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Places
36 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Burgess Hill, Sussex
- Brierley Hill, West Midlands
- Cotswold Hills, Gloucestershire
- Kelton Hill, Dumfries and Galloway
- Box Hill, Surrey
- Turners Hill, Sussex
- Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire
- Biggin Hill, Greater London
- Beacon Hill, Surrey
- Mill Hill, Greater London
- Leith Hill, Surrey
- Scayne's Hill, Sussex
- Cross Hills, Yorkshire (near Silsden)
- Harrow on the Hill, Greater London
- Winchmore Hill, Greater London
- Northwood Hills, Greater London
- Walton on the Hill, Surrey
- Muswell Hill, Greater London
- Clee Hill, Shropshire (near Doddington)
- Berry Hill, Gloucestershire
- Forest Hill, Greater London
- Ide Hill, Kent
- Quantock Hills, Somerset
- Crays Hill, Essex
- Longfield Hill, Kent
- Crockham Hill, Kent
- Napton on the Hill, Warwickshire
- Herne Hill, Greater London
- Amersham on the Hill, Buckinghamshire
- Hill Ridware, Staffordshire
- Tan Hill, Yorkshire
- Forty Hill, Greater London
- Windmill Hill, Sussex
- Boyn Hill, Berkshire
- Wheatley Hill, Durham (near Peterlee)
- Horndon on the Hill, Essex
Photos
6,671 photos found. Showing results 621 to 640.
Maps
4,509 maps found.
Books
3 books found. Showing results 745 to 3.
Memories
4,110 memories found. Showing results 311 to 320.
Luther Paxton Plumber
The building jutting out into Castle Hill on the left upper of this picture is no. 17 and was my Great Uncle Luther Paxton's plumbers shop. The shop was on the ground floor and he and his wife, Amy lived on the upper two ...Read more
A memory of Richmond in 1948 by
Castle Hill House
This is Castle Hill House bought that year by Augustus Brandt of William Brandt's and Sons bank, my Great Grandfather. Mostly now demolished, and the rest converted into flats.
A memory of Bletchingley in 1910 by
A Childhood Reminiscence
I lived in Edgware from 1941 and, although a young child, I remember the war years vividly, especially collecting shrapnel and the sounds of bombs, anti-aircraft guns and V2 rockets. In 1944 I began school at Edgware ...Read more
A memory of Edgware in 1940 by
Growing Up In The War Years In Prees & Whitchurch
Although I was born in Whitchurch [Bark Hill], we moved to Prees soon after. However, I was sent to stay with my grandmother most weekends and for a period I was sent to the Wesleyan school. My ...Read more
A memory of Whitchurch in 1940 by
Bombing Of Morland Avenue
Written by my mother when she was 70. She lived in Swaisland Road I think one of the things you would have noticed was the number of barrage balloons all around, high in the sky. The first sound of guns which we heard was ...Read more
A memory of Dartford in 1945
Great Torrington
My mother in law Gladys Bidgway was born in New Street, but they all lived at what is now Londis in Mill Street, all 18 of them! Most of the girls went to work in the Glove Factory in Whites Lane. Gladys worked there with her ...Read more
A memory of Taddiport in 1910 by
My First Job
Just before I was due to leave Peel Brow I was called into Mr (Dinky) Booth's office and told that Turnbull & Stockdale were looking for an Office Boy and that he thought I would fit the bill. I attended an interview with Mr W ...Read more
A memory of Edenfield in 1945 by
My Lost Youth
As a wee lad of 7 o r8, I had (I think) TB, my illness was called debility. My only memories are, an ambulance at my home in Walsall, my mom/dad waving and the tears, 2 nuns and then a hell of a long scary train ride. Margate was ...Read more
A memory of Broadstairs in 1954 by
The Gloster Arms
I was largely brought up in Mariner's Square. Directly opposite the Mariner's Hotel (the building with the portico) was a pub called the Gloster Arms. At the time this picture was taken it was run by my great grandmother and ...Read more
A memory of Haverfordwest in 1965
Medstead School
I also went to Medstead School from 1970 to 1975. I loved this little school, I can remember some of the teachers, Mrs Hill, Mrs Westlake, Miss Shaw, Mr. Orbell, Mr. Roberts, Mrs Macartan. Headmaster was Mr. Benham. School dinners ...Read more
A memory of Medstead in 1970 by
Captions
1,924 captions found. Showing results 745 to 768.
This superb view of Glyn Neath shows both the railway in the foreground, complete with steam engine, and the rolling hills beyond.
The village, hemmed in by steep hills, nestles within a deep combe. The harbour was once connected with local mines by a railway - the tracks can be seen on the left of the photograph.
These coastal heights rise between Seatown and Eype Mouth, comprising Ridge Cliff (far centre), Doghouse Hill, and the 508ft summit of Thorncombe Beacon (right) above East Ebb Cove and GreatEbb (near centre
It has since become a house and is virtually unrecognisable today - the roof shape and the site on Chapel Hill are the main clues to its origin today.
This view looks west from Aberamffra Hill and harbour, just east of Barmouth. The swing bridge is visible on the left.
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.
The hill on the right has a memorial to Devonport's most famous son, Captain Scott, and on the riverside in the middle distance the large barn-like building is King Billy Yard, the oldest covered shipyard
These include the Blist's Hill Museum (with many restored buildings), a museum of iron, a china museum, a tile-making museum, and even a restored police station.
The Church of St Mary stands at the top of the hill above the old Cluniac Priory of Prittlewell.
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'.
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
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
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
Remodelled in neo-Tudor style in 1900 for Charrington, the London brewer, Frensham Heights was then called Frensham Hill.
Beyond these charming cottages, at the crossroads at the top end of the hill, were several 16th-century inns, including the Crown, patronised by Daniel Defoe.
This view from the hill top on to North Road is now blocked by trees planted to prevent erosion. The tram is at the junction of Cotes Avenue.
While the harbour area is well known to tourists, the true village of Boscastle climbs a steep hill to the south, where it was by-passed in 1886.
The war memorial is situated on the junction of Station Road with Hills Road.
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.
Pangbourne is home to the famous Nautical College, established on top of a hill in the village in 1917.
In the background are the hills which lead up to Otley's most famous landmark, the Chevin.
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.
The church was built in the 19th century on a slight hill, and also enjoys fine views over Derwent Water.
Ullswater snakes into the Lake District hills for seven and a half miles, from Pooley Bridge to Glenridding, and has three major and quite different stretches.
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