Maps

4,509 maps found.

1901, Stock Hill Ref. RNC839711
1903, Scapegoat Hill Ref. RNC826085
1903, Scholey Hill Ref. RNC826404
1902, Toot Hill Ref. RNC850023
1898, Brock Hill Ref. RNC651298
1901, Bobby Hill Ref. RNC644768
1899, Boys Hill Ref. RNC647539
1902, Coton Hill Ref. RNC678467
1898, Crays Hill Ref. RNC681629
1902, Blackbow Hill Ref. RNC642271
1898, Blasford Hill Ref. RNC643912
1903, Cat Hill Ref. RNC664402
1903, Cheetham Hill Ref. RNC667236
1903, Nettleton Hill Ref. RNC789188
1903, Richmond Hill Ref. RNC816379
1902, Pitts Hill Ref. RNC806963
1903, Potter Hill Ref. RNC810096
1902, Primrose Hill Ref. RNC810939
1902, Prince Hill Ref. RNC810985
1903, Pule Hill Ref. RNC811463

Books

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Memories

4,091 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

My Childhood Home And Its Spelling

I do remember that the signpost on the main road pointing towards Bratton had it as 'Bratton Seamore". My first home was Bratton Hill Cottage, since demolished and the land developed. My Father worked ...Read more

A memory of Bratton Seymour by Steven Brunt

Jimmy Brown 1925 To Present

My dad Jimmy Brown was born in Greengairs in 1925, he lived with his family in Hill view. He's still going strong and turns 97 next birthday. Is there anyone who knows him as he's the last man standing in his family.

A memory of Greengairs

Mandrake Road

My siblings and I were all born at Weir maternity hospital in Balham, we lived on Mandrake road and we all went to Fircroft primary school opposite our house. I was at Fircroft from 1976-1982. Mr. Chaimings was the headmaster then, Mr ...Read more

A memory of Tooting by Sylvia Amoah

Nuns Of Priory Road

Dies anyone remember the convent in priory road noak hill ? I remember seeing the nuns walking down the road in their bkack habits. I used to run away feeling scared

A memory of Noak Hill by Denise Solomonides

Grosvenor Road And Urmston, Always A Place In My Heart.

I lived on Grosvenor Road, Urmston - the allotment end - from 1965 to late 1969 age 3 to nearly 8 years of age with my 2 brothers and parents (we then moved to Blackburn). My daughter has recently ...Read more

A memory of Urmston by magwat13

Happy Days

My name is Brian Newman and I was born in Barking in 1942. My old man was a grocer and his shop was Newman Stores in Ripple Road by the Harrow, or as we called it, the "arrer". There was a long row of shops either side of Ripple Road. I ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Brian Newman

Stanmore 1950 52

Hallo , my name is Cliff Bowley. My family moved to Stanmore in 1950 to a very large house called "Belmont Lodge " on the corner of Denis Lane and London Road junction. Does anybody remember it? It was knocked down for development, ...Read more

A memory of Stanmore by cliffbowley

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. ...Read more

A memory of Earby in 1970 by Allaine Beels

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

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill 1897

The main street of Alllington village (bottom left) leads into this panorama of Bridport town, looking south-east from Allington Hill, with the outer parish's St Swithun's Church being the prominent building

Caption For Grantham, Avenue Road 1904

East from St Peter's Hill, Avenue Road descends towards the River Witham, lined by middle-class late Victorian semi-detached villas.

Caption For Abberley, The Tower 1911

Abberley Hill and Woodbury Hill rise to about a thousand feet.

Caption For Winster, West Bank C1955

West Bank winds up the hill towards the significantly-named Miners' Standard public house on the hill above the village.

Caption For Sherborne, Newell C1955

Looking in the opposite direction from S112029, towards Yeovil and Kitt Hill.

Caption For Bathford, Browns Folly C1955

Dominating the countryside around, and particularly impressive from the Bathampton side of the valley, Brown's Folly was built on the summit ridge of Bathford Hill in 1840.

Caption For Bagshot, Pennyhill Park 1906

Gardeners tend the remarkable holly hedge of Penny Hill Park, which grows in places up to 40 feet high.

Caption For Belfast, A View Of Cave Hill 1897

This view looks westwards across the lough to Cave Hill, just to the north of the city.

Caption For Bradpole, And The Knapp 1907

the north-east, looking south-west from above Hole House Farm and the valley of the Mangerton River across to Holy Trinity Parish Church (right) and the fields of St Andrew's Well (centre), to Watton Hill

Caption For South Benfleet, Boyce Hill Golf Links C1955

Boyce Hill took its name from a medieval land-owning family: their farm stood where the clubhouse now is.

Caption For Crays Hill, The Shepherd And Dog C1955

The Shepherd & Dog (right) is a 300-year-old pub at the top of the hill.

Caption For Stoke Abbott, The Waterspout And Village C1955

William Crowe, rector of Stoke, wrote a paean of praise to Lewesdon Hill, which drew the admiration of William Wordsworth: '...of hills, and woods and fruitful vales, and villages, half-hid in tufted

Caption For Sheffield, Sheffield Midland Station And Park Hill C1965

The Park Hill estate towers above Sheffield Midland station.

Caption For Sheffield, Sheffield Midland Station And Park Hill C1965

The Park Hill estate towers above Sheffield Midland station.

Caption For Morcombelake, Old Cottages 1904

A rustic corner, with mossy thatch and a corrugated-iron porch lid, lies beside Loves Lane on the western slope of Hardown Hill.

Caption For Whitchurch, High Street C1955

This is a view of the same street looking down the hill.

Caption For Epsom, West Hill 1923

But most of all, Edwards remembered Clay Hill - West Hill as it is now - where he enjoyed the hospitality of Colonel Dennis O'Kelly, and was taken to view his stables.

Caption For Winchester, Stanmore From Romsey Road 1928

Lines of local authority housing climb the hill at Stanmore on the south-west outskirts of Winchester, which has evolved and expanded over the years.

Caption For Launceston, Old Hill 1906

Old Hill's official name is St Thomas Hill, and it was once used as a toboggan run when there was snow on the ground — rather a hair-raising ride!

Caption For Noak Hill, Romford Road 1908

Before the arrival of the LCC Harold Hill housing estate, Noak Hill was an isolated hamlet; however the thatched weather-boarded cottage on the right still remains to this day.

Caption For Clovelly, The Street 1908

Donkeys were used to transport everything up and down Clovelly's steep street: herring, coal and lime came up the hill from the harbour, along with tourists who could not face the walk, while mail and

Caption For Cleeve Hill, General View 1907

Cleeve Hill is the western edge of the Cotswolds, and at over a thousand feet the highest point.

Caption For Kington, View From Bradnor Hill C1955

Amongst the many hills that can be seen from the summit of Bradnor Hill, Hergest Ridge lies towards the south west.

Caption For Garsington, The Village C1955

Garsington derives its name from the Anglo Saxon 'gaerse dun', which means 'grassy hill'.