Photos

2 photos found. Showing results 601 to 2.

Maps

4,410 maps found.

1922, Weston Hills Ref. POP866326
1920, Whelpley Hill Ref. POP867118
1919, White Hills Ref. POP867901
1947, Ankerdine Hill Ref. NPO625744
1946, Annis Hill Ref. NPO625847
1946, Avery Hill Ref. NPO629198
1945, Ball Hill Ref. NPO631056
1919, Windmill Hill Ref. POP871109
1924, Windy Hill Ref. POP871248
1920, Witherenden Hill Ref. POP871913
1920, Witton Hill Ref. POP872077
1920, Woodbridge Hill Ref. POP872868
1919, Woolmer Hill Ref. POP874317
1921, Workhouse Hill Ref. POP874535
1920, Summer Hill Ref. POP842623
1919, Swelling Hill Ref. POP843745
1921, Tarts Hill Ref. POP845391
1925, The Hill Ref. POP846415
1924, Wall Hill Ref. POP859826
1919, Warmley Hill Ref. POP860827

Books

3 books found. Showing results 721 to 3.

Memories

3,572 memories found. Showing results 301 to 310.

Searching For Day Family

Does anyone know of any folks with the surname of Day living in Northfleet? Day was my mom's maiden name, her first name was Thora. She lived next door to Arthur Greenslade, pianist, on Stonebridge Hill. I live in Mission ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet by Clive Jeffrey

Memories Of War Years 1939 45 Newport

Memories of War years 1939 -1945. By John Beal. Little did I realise that I would be involved in the army when war broke out in 1939. I was attending Hatherleigh Central School in Newport at the time and as a ...Read more

A memory of Newport in 1940 by John Beal

I Meet A Vagrant I Know

September 1958 I meet a vagrant I knew. In 1957, I was appointed to be Village Constable, at Lower Penn, Wolverhampton, an upper class district of wolverhampton. My station, was in Springhill Park. The beat was divided ...Read more

A memory of Stramshall in 1958 by John Mellor

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which was ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

Childhood In Wreckenton

I started school at St Oswald's RC in 1944. We lived on Tanfield Road. I remember the head teacher was called Miss Wilfred, and later we had a headmaster called Mr Clancy. I remember when the war finished and we had to ...Read more

A memory of Wrekenton in 1940 by Erni Middleton

Dukeshouse Wood Camp School (Part Two)

My recollection of  a dance that was arranged in the sports hall made me and another lad George Bishop decide to abstain from the proceedings as I think at the time, in fact I am sure about myself that I was very ...Read more

A memory of Hexham in 1940 by Les May

Orange Hill Girls Grammar School

After passing the 11+ at St Johns School, Milton Road, West Hendon, I attended Orange Hill from 1947. I had quite a journey, having to take the trolleybus along the Edgware Road then a walk down the Watling Avenue ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak by Ann Midson

Yesterday

Seeing this picture braught back memories of 3rd January 1951, when I, and around fifty others, ambled down this lane from the rail station to RAF Padgate, to start an 'adventure' which would remain with us for the rest of our life. Bill.

A memory of Padgate in 1951 by Bill Smith

My Dad In The Mill

My dad Albert Joseph Harris and mum Brenda Mary used the mill as a machine shop, manufacturing small parts for Morris, Frances Barnett, Triumph, Norton and others. We lived in Redbrook in the now guest house on the corner of ...Read more

A memory of Monmouth in 1955 by Roger Harris

Growing Up In Greenford 1957 1970s

Wow! Thanks for those memories. A million miles away in rural East Anglia, remembering growing up in Greenford. Stanhope Infants and Juniors, Mr Bishop, Mrs Avery, anybody went there remember them? Sainsburys ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Gill Hewlett

Captions

1,749 captions found. Showing results 721 to 744.

Caption For Liskeard, The Post Office 1912

This new post office has been opened recently at the corner of Baytree Hill and Windsor Place.

Caption For Swansea, General View From Hill 1893

This view looks out into the hills, which play such a part in defining Swansea. Notice the factory chimneys and their puff-ball smoky emissions.

Caption For Odiham, Basingstoke Canal C1965

The photograph shows Colt Hill Bridge and the rear of The Bridge House.

Caption For Aberdovey, The Seafront 1892

In this view of the seafront just west of the harbour, a lone wagon stands on the siding from the Aberdovey Harbour branch line.

Caption For Chalford, The Golden Valley 1910

This viewpoint on Coppice Hill is a favourite spot for photographing Chalford.

Caption For Calne, Ratford C1960

These cottages on Ratford Hill are similar in style to the Sandy Lane estate cottages. The pair on the right was built in the early 19th century for Bowood estate workers.

Caption For Wasdale Head, St Olaf's Church 1889

The tiny church of St Olaf at Wasdale Head is said to be among the smallest in England; but surrounded as it is by the dramatic mountains of Wasdale, it is also one of the most visited.

Caption For Bramber, The Village 1890

Once as important as Arundel or Lewes, Bramber is now merely a village, the market centre having migrated to nearby Steyning.

Caption For Wadebridge, The Platt C1955

This medieval port stands at the head of the Camel estuary. Sailing ships from Bristol once plied up and down its channel and berthed at the town wharves.

Caption For Ilfracombe, The Harbour C1899

The outer pier, which provides access to Ilfracombe at any state of the tide, was not yet constructed. In this view, a pleasure steamer is berthed at the quay.

Caption For Plymouth, Tavistock Road 1890

Sherwell Church (left) also belongs to the university and has been converted, and St Matthias, at the top of the hill, is still an active centre of worship.

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 Radstock, Main Road C1965

In the 19th century this area was the centre of a busy coal mining industry.

Caption For Sunderland, The Park C1900

This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.

Caption For Haverfordwest, From The River 1890

A superb view looking up the Western Cleddau into Haverfordwest with the castle in the center and the tower of St Thomas a Becket on the hill overlooking it.

Caption For Buriton, The Church Of St Mary 1898

The picturesque village of Buriton stands in the shadow of Butser Hill, and by the pretty, tree-fringed pond lies the church, with its 13th-century tower watching over the tranquil scene.

Caption For Sunderland, The Park C1900

This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.

Caption For Horton In Ribblesdale, The Village From Station Hill C1955

The Ribblesdale village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale is dominated by the stepped profile of Pen-y-Ghent, 2,277 feet high and one of Yorkshire's famous Three Peaks, seen here in the background of this view

Caption For Bolton, Town Hall 1893

One of the lasting impressions of Bolton that many a visitor has is of the grand Town Hall, with its portico of Corinthian columns and tower topped off with a French cap.

Caption For Hascombe, Mare Lane 1908

Cosily tucked away in a fold of the sandstone hills south-east of Godalming, Mare Lane leads to the highest point of the Down at Hydons Ball, where it reaches 593 feet.

Caption For Adlington, Chorley Road C1955

Situated below Winter Hill on Rivington Moor, Adlington developed as a textile town before the advent of the railway because of its proximity to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which runs

Caption For Kington, Church Street 1956

Kington was also once described as having a 'maze of narrow streets … where too many of the old houses have been refronted, but still have the attraction of a wildly irregular skyline'.

Caption For Exmouth, The Seafront 1918

This is one of Exmouth's two bowling greens - the other is at the back of the town at Phear Park. The high ground beyond is Gun Cliff Gardens, off Carlton Hill.

Caption For Lulworth, From The East 1925

A paddle steamer is reversing out of Lulworth Cove, below the Coastguard Lookout (centre left).