Maps

4,509 maps found.

1947, Edge Hill Ref. NPO699226
1945, Elm Hill Ref. NPO700756
1947, Elvet Hill Ref. NPO701133
1946, Eve Hill Ref. NPO702141
1946, Farley Hill Ref. NPO703429
1940, Knowle Hill Ref. NPO750555
1946, Knowles Hill Ref. NPO750588
1946, Langdon Hills Ref. NPO752378
1940, Leggatt Hill Ref. NPO754719
1946, Hill Chorlton Ref. NPO734860
1946, Hill Corner Ref. NPO734864
1947, Hill Croome Ref. NPO734881
1947, Hill Dale Ref. NPO734884
1947, Hill End Ref. NPO734891
1945, Hill End Ref. NPO734903
1947, Hill Gate Ref. NPO735297
1947, Hill Street Ref. NPO735923
1947, Hill Top Ref. NPO735989
1947, Hill Top Ref. NPO735991
1947, Hill Top Ref. NPO736007

Books

3 books found. Showing results 793 to 3.

Memories

4,101 memories found. Showing results 331 to 340.

My Dear Home Town Of Bournemouth

I was born there in 1928, in Boscombe Hospital, Bournemouth, and lived in Bournemouth till 1962. There is no where like Bournemouth, lovely beaches, stores, theatres, the Chines, and Shell Bay. An excursion to ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth in 1940 by Jean St. Dennis

St Vincent Road

I lived at the bottom of St. Vincent Road, near to Temple Hill Estate and Bow Arrow Lane. We used to play in the fields and I remember Temple Hill Estate being built. I remember the air raids in the war and the bomb falling in ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1945 by Phyllis Gregory

The Old Post Office

My grandparents, Harold and Phyllis Fenton, ran the village post office in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s from their home in the stone house opposite the Horse and Jockey Inn. My three sisters and I, daughters ...Read more

A memory of Waddington in 1960

Christmas Eves 1960s

I was born in Stroud and lived in Cashesgreen and Paganhill until I was 11 when the family moved to Hertfordshire. My aunt lived at Minchinhampton in a house my sister now owns. As children we remember making the then very ...Read more

A memory of Rodborough in 1963 by Tina Owen

Memories Of Swithland

My first memory of Swithland Village goes way back to the days when I was very young. The war was over and we had become accustomed to Holidays at Home instead of going to the sea-side. My parents bought a chalet in what we ...Read more

A memory of Swithland in 1947 by Janet Ramsey

Where I Was Born

My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more

A memory of Sole Street in 1946

We Knew This As Four Wents Pond!

We lived at Henfold a couple of miles from here, I used to be a pain in the neck to my older brother who used to come & fish at this pond. I caught my first "Red throat minnow" here. In the winter when it ...Read more

A memory of Holmwood Corner in 1952 by Sarah Rashbrooke

Sweeping Staircase

I also have memories of St Nicholas, and was a pupil at the school from 1949 aged four, till 1952. Miss Garrard was the headmistress, and I seem to remember she was very kind. I had a kindergarten teacher who was absolutely ...Read more

A memory of Mickleham in 1949 by Sheila Medhurst

Happy Days 1950s And 60s

I was born and brought up in Weaverham until I left to move to Altrincham with my new wife (and job). Over that 20 year period I have so many happy memories; too many to record in 1000 words. Lived in Lime Avenue all that ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham by George Ellis

Perivale Maternity Hospital

I too was born at the Perivale maternity hospital in 1949, and at the time we lived in a prefab at Gurnell Grove somewhere near Cuckoo Hill I think, if anyone has photos of these prefabs perhaps you could email me one on: ...Read more

A memory of Perivale in 1949 by John Nicholls

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 793 to 816.

Caption For Shrewsbury, River And School 1923

It moved to its present location on the brow of a hill on the Kingsland side of the river in 1882. Among its old boys were Charles Darwin and Judge Jeffreys.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Pier 1947

Pier Hill is busy with pedestrians but they seem untroubled by cars.

Caption For Whyteleafe, The Square C1955

The traffic bollards at the junction of Whyteleafe Hill and Hillbury Road have been replaced by a roundabout.

Caption For Aberdovey, The Seafront 1892

The seafront terraces and hills behind remain much the same today, and boating has grown ever more popular in the Dyfi estuary, which is fringed by wooded banks.

Caption For Bury, Walshaw Church 1895

Situated on a hill overlooking the town, Christ Church, or the Jesse Haworth Memorial Church, was designed by Lawrence Booth and built in the late 1880s.

Caption For Fowey, South Street 1908

The narrow alley between the houses leads off to Bull Hill.

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 Hitchin, From Windmill Hill 1929

This shows the view from Windmill Hill looking towards St Mary's Parish Church, centre right. There is no indication in this photograph of the dreadful conditions existing in the Queen Street area.

Caption For London, Portobello Road C1895

This view looks north up Portobello market in Notting Hill's Portobello Road. To the left is Elgin Crescent, and on the right is Colville Terrace.

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 Willingdon, The Downs C1955

This view at Butt Brow north-west towards Combe Hill across Willingdon Bottom is part of the four thousand acres previously owned by the Duke of Devonshire that the corporation of Eastbourne have managed

Caption For Odiham, Basingstoke Canal C1965

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

Caption For Selworthy, Car Park And View C1960

The car park in front of Selworthy's whitewashed church looks across the Vale of Porlock to the wooded Horner valley and Ley Hill.

Caption For Fladbury, Lock And Ferry 1901

THE WATERFALL c1960 This little scene of timber and water gives a feeling of how tranquil the Forest of Feckenham must have been when it covered the hills and vales round about.

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Caption For Abberley, C1960

During the reign of Henry IV, the King's army marched around these hills seeking to bring the Welsh patriot Owain Glyndwr to battle.

Caption For Shottermill, Three Counties Bridge 1907

Tucked away under the hills of Hindhead and Blackdown, and close to the edge of the county, this little village was the home of the novelist George Eliot, who wrote much of Middlemarch here in 1871.

Caption For Hawkley, Hawkley Hanger 1901

With its spectacular beech hangers, green hills and downland, it is not surprising to learn that this corner of east Hampshire is known as 'Little Switzerland.'

Caption For Cranborne, Castle Street 1954

Castle Street is named for a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork on the wooded hill above the village. The Fleur-de-Lis hotel stands to the right.

Caption For Coalville, High Street C1965

A depressing series of small-scale shops line the main road, which is soon to sweep in more peaceful mode under Bardon Hill.

Caption For Ampleforth, Main Street C1955

perhaps best known for its Roman Catholic boys' school situated to the east of the village, but this view shows the Main Street of the village itself, which lies on the southern edge of the Hambleton Hills

Caption For Ulverston, Hoad Hill And Monument 1912

The Hoad Hill Monument at Ulverston is a replica of the Eddystone Lighthouse, and was built as a memorial to Sir John Barrow, founder of the Royal Geographical Society and for 40 years Secretary to the

Caption For Brynmawr, Clydach From The Hafod Road C1955

This photograph shows Llanelly Hill and the old lime kilns. The road on the right had an extremely steep gradient and was the old roadway before the Heads of the Valleys Road.

Caption For Barnt Green, The Green C1965

It is difficult to pinpoint the viewpoint (possibly Bilberry Hill) and to be sure which reservoirs we are looking at here.

Caption For Lickey, Bittell Reservoirs C1965

It is difficult to pinpoint the viewpoint (possibly Bilberry Hill) and to be sure which reservoirs we are looking at here.