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Maps

4,509 maps found.

1903, Lark Hill Ref. RNC753075
1898, Lidham Hill Ref. RNC755742
1902, Lowcross Hill Ref. RNC768664
1903, Jaw Hill Ref. RNC744938
1902, Kerry Hill Ref. RNC746487
1903, Nettleton Hill Ref. RNC789188
1901, Stock Hill Ref. RNC839711
1903, Potter Hill Ref. RNC810096
1902, Primrose Hill Ref. RNC810939
1902, Prince Hill Ref. RNC810985
1903, Pule Hill Ref. RNC811463
1902, Pitts Hill Ref. RNC806963
1903, Richmond Hill Ref. RNC816379
1903, Scapegoat Hill Ref. RNC826085
1903, Scholey Hill Ref. RNC826404
1899, Sion Hill Ref. RNC831621
1901-1902, Hill Ref. RNC734818
1898, Hill Hoath Ref. RNC735397
1902, Hill Hook Ref. RNC735399
1902, Hill Ridware Ref. RNC735910

Books

3 books found. Showing results 169 to 3.

Memories

4,110 memories found. Showing results 71 to 80.

Hanford Lodge

In about 1967 my mother and father moved to this lodge after selling the Corner Store in Child Okeford. It belonged to Hanford School. It was sad to return a few years ago to find it had burned to the ground. Opposite was one of ...Read more

A memory of Child Okeford in 1967 by David Moon

Brighton Bypass

I can remember going up onto Southwick Hill with my son Gary and his friend Ben the day before the opening of the Brighton bypass. I told them that it would never again be as quiet as it was now!! Dave Smith.

A memory of Southwick by David Smith

Early Schooldays

My memories of Byfield, where I lived on the brand new council estate, in Lovett Road, are idyllic. I was there from age 6 to 10, then we moved to York. We children had to walk what seemed like miles, in all weathers, to the ...Read more

A memory of Byfield in 1954 by Rosemarie Delaney

Turnford A Peaceful Place

I was born and grew up in a happy, peaceful village where everyone knew everyone else. My memories are of long walks in a beautiful countryside which could have been a million miles from London instead of an hour on a ...Read more

A memory of Turnford by Geraldine Atkinson

My Schooldays 1952 54 Near Skipton

My Grandparents lived at 26 Otley Street in Skipton from the 1940 ( or earlier ) and I had first visited them in 1945 after VE day, They were Thomas Henry Jackson, my Grandmother Charlotte Jackson and their ...Read more

A memory of Skipton in 1952 by Trevor Jackson

1972

Married at the wonderful old church of St. Peter's Walton on the Hill, 5th July 1972. At this time, my parents were living at Tudor Court, Walton St. Walton on the Hill, and Mum, owned the shop below, Anne Cleeves. I had been over ...Read more

A memory of Walton on the Hill in 1972 by Adele Pentony Graham

Bolingey

I lived in Bolingey as a child, until 1959, and this picture has strong memories for me. My family had a cottage somewhere to the front and right of the chapel on the hill. The location was called "Crow Hill" and I think the cottages ...Read more

A memory of Bolingey in 1959 by Anthony Bennett

Grandmother's Abode

At the bottom of the hill on the right I believe that tall building belonged to the local bakers. The low building next to it - this side of the bakers - is a thatched cottage where my grandmother lived. My mother grew up ...Read more

A memory of Wroxall by M Allen

Our Honeymoon

These pictures bring back delightful memories! We spent a week of our honeymoon in the 16th century mill at Lydia Bridge.  Across the lawn was a view of the brook and early spring flowers.  We stepped outside to the sound of the ...Read more

A memory of South Brent in 1999 by Elizabeth Goehringer

Visiting My Grandfather's Shop.

Although this photo pre dates my first memories of the High Street by about ten years, I still remember visiting my grandad's confectioners shop on the right side a little further up. Ever the businessman, he would ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1966 by Mike Amos

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 169 to 192.

Caption For Lancaster, The Castle C1950

We are looking down Castle Hill, by the wall of Lancaster Castle. St Mary's Parade is to the left, going up to the church. The Judge's Lodgings are at the bottom of Castle Hill down the lane.

