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Maps

4,509 maps found.

1946, Bunny Hill Ref. NPO655503
1946, Butler's Hill Ref. NPO657641
1940, Cabbage Hill Ref. NPO658293
1947, Callow Hill Ref. NPO659777
1947, Calver Hill Ref. NPO659865
1947, Camp Hill Ref. NPO660331
1946, Camp Hill Ref. NPO660336
1946, Clark's Hill Ref. NPO669557
1946, Clutton Hill Ref. NPO671383
1947, Coney Hill Ref. NPO676480
1945, Woolton Hill Ref. NPO874392
1946, Woolvers Hill Ref. NPO874397
1945, Workhouse Hill Ref. NPO874535
1896, Aaron's Hill Ref. RNE618267
1896, Alt Hill Ref. RNE624580
1898, Annis Hill Ref. RNE625847
1895, Applehouse Hill Ref. RNE626110
1899, Askerton Hill Ref. RNE628025
1898, Callow Hill Ref. RNE659776
1898, Campion Hills Ref. RNE660404

Books

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Memories

4,110 memories found. Showing results 191 to 200.

The Square

I lived in the square with my mam and dad, Alan and Betty Armstrong. Linda Strong was my friend, we went to school together. I remember Mrs King and of course Arthur Strong. My grandad George had the garage at Hett Hills. I have ...Read more

A memory of Hett Hills in 1959 by Jacqui Vasey

Photos Of The House I Grew Up In On Crown Road

My brother Don Quarterman sent me to this web site. What an amazing collection of photographs! So I have to talk about two that show the house we grew up in, Mulberry Cottage. The earlier one shows ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley in 1953 by Philip Quarterman

Hett Hills

Yes, I recall George Armstrong. Billy Bennison also lived in the Square. His father worked at Tribley Farm. It was a great surprise to me when once I came home on leave to find no square there!! I have had no luck in finding a ...Read more

A memory of Hett Hills in 1962 by John Crawford

Priestwood Square

The newsagent was called l.B.Corne and Mr Corne doubled as Father Christmas at Meadowvale School when I was a youngster. His relatives also managed the post office based in the shop. My late mother attended the opening of the ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell by Patrick Cooper

Castle Hill 1937

Before they took down the high wall surrounding the castle. It is now at seating height.

A memory of Windsor by Carolyn Babin

Land Army In North Somerset

My name is Barbara Tucker & I spent several happy years during the Second World War at Pilton in Somerset. I was in the women's land army and can remember those wonderful days working with the animals and ...Read more

A memory of Pilton by Simon Tucker

Western Road

My Grandfather, William Rondeau (Old Bill), owned a second-hand shop on Western Road, opposite Love Lane. Next door was Reggie Wiisbey's, the green-grocers, then came 2 little cottages and Maidments the corner shop. They had 2 sons, ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1950 by Maureen Draper

Pontypool Town Centre

I lived in Upper Bridge Street and remember a few of the shops in town, I think! On the corner of Upper Bridge Street and the Bell Pitch was Franketti's fish shop with an awesome Art Nouveau till and free chips if you took ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool in 1960 by Sandra Rudd

Childhood Memories Buckland Wharf

My Aunt Maud and her husband Alf lived in the last council house on the road to Buckland Village. Their son, Gordon Worrell, lived with his wife Winnie in the little row of cottages facing out on to ...Read more

A memory of Buckland by Sylvia Mc Elheron

Pepper Hill And Tittenley Farm

Lived at Pepper Hill, cottages attached to Tittenley Farm. Also lived at Tittenley Lodge, which had marked an entry to Shavington Park and Tittenley Pool. I remember Shavington Hall well. My mother, Jane, was in ...Read more

A memory of Shavington Park in 1957 by Jeffrey R Timmis

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 457 to 480.

Caption For Wanborough, The Cottage Shop C1965

These cottages stand at the top of Pack Hill, near its junction with Church Road and Mayfield, in Upper Wanborough. The Cottage Shop was once a shoemaker's premises.

