Photos

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Maps

4,410 maps found.

1920, Well Hill Ref. POP862915
1925, Wescoe Hill Ref. POP863598
1923, Spital Hill Ref. POP836383
1924, Spring Hill Ref. POP836737
1921, Stanford Hills Ref. POP838244
1919, Staple Hill Ref. POP838616
1919, Star Hill Ref. POP838726
1920, Stock Hill Ref. POP839711
1920, Stone Hill Ref. POP840334
1921, Toot Hill Ref. POP850023
1919, Tote Hill Ref. POP850750
1923, Tower Hill Ref. POP850913
1923, Tower Hill Ref. POP850917
1920, Tower Hill Ref. POP850929
1924, Markland Hill Ref. POP774721
1919, Marle Hill Ref. POP774803
1924, Lark Hill Ref. POP753075
1920, Laughern Hill Ref. POP753284
1921, Lidham Hill Ref. POP755742
1919, Limpers Hill Ref. POP756085

Books

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Memories

3,572 memories found. Showing results 311 to 320.

Old School

If you head down Lampits Hill and carry on past Giffords Cross road on your right, you then enter Church Road, the next road on your left is Fobbing Road. Opposite this junction is a building called the Old School House, this was the ...Read more

A memory of Corringham in 1960 by Dave Coombes

Growing Up In Local Avenue

Hi I am Michael Johnson, some of you may remember Tommy and Brenda Johnson who lived in Sherburn Hill for most of their lives. Tommy worked for Alfie Law who had the Post Office and Grocery shop on the 'Hill'. Tommy ...Read more

A memory of Sherburn Hill in 1949 by Michael Johnson

The Patch

I remember playing on 'The Patch' at the top end of Filey Road. It was mostly long grass in those days, except where the lads had trod it down in the middle playing footie. Every year all us kids would collect wood for a huge fire on ...Read more

A memory of Fordhouses in 1965 by Julie Rowley

Macadam Square

My dad was in the para 1 squad,we lived at 23 Macadam Square for about 2/3 years, I remember them as some of the happiest of my life. I know that the houses are all gone now, but just wondered if anyone else remembered us, the ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1964 by Carolyn Reardon

Loughton School

I remember going to school in Loughton from 1961 until 1965 when I left to start work. I would love to make contact again with anybody that remembers me from way back then, especially my friends Susan Hunter and Sandra Stock, both ...Read more

A memory of Loughton in 1961

Netherthong First World War History Part 1

Netherthong War Memorial My full history of Netherthong can be seen on http://historyofnetherthong.co.uk 'We shall never forget.' M. Hirst, who lived at 33 Outlane, compiled a large book full of ...Read more

A memory of Netherthong by Michael Meitiner

Girl Guides Outside The Newsagents.

A wonderful picture of Overstrand High Street from 1965. I have very happy memories from this era in the picture. I would have been 10 years of age. It looks to me like they could be Girl Guides at the ...Read more

A memory of Overstrand in 1965 by Phil Dunning

Wilton Memories

Like Gloria Friend, I spent a happy childhood in Hornchurch, attending Suttons Primary School where my mother (Mrs Wilton) was deputy head and Mr Occomore our headmaster. We were carefully drilled in our tables, phonics and ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1948 by Elizabeth Housego

My Memories Of Kirkheaton

Kirkheaton was such a great place to live, I went to infant school at the bottom of Fields Way (I lived on Fields Way till I was 19 years old), I also went to Kirkheaton C of E School and can remember most of the teachers ...Read more

A memory of Kirkheaton in 1956 by Christine Walker

Drayton Jottings

Drayton Jottings. Auntie Alice, in Kings Avenue, regularly seen, out on her front doorstep, she kept it clean, the 'raddled' red stone was buffed to a shine, 'Old fashioned traditions', here continued,so fine. one day, from ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton by Allen Warrender

Captions

1,749 captions found. Showing results 745 to 768.

Caption For Old Warden, Church And Thatched Cottage C1955

This chocolate box view has been carefully preserved by the beneficial presence of the local landowners, the Ongley and Shuttleworth families, for almost 200 years.

Caption For Sherborne, Greenhill C1955

Looking west down the hill with some 'modern' streetlighting.

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 Kidderminster, Coventry Street And St George's Church 1931

Edward Parry was the founder, in 1870, of a local newspaper appropriately called 'The Kidderminster Shuttle'. He also wrote the inscription on both the Baxter and Hill statues.

Caption For Hendon, Technical College C1955

Just along from the town hall is the old technical college building, an equally impressive structure. It was designed by H W Burchett and completed in 1937.

Caption For Thrapston, De Vere Road C1955

By way of contrast, Frith's photographer looks along De Vere 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

This is a more modern part of town, off the A6 to the south. The stone-faced houses are well in keeping with the rest of Bakewell.

Caption For Warnham, Corner House 1921

The open-topped bus receiving a great deal of attention from the people on the left is travelling along part of the old coaching route.

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 Castle Morton, Church C1960

Once known as Morton Foliot, the parish of Castle Morton runs a long way up to the Malvern Hills. St Gregory's Church dates from the 12th to the 14th centuries.

Caption For Lewes, School Hill 1903

The junction of High Street and School Hill is still recognisable, though the shop on the left-hand corner is now an estate agents and the building is tile-hung.

Caption For Silecroft, The Village C1955

An empty village street in Silecroft, a small settlement at the foot of Black Combe, at 1,970ft the southernmost of the major Lake District hills and a fine viewpoint across the Irish Sea.

Caption For Newark, From Trent Bridge 1909

We are looking up Beast Market Hill from the Newark side of the bridge.

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 Thundersley, View From Churchyard C1955

This churchyard stands at the top of Thundersley Church Road, well removed from the bustle of the town below.

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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 Ulverston, Mearness Sands 1921

Taken from above the mouth of the River Leven, this view overlooks Greenodd Sands towards Ulverston. In the distance, a 100ft tower, a replica of the famous Eddystone Lighthouse, surmounts Hoad Hill.

Caption For Rodborough, Common, The Bear Inn 1925

Now known as the Bear of Rodborough, this has been a stopping place for centuries, and played an important part as a collecting point for carrier services in this area of steep hills.

Caption For Uppingham, London Road C1960

Looking south down Scale Hill, once known as Church Lane. The first building on the right is the tramps boarding house, on the site of the Chequers Inn.

Caption For Bilsborrow, The Roebuck Hotel C1960

Roebucks are the males of the roe deer, whose herds once roamed this attractive landscape along the western fringe of the Lancashire hills.

Caption For Great Tew, The Village And Post Office C1960

Surrounded by rolling hills, this has to be one of the most beautiful villages in Oxfordshire.

Caption For Langdon Hills, The High Road C1950

The hilliness of these parishes was often cited as the cause of the 'Pure Air and Good Health' lauded in the property advertisements.

Caption For Penn, Spring Hill Corner C1965

This is one of several short parades of shops along the main road through Penn. Built in the early to mid 20th century, it remains largely unchanged today.