Maps

4,509 maps found.

1947, Hunger Hill Ref. NPO742173
1946, Hurst Hill Ref. NPO742700
1947, Jaw Hill Ref. NPO744938
1940, Jealott's Hill Ref. NPO744954
1947, Keresforth Hill Ref. NPO746416
1947, Godley Hill Ref. NPO717053
1946, Golden Hill Ref. NPO717250
1946, Gover Hill Ref. NPO718209
1946, Green Hill Ref. NPO720975
1947, Eign Hill Ref. NPO699625
1947, Fair Hill Ref. NPO702671
1945, Dry Hill Ref. NPO694206
1946, Ebberly Hill Ref. NPO698932
1940, Hatton Hill Ref. NPO728444
1945, Hawk's Hill Ref. NPO728902
1947, Heady Hill Ref. NPO729870
1946, Grinstead Hill Ref. NPO722580
1940, Gun Hill Ref. NPO723551
1947, Harbours Hill Ref. NPO726697
1947, Harrow Hill Ref. NPO727676

Books

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Memories

4,101 memories found. Showing results 81 to 90.

8 Court Hill

My mum and dad bought this house in the 70's I remember the large door on this picture, it was some sort of mill. They gutted the place (helped by brother and me on cement making duty) and made it a family home. The large door is now the ...Read more

A memory of Potterne in 1978 by Emma Day

Hawkinge, My Birthplace

I was born at Corner House, at the bottom of Aerodrome Rd, Hawkinge on 31st August 1936. My parents were the local newsagents in Canterbury Rd, backing onto the famous airfield.  I have vivid childhood memories of the war ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1940 by David Pepin

Life In Full Circle

The little house next to Mary Newman`s Cottage is where I live now...but I first walked past it with my mother at about the time this photo was taken. We got off the steam train at the station just up the hill, to walk to the ...Read more

A memory of Saltash in 1955 by Steve Fuller

Tottenham Royal

Barry Watkinson I remember the Royal. I was born in Tewkesbury Rd. When I was 10/11 we moved to Tottenham Hale. We visited the Royal regularly - there was a young teens on a Saturday afternoon. We had some old friends from Tewko ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham

Eastry Childrens Home

I had a wonderful upbringing ‘up the hill’ from Buttshole pond… 1958 - 1966 I was raised in one of the seven cottages- mine was Lime Cottage. My matron was Mrs. Aunty Betty Harris- who had a daughter, ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by John Boston

18 Two Meadows

As a Londoner, when my new husband was offered a job in Great Yarmouth in 1964, I was excited, although a bit apprehensive about moving to the small village of Hemsby. We bought a brand new house in a new subdivision at Two Meadows. It ...Read more

A memory of Hemsby by Carol Watts

Pinner Mid 50's

I was fortunate enough to live in Pinner as a small child 8 & 9 years old. We lived on 9 Nower Hill, and I remember befriending the railway station ticket lady. She and I used to go out to the parking lot (which was gravel back then) ...Read more

A memory of Pinner by Joel Fisher

Barrow Hill

My father bought the land on Barrow Hill, and built a house called Carrick Lodge (1961). I am not sure that everyone at the bottom of the hill were totally impressed with the house although it did not effect the view. We did have our ...Read more

A memory of Worcester Park in 1946 by Marian Hogan

Time For A Rest

We used to go on bike rides from Meopham and always went through Longfield Hill on our way. I do remember my brother entering in to a pool contest there with adults and winning the contest and getting a new two piece cue. It was ...Read more

A memory of Longfield Hill in 1977 by Mark Grainger

Bluebells And Carols

I lived in Guildford as a child, and every spring my father used to take me to St Martha's to pick bluebells in the woods at the foot of the hill. It was a sheet of blue, and however many we picked it looked the same. In the ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1930 by Pamela Morris Kennedy

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 193 to 216.

Caption For Langdale Pikes, The Valley 1892

The Langdale Pikes are among the Lake District's most popular and recognisable 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 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 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 Abbotsbury, St Catherine's Chapel C1955

West Dorset's medieval seamark on a conical hill above the Chesil Beach was retained after the closure of Abbotsbury Abbey in 1539, and repaired in 1742.

Caption For Bexhill On Sea, Old Town, Walnut Tree 1897

While the old town up the hill had its origins in the 8th century, the Bexhill everyone knows grew up from the 1880s by the sea as a resort on Earl De La Warr's estate.

Caption For Forest Green, The Common C1955

Moving east towards Leith Hill, but still south of the woodland that covers the greensand hills, the tour reaches Forest Green, a hamlet scattered around an extensive green.

Caption For Montacute, House 1900

The name of the delightful Ham stone village of Montacute derives from St Michael's Hill to the west, in Latin 'mons acutus', or 'steep hill'.

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 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 Southend On Sea, Pier Hill C1960

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

Caption For Loughborough, C1955

Towards the north-west lies the mound of Beacon Hill. The earliest origins of Loughborough may be here.

Caption For Wisbech, The South Brink C1965

On the right of the photograph is 7/8 South Brink where Wisbech's most famous daughter, Octavia Hill (1838-1912), was born.

Caption For Gunnislake, Fore Street 2003

This long straggling village, in the centre of the old tin mining district, sits on a steep hill running down to the Tamar. We are at the bottom of Fore Street looking towards Newbridge Hill.

Caption For Little Haven, 1898

This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years. It also had nearby coal-pits, which transported some of their coal from the beach here.

Caption For Lickey, Lickey Hills C1965

The Lickey Hills were declared a royal hunting forest in the 11th century, but they were sold by the Crown to the Earl of Plymouth in 1682.

Caption For Netherbury, And Lewesdon 1902

Orchard Hill and Whitecross are at the top left, and the 893ft summit of Lewesdon rises centre left. The cottages and trees in New Inn Street are overlooked by the parish church (right).

Caption For Lancaster, From Castle Hill 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 Launceston, From St Stephen's Hill 1893

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

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 Whalley, King Street 1921

Whalley means 'the clearing or field by the hill', and we can see how close the hill known as Whalley Nab is.

Caption For Horton In Ribblesdale, Pen Y Ghent C1960

Situated between the great hills of Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen-y-Ghent, the village is a popular centre for the Three Peaks walk.

Caption For Camberley, Congregational Church, Southwell Park Road 1931

The road was named after Viscountess Southwell, who used to live at France Hill House in France Hill Drive; the house is now used for adult education.

Caption For Winwick, The Church C1960

A local legend says that the people planned to build it on lower land, but each night, after work, a pig came along and moved all the stones back up to the top of the hill.