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Maps

4,509 maps found.

1898, Cinder Hill Ref. RNC668983
1899, Clutton Hill Ref. RNC671383
1901, Ferry Hill Ref. RNC704713
1902, Foundry Hill Ref. RNC708470
1902, Church Hill Ref. RNC668527
1903, Daisy Hill Ref. RNC687629
1902, Darby's Hill Ref. RNC688593
1901, Camp Hill Ref. RNC660335
1898, Castle Hill Ref. RNC663960
1903, Mill Hill Ref. RNC780230
1903, Mill Hill Ref. RNC780231
1898, Mill Hill Ref. RNC780274
1899, Milton Hill Ref. RNC781206
1903, Red Hill Ref. RNC814333
1903, Rose Hill Ref. RNC819967
1903, Rose Hill Ref. RNC819968
1898, Rose Hill Ref. RNC819977
1903, Newton Hill Ref. RNC791834
1898, Noak Hill Ref. RNC792438
1902, Nurton Hill Ref. RNC795046

Books

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Memories

4,110 memories found. Showing results 601 to 610.

Memories Of St Peters And Broadstairs

I was born at 19 Church St, St Peters, where my grandfather owned the butchers shop. My first memory is of playing on the lino floor just inside the front door. My father, who served in the RAF during the ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1950 by Ronald Taylor

Memories Of Living In High Street, Alton

I have been looking through this brilliant site and came to this picture of the Alton High St, c1965. As a nine year old, in approx 1967, I used to live above Key Markets, the supermarket on the right in picture. ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 1967 by Frank Parsley

'down Yer 'wey'.

Moved to Farncombe in 1942 from Datchet, but evacuated originally from Barking, London. I remember arriving at my new home at 1 Tudor Circle. My Step-father was a fireman in the AFS, who's ...Read more

A memory of Godalming in 1942 by Arthur Bird

Dagenham Heathway

I used to live in the Heathway, between Eastfield Road and Alibon Road. My grandparents moved there in about the 1920's, my mum was a toddler. There was a church round the corner in Osborne Road where my brother and I used to go to ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1950 by Norma Dignum

The Queen And Pantos

I was going from Slough to our favorite pub (The Victoria Arms) on the bus in the 60's not knowing it was Ladies Day at Ascot. The bus ground to a halt at the bottom of Castle Hill, the clippie (young people will have to Google ...Read more

A memory of Windsor by Dave Hill

Where We Lived In Annalong

We lived in a bungalow along the main road in Annalong. I can't remember the address. There was a field to the right as you face the bungalow. My parents had a little dog which we called Gilly. She was a frisky little ...Read more

A memory of Annalong in 1943 by Heather Graham

I Think This Should Be Zouch Cottages

I was born at 601 Zouch cottages (which may possibly be in this photograph) in 1955, the address was changed later to 46, Nepal Road, I think probably in about 1960 and my Nan and Aunt lived at 8, Nepal ...Read more

A memory of North Tidworth in 1960 by Steve Smith

Rose Lawn Burghfield Rectory

Met my future wife, Janet, whose parents lived on the caravan site behind Rose Lawn ran by Rev Nicholson. I was a biker, Janet's parents disapproved of motorbikes, so whilst courting I used to bring her home at night ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield in 1963 by Tony Dighton

Postwar Childhood In Knypersley

Born in 1940 at Tunstall Rd, I spent hours of my childhood at the edge of Cowlishaw Walker's pool, reached through our neighbour, Mrs Sargent's garden, which sloped steeply up to the railings round the pool. I only ...Read more

A memory of Knypersley in 1940 by Sylvia Steer

Hornsey

I was born in Hornsey in 1940. Returning from evacuation in S.Wales in 1944, I went to Highgate Primary School for a short time, before moving to 141 Crouch Hill (now demolished) and attending Rokesley Infants School & Crouch End Junior ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1945 by Alan Carter

Captions

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Caption For Buckingham, Parish Church C1965

Further up Castle Street and at its junction with Bristle Hill to the right and Elm Street on the left, the photographer is looking towards the great east window of the parish church.