Caption For Porlock, Foot Of Porlock Hill 1923

The Foot of Porlock Hill 1923 Porlock Hill used to strike dread into the hearts of holiday-makers until relatively recently.

Caption For Cowes, High Street C1965

The High Street leads to Shooters Hill, which was once a very swampy area. The buildings are shaped here to follow the curve of the road. The first shop on the right is now a florist.

Caption For Illingworth, Talbot Inn And Church C1960

The parish church stands on the hill. Illingworth was at the time of this photograph a village on the edge of the Pennines north of Halifax, but is now a suburb of the city.

Caption For Chideock, 1927

From the slopes of Quarry Hill, above Park Farm (centre), we look south-westwards to Golden Cap (left of centre) and Langdon Hill.

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 Aylesbury, Canal And Hills And Partridges Lock 1897

This view looks south-west along the canal past the last lock, No 16, Hills and Partridges Lock, to Park Street Bridge. (Hills and Partridges works have now long gone.)

Caption For Ashford, Rowlands Hill Almshouses 1895

The prominent non-conformist preacher Reverend Rowland Hill and his congregation originally had their almshouses built in Hill Street, Blackfriars in 1811 to provide comfortable accommodation for 'respectable

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1902

Here the photographer looks down West Street to Colmer's Hill (left), with the Lily Hotel projecting into the highway as it narrows to a normal width near the bottom of the hill.

Caption For Sabden, The Caravan Site C1965

We can see Pendle Hill and Black Hill in the background. Beside Sabden Brook stands the church of St Nicholas, built in 1846. A countryside of varied beauty accounts for the caravan site.

Caption For Wendover, From The South West 1901

This long view of Wendover is taken from the opposite direction to No 44773, looking north-east from the foot of Bacombe Hill; here the national long distance footpath, the Ridgeway Path, leaves the road

Caption For Seatown, C1955

This view looks westwards from the River Winniford to Golden Cap (centre skyline) and Langdon Hill (top right).

Caption For Waterrow, The Village C1955

From the road we look across the garden of riverside Tonecroft along the steep-sided valley of a tributary stream that descends from Heydon Hill.

Caption For Southend On Sea, Pier Hill C1960

Pier Hill leads down to the sea front esplanade, with the Palace Hotel on the left.

Caption For Daventry, Borough Hill And Bbc Daventry C1960

This view of Borough Hill was taken from neighbouring Newnham Hill. The forest of masts and aerials was a feature of the landscape for over 65 years.

Caption For Clee Hill, Cornbrook Bridge 1911

Standing 533 metres above sea level, this hill is made up of a stone known as dhustone (from the Welsh word 'dhu', meaning black).

Caption For Southend On Sea, Pier Hill C1960

Pier Hill leads down to the sea front esplanade, with the Palace Hotel on the left. Below the hotel, facing the sea, are many small shops.

Caption For Devizes, On The Canal 1898

Devizes is perched on the top of a hill overlooking the Avon valley. From there, the Kennet & Avon Canal plunges down the extraordinary flight of 29 locks at Caen Hill to the valley below.

Caption For Broadstone, Hair Pin Bend C1955

The 'Dangerous Bend' sign (left) says it all, though anyone trying to find the hairpin today will need to take a small detour off the straightened B3074 Higher Blandford Road between Corfe Hills

Caption For Lewes, School Hill 1921

The elegant lamp standard has gone, as have the sun blinds on the house on the left, while Howards House, the building on the right, has lost its top storey and the houses at the foot of the hill have

Caption For Woodchester, The Valley 1910

The hill leads from the Bear Hotel down to the A46 and on to North Woodchester, visible in the distance.

Caption For Langdale Pikes, The Valley 1892

The Langdale Pikes are among the Lake District's most popular and recognisable hills.

Caption For Crickhowell, In The Village 1931

At the top of the hill stands the steeple of the 14th-century parish church of St Edmund.

Caption For Chalfont St Peter, Market Place C1955

Up the hill towards one of Chalfont St Peter's commons, Gold Hill, Tudor-style shops and flats were built on the north side of the road in 1922, called Market Place and decked out with fake