Maps

4,509 maps found.

1919, Gold Hill Ref. POP717207
1919, Golden Hill Ref. POP717255
1919, Gorcott Hill Ref. POP717657
1920, Gorst Hill Ref. POP717933
1919, Hailstone Hill Ref. POP724742
1921, Edge Hill Ref. POP699227
1919, Harbours Hill Ref. POP726697
1925, Hawk Hill Ref. POP728781
1919, Hawks Hill Ref. POP728901
1925, Fair Hill Ref. POP702671
1923, Fold Hill Ref. POP707283
1921, Coton Hill Ref. POP678468
1920, Cowbeech Hill Ref. POP679337
1920, Crockham Hill Ref. POP683446
1923, Crowle Hill Ref. POP684945
1919, Cryers Hill Ref. POP685548
1896, Berry Hill Ref. RNE639041
1895, Birch Hill Ref. RNE640423
1899, Blackberry Hill Ref. RNE642252
1899, Blists Hill Ref. RNE644260

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Memories

4,101 memories found. Showing results 461 to 470.

Name Change

Interesting to see the photo entitled "Solva, Middle Hill". The village shown here is known as "Middle Mill" and the mill (on the River Solfach) is in the centre behind the bridge.

A memory of Solva by Sean K

Burrow Hill School

I was there for two terms in 1954. I remember headmaster Mr Rees and his wife, and teachers Mr Bellis, Mr Jarman, Mr Horwell, Mr. Stevenson, Mr Allen and housemothers Miss Rempy and Miss Harwood. The houses were Orchard, ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green by Maurice Coffey

Hawkes Lane Hill Top

Circa date: 'The British Oak' Public House. My Uncle Neville and Aunty Joan kept this Pub for some time when I was a young child. Uncle Neville died whilst licensee and Aunty took over. It was a family pub, always seemed ...Read more

A memory of West Bromwich in 1965 by Yvonne Powell

Growing Up In Lower Belvedere

My first real memory of Belvedere was that of starting school at St Augustines Primary around 1954. I can recall a wind up gramaphone which the teacher would frantically wind up to keep the music playing, even a ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere in 1950 by Ken Mulley

1951 1979 Life In Aldbrough St John

Reading Carol's memories brings to mind a lot of happy times in the village, especially the bus shelter and phone box. We managed to make up a lot of our own entertainment, especially the 'village youth ...Read more

A memory of Aldbrough St John in 1972 by Jeff Auton

A Day At Alum Chine In The 1960s

It's a few minutes before 8.30am, and I've just returned with the newspaper for Dad bought from the Riviera Hotel next door. I have to rush downstairs again in time to ring the gong for breakfast - Mr ...Read more

A memory of Westbourne in 1966 by Michael Bond

Summer Of 1965

I have happy memories of a summer spent with my Nannie and Grandad Gibbs. I remember walking down this street, passing 'Auntie Martha's' to the post office every day with Grandad. He used to buy me chocolate cigarettes every day. I ...Read more

A memory of Moorsholm in 1965 by Sheryl Jordan

Burrow Hill School

My name is Roger Hibbard from Staveley, Derbyshire, I was at Burrow Hill School from Easter 1952 to Easter 1953. I went there because at that time I suffered from severe asthma but I was never ill once during the wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1952 by Roger Hibbard

Sittingbourne To Australia

My name is Margaret.  I was born in Park Road, Sittingbourne on 18.4.45. My parents were Flossie and Cyril Neaves. My dad worked as a machine man in the Sittingbourne paper mills and my mum worked fruit picking in ...Read more

A memory of Sittingbourne in 1971 by namscox

Any Memories Of Bill Black

There was music shop on the Thornton Road in the mid 1950s, run by a Ada Lilian Rose who lived there with her three children. It's a bit of a long shot but I'm actually trying to trace someone called William or ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath in 1956 by Annie Barber

Captions

1,906 captions found. Showing results 1,105 to 1,128.

Caption For Saltburn By The Sea, Bank And Pier C1960

The Bank Café lies on the right, and it is clearly a warm summer day in view of the number of parked cars at the bottom of the hill.

Caption For Dudley, The Zoo, The Lions C1965

The Lion Enclosure was one of those specifically accommodated into a natural feature of Castle Hill. Here two of its occupants sun themselves.

Caption For Luccombe, The Village 1901

Luccombe village itself is seen here against the backdrop of the wooded Horner Hill in a view taken from Knowle Top.

Caption For Preston, Penwortham Hill 1921

This view shows Penwortham Hill and the climb out of Preston on the Liverpool/Southport road. The newly-erected Penwortham War Memorial is on the right.

Caption For Saffron Walden, The Common 1937

Large 19th-century houses line the road on the far side of the Common on Chaters Hill. In the grass on this side of the house on the right lies the mediaeval maze.

Caption For Launceston, Windmill Hill C1960

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

Caption For Newport, Belmont Hill 1932

Here, at Belmont Hill, we are looking out of the village, towards the former toll bridge over Wicken Water.

Caption For Hurstbourne Tarrant, The Village C1955

Joseph Blount from nearby Rookery Farm had a horse called Tinker which could be hired to help carts up Hurstbourne Hill.

Caption For Wrotham, St Mary's Road 1903

Wrotham stands at the foot of chalk hills alongside the Pilgrim's Way, and was once a substantial market centre.

Caption For Poole, Rockley Sands, The Palladium C1965

Just behind the roof is wooded Beacon Hill.

Caption For Howth, From East Pier 1897

The Tower is on the hill to the left. In this glorious summer scene, boats are moored along the jetty.

Caption For Shrewsbury, The Old Mint 1891

Today, parts of the old building (the arched doorway for example) can still be seen incorporated into the interior decor of a shop on Pride Hill.

Caption For Charing, High Street 1901

These two views of the steep high street as it winds up the hill towards Canterbury show some of the rich assortment of buildings built of brick or black-and-white half timbering.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, From Sands 1906

In the centre, we can see Bailey Lane climbing steeply up towards Crown Hill, with the railway crossing keeper's house to its right at the bottom.

Caption For Smeeton Westerby, Westerby Corner C1955

A semi-detached house of little architectural merit dominates the view here, but beyond is a glimpse of the Gumley Hills as the road swings right towards Saddington.

Caption For Woodbury, The Village C1955

The village, thought to date to Saxon times, takes its name from the nearby hill-fort. On the left here is the Maltsters' Arms, still a thriving public house.

Caption For Ulverston, Hoad Hill From Mowings Lane 1925

On the hill is the monument to Sir John Barrow, which is a replica of the Eddystone lighthouse.

Caption For Thundersley, View From Churchyard C1955

The church of St Peter, standing further up the hill, has a nave and aisles dating from the early 13th century.The town name is believed to have come from the pagan worship of Thunor.

Caption For Colchester, St Mary At The Walls 1921

Today it peers over the western Roman wall exposed by the demolition of all these cot- tages and into the roaring gulch cut by Balkerne Hill, a dual carriageway stretch of the western bypass

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 Gorleston, The White Lion Hotel 1922

This is still one of Gorleston's most popular hotels, and nicely situated at the top of Cliff Hill.

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Caption For Winsford, C1960

Here we can see Winsford nestling in the Exe valley below Bye Hill, with the valley of the Winn winding up to the left.

Caption For Coulsdon, Brighton Road 1906

A young girl with a pram stands outside the gates and vanished lodge house of Cane Hill Hospital, built in 1883.

Caption For Witham, St Nicolas' Church 1900

The original hub of Witham was here, at Chipping Hill. As the town grew, its businesses drifted off to the main London-Colchester road. St Nicholas' was built c1330.