Maps

4,509 maps found.

1896, Plump Hill Ref. RNE807701
1895, Port Hill Ref. RNE809330
1899, Nurton Hill Ref. RNE795046
1897, Oak Hill Ref. RNE795237
1899, Ocker Hill Ref. RNE795877
1898, Old Hills Ref. RNE796734
1895, Marden's Hill Ref. RNE774498
1895, Lidham Hill Ref. RNE755742
1898, Limpenhoe Hill Ref. RNE756083
1895, Pye Hill Ref. RNE811878
1899, Red Hill Ref. RNE814349
1895, Remenham Hill Ref. RNE815306
1895, Loose Hill Ref. RNE767328
1896, Winsdon Hill Ref. RNE871502
1898, Wolfsdale Hill Ref. RNE872259
1898, Woodhall Hills Ref. RNE873231
1895, Worms Hill Ref. RNE874633
1902, Balance Hill Ref. RNC630642
1899, Barton Hill Ref. RNC634363
1899, Beacon Hill Ref. RNC635285

Books

3 books found. Showing results 697 to 3.

Memories

4,101 memories found. Showing results 291 to 300.

Frodsham Helter Skelter

I remember going every year to Frodsham with the Orange Lodge. We would play on the helter-skelter and also the swingboats. It was a great day out! I went to a party there the other year at a country club, how it has all ...Read more

A memory of Frodsham in 1965 by Margaret Moran

Carlton Hotel

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A memory of Newmarket in 1958 by William Bartlett

Derry Hill Wiltshire

I did not live in Derry Hill, but rented a cottage there, Primrose Cottage, in 1990. I was introduced to Wiltshire in the 1980s by my husband's mother who had been based near Pewsey in the Land Army during the Second World ...Read more

A memory of Derry Hill in 1990

Horney Common As A Child

I was born in London in 1938. When war broke out the following year my father sent my mother and myself down to Devon but soon after that he, and many of his regimental colleagues in the Army, rented a large country ...Read more

A memory of Horney Common in 1940 by Juliet Baxter

Early School Years

My name is Andrea Parkinson. I was born in 1962, I went to Greetby Hill Primary School until I was 9 years old. The swimming pool was not ready when I left. My headmaster at the time was Mr Pilkington (I think). My family moved to ...Read more

A memory of Ormskirk in 1972 by Andrea Parkinson

Dorset Dairies

Jacqueline Jackson, if you read this email me please waxrose@me.com  Would your great grandfather be a Harry Hann? He was the owner of Dorset Dairies next to my birthplace in Factory Road, Eastleigh. I went to school in ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke by John Scott

Helmshore 1950 1968

I was born in Musbury Road at the bottom of Tor Hill and spent 5 years with Tor as my back yard; my name is still chiselled in the rocks at the top. Anyone remember the Tor Mile race? In 1955 we moved up to 3, Lancaster Avenue, ...Read more

A memory of Helmshore by Ian Seville

Mother's Brother And Sisters

Just after the war Dad, Mum and I would travel every other weekend to visit aunts and uncles and cousins on our Norton motorbike and sidecar. We usually based our visit with Aunt Flo and Uncle Stan (a wartime despatch ...Read more

A memory of Andover in 1940 by John Scott

Happy Holidays.

I went to the Green Dragon with my aunt for a holiday, I was about 10 years old and thought it very grand. In later years when I was in my 20s I took my mother there. We had a very nostalgic holiday touring around the Malvern Hills and Shakespeare country. It was a happy time.

A memory of Hereford by Lynne De Jonge Nee Hill

Researching Ann Fraser Or Other Area Fraser

I have a death notice for Ann Fraser, beloved wife of John Fraser who died Sat. November 10, 1894 at age 44. Interment at Harrington Church, on Wednesday, leaving Rose Hill at 2:30. I believe this is my ...Read more

A memory of Harrington in 1890 by Jim Buchanan

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 697 to 720.

