly even Royalty.