Caption For Margate, Hotel Metropole 1892

It was demolished, along with the adjacent buildings including the Ship Hotel, in 1938 to make way for Fort Hill and the

Caption For Great Chart, The Village 1908

Three small children play on the long village street leading up the hill to the church, lined with well-kept red-brick and timbered cottages and neat gardens, and with the Swan public house halfway along

Caption For Poole, Parkstone, Castle Hill 1900

The main road from Poole to Bournemouth was called Parkstone Hill until the 1890s, when a castellated house called The Castle was built on high ground near the top.

Caption For Prestbury, The Village 1907

The tram and cyclists here are heading up the steep ascent of Cleeve Hill, which is not far from the village.

Caption For Cuddesdon, High Street C1955

The village, on the eastern side of Garsington Hill, to the east of Oxford, boasts many stone-built houses and picturesque cottages.

Caption For Darley Dale, C1955

This is a closer view of Darley Dale, looking towards the solitary tree-topped Oker Hill, which was the subject of a sonnet by William Wordsworth published in 1829 about two local lads going to war

Caption For Bradford On Avon, From Grip Wood 1900

This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill. The houses on the left are known as Woodrow Terrace, and the ones on the right Blackmore Terrace.

Caption For Port Erin, 1897

In the distance to the left are Bradda Hill, Bradda West and Bradda East.

Caption For Accrington, Rock Gardens, Oak Hill Park C1955

Japanese plants and shrubs were planted, and at the time it was said that Oak Hill Park had one of the finest rock gardens anywhere in the country.

Caption For Swimbridge, Village C1955

Other pictures of Swimbridge looked north towards a hill, from which this view is taken. Of note is the amount of tree surgery that has taken place, particularly around the church.

Caption For Saffron Walden, St Mary's Church, From The High Street C1955

St Mary's, standing on Bury Hill, can be seen from most parts of the town. The fine brick-faced buildings on the right are Frank Bailey's garage, with a repairs workshop behind.

Caption For Roseberry Topping, 1932

It is not the highest of the Cleveland Hills: Burton Head rises to 1,485 ft, but Roseberry is acknowledged as offering the finest views.

Caption For Tiverton, Country View C1960

Close to Tiverton, this could be said to be archetypal Devon: rolling hills, cultivated fields and a small farm tucked away from the world.

Caption For Allithwaite, Kirkhead Tower C1965

It is thought that the first church in the district, predating Cartmel Priory, would have been on Kirkhead, giving the hill its name.

Caption For Westbury Leigh, The Village C1950

This view looks towards Leighton House on the hill. The post office and general stores in Leigh Street was, and still is, important to the community.

Caption For Sudbury, Market 1904

Georgian buildings line Market Hill, with St Peter's Church at the top. The artist Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury in a former 16th century inn, and he lived and worked here for many years.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street C1905

Visitors approaching from Devon descend this steep hill to the sea at Lyme.

Caption For Melksham, Forest Road C1950

This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill. The houses on the left are known as Woodrow Terrace, and the ones on the right Blackmore Terrace.

Caption For Bournemouth, Westover Road C1955

Unlike many similar local newspapers, it has survived to the present day at its Richmond Hill offices.

Caption For South Harrow, Northolt Road C1965

Archetypal 1930s development swishes around the foot of Harrow on the Hill, with its gasworks tower always visible from the village and on the approach to Northolt Aerodrome.

Caption For St Austell, Truro Road C1955

The view looks towards the town from the causeway across the valley, with New Bridge at the bottom of the hill.

Caption For Liskeard, The Cheesewring, Daniel Gumb's House 1908

The summit of the hill encloses a stone fort probably associated with the Bronze Age. The work of nature and man sit comfortably together.

Caption For Helston, The Parish Church C1950

The church is built with granite from Tregonning Hill near Breage; granite is notoriously difficult to work, and this accounts for the relative lack of decoration of many Cornish churches.