Caption For Otley, Kirkgate C1960

In the background are the hills which lead up to Otley's most famous landmark, the Chevin.

Caption For Ravenscar, Ravenhall Road C1960

A gentleman stands at the door of Crag Hill House, perhaps calling over to the man walking his dog. Two children sit by the roadside playing near the sign for a café.

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 Colchester, East Gate C1955

To the east, beyond the town hall, houses grew up along the road out of the town as it descended off the ridge towards the River Colne.

Caption For Cambridge, Hills Road 1931

The war memorial is situated on the junction of Station Road with Hills Road.

Caption For Great Malvern, British Camp Hotel 1907

In the 1840s patients at the health centre of Dr Wilson and Dr Gully were subjected to strict dieting, long walks over the hills and the indignity of being wrapped up in cold wet sheets for hours at

Caption For Shere, Middle Street 1924

Middle Street leads into Shere Lane and then on towards the sandy hills of The Hurtwood. The building on the right was once the premises of C Baverstock, 'Shoeing & General Smith'.

Caption For Fulking, The Spring C1965

A spring flows beside the village street in Fulking, and on the side of the wellhouse is this text: 'He sendeth springs into the valley which run among the hills.

Caption For Uffington, Dragon's Hill C1960

Looking down from the White Horse can be seen the flat-topped Dragon's Hill where, legend has it, St George slew the Dragon; the white markings on the side are where the blood of the Dragon ran down in

Caption For Prittlewell, The Church 1891

The Church of St Mary stands at the top of the hill above the old Cluniac Priory of Prittlewell.

Caption For Pitsea, Gun Hill C1955

Gun Hill takes its name from the Gun Inn, further up London Road at Bowers Gifford. The pub seen here—the Bull—is displaying a 'Sundays: No Coaches' sign.

Caption For Tiverton, The Weir C1955

The river rises high in these hills, but only a few miles from the Bristol Channel.

Caption For Llandough, View From Cardiff Road C1955

This general vista looks south to the hills above Penarth. The house, barely visible behind the thick hedgerows, is of recent construction in stucco with tiled roof.

Caption For Worcester, The Junction Of Rivers Teme And Severn 1906

The River Teme rises in the Kerry Hills of Radnorshire and flows through 75 miles of beautiful countryside before it meets the River Severn just south of Worcester.

Caption For Stamford, Old St Peter's Gate Bastion C1955

St Peter's Gate (demolished in 1770) stood a few yards further down the hill, near the end of Rutland Terrace.

Caption For Churchill, Clock Tower C1955

It was erected by Sidney Hill, a local benefactor who also provided several almshouses for the elderly in the village.

Caption For Southend On Sea, From The Pier 1898

Pier Hill can be seen rising behind the foreshore buildings with the High Street stretching north from The Royal Hotel.

Caption For Mullion, Quayside C1955

Only one man survived out of a crew of 26; the bodies were laid out on the quayside before being taken up the hill to be buried in the churchyard.

Caption For West Peckham, The Village Stores C1960

On a nearby hill is an old cottage, once the abode of the notorious highwayman Jack Diamond, who is said still to haunt the area in ghostly form.

Caption For St Brides, The Village 1906

The turning to the right off St Bride's Hill leads down to the Glen. The fields have now been more fully developed with residential property.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, Mountain Ponies C1960

The hills too have changed, as slag tips have been removed and are now green slopes.

Caption For Runcorn, Weston Road 1923

Runcorn Hill, with all its quarries, is on the left. In the distance it's possible to see the industrial area of Weston Point.

Caption For Accrington, Technical School 1899

It was officially opened on 28 August, with Henry Hills as its first headmaster. Both boys and girls were admitted, having first had to pass an entrance examination.

Caption For Geddington, Church Hill C1955

We are now standing in a position to the east of the Cross and are looking towards West Street, with Church Hill on the immediate right of the pantiled lean-to building and the Star Inn