Caption For Prestbury, The Village 1907

Prestbury lies under the great bluff of Cleeve Hill, the destination of the tram, not the only mode of Edwardian travel in this photograph!

Caption For Charminster, East Hill C1955

We are looking westwards down East Hill, towards the parish church (centre).

Caption For Aberystwyth, The Beach 1899

arranged for them, including bathing from the bathing machines in the middle of the picture, taking trips around the bay in the rowing or sailing boats, or being entertained at the top of Constitution Hill

Caption For Pinner, High Street C1955

The remainder of the buildings have changed little, including an excellent early 18th-century brick-fronted house halfway up the hill.

Caption For Lindfield, High Street C1960

The large house on the left with the shuttered windows stands on a busy road junction, and the sign pointing left indicates the route to Scaynes Hill, Chailey and Lewes.

Caption For Ferring, The Village C1960

Highdown Hill, 269 feet high, was a Roman dwelling place and Saxon burial ground.

Caption For Dorking, Boxhill, The Wimpy Bar C1965

When I was a teenager I remember riding out on my BSA Bantam to the Wimpy Bar on Box Hill. I

Caption For Newport, Allt Yr Yn, Above The Lock 1893

Allt-yr-yn is the name of the hill in the distance. The lock chambers on this canal had their own individual size, 64ft 9in x 9ft 2ins – a most peculiar gauge. The canal became disused in 1930.

Caption For Prestatyn, 1895

This view shows Prestatyn's position at the foot of the majestic Clwydian Hills. Today it is known as the start or finish of the 152-mile-long Offa's Dyke National Trail.

Caption For Launceston, Castle 1893

This photograph was taken from Windmill Hill, the only point in the town that is higher than the castle. The road curving up to the left of the castle is Roydon Road, known at this time as Zulu Road.

Caption For Salisbury, Godolphin School 1928

Its more salubrious site was, and remains, the one pictured here on Milford Hill, just east of the city centre beyond the ring road.

Caption For Bramber, Castle Ruins C1950

By 1100 he had added a stone keep to his castle, which was built on a natural hill overlooking the Adur.

Caption For Preesall, The View From Preesall Hill C1955

On the hill stood Preesall village school. Like Baines Charity School in Poulton, the children held a barring-out day once a year when by tradition the master was locked out.

Caption For Penrith, From Elm Terrace 1893

New substantial dwellings for the town's burgeoning middle class rise up towards Beacon Hill.

Caption For Dunsop Bridge, Hodder Bridge 1921

Hidden among the trees in the centre of our photograph is a foot (and animal) bridge just a few miles outside Dunsop Bridge.The hill on the left is called Knot or Sugar Loaf.

Caption For Charlton Kings, Charlton Hill From Cirencester Road C1955

Until the 1960s, Charlton Kings railway station stood half a mile up the hill from this spot - its site is now an industrial park.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, The Village 1902

Shipton Hill is prominent on the distant skyline (centre). Manor Farm, Barr Lane and the Anchor Inn are partly hidden by trees in the middle distance (left).

Caption For Symondsbury, The Village 1930

Inland from Eype, towards the Marshwood Vale, Symondsbury clusters between Colmer's Hill and Old Warren Wood (centre skyline).

Caption For Chideock, Village 1930

Down the hill are Alice Cottage, Chideock Court and Chapel Cottage. Trees partially obscure Bridge Cottage, By the Stream and Apple Tree Thatch (centre).

Caption For Nottingham, Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem Inn 1949

It incorporates cellars cut into the sandstone of Castle Hill.

Caption For Hawkhurst, The Village And Moor Hill 1902

Its shows a cart ascending Moor Hill, past typically Kentish half-weatherboarded cottages.

Caption For Eype, The Village 1899

Mount Lane climbs the hill towards St Peter`s Church on The Mount (right of centre).

Caption For Ramsbury, High Street 1906

On the right is One and All, a wine and spirit merchants, and next to it is Hill Brothers, grocers and spirit distillers, established in 1794.