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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 641 to 660.
Maps
4,509 maps found.
Books
3 books found. Showing results 769 to 3.
Memories
4,110 memories found. Showing results 321 to 330.
Wartime Evacuee 1939 1940
In August 1939 I was evacuated frm Salford to Caton. I had my gas mask, a small parcel of food and a label on my clothing. We arrived at the then beautiful station, adorned with flowers. Then we walked to the Village ...Read more
A memory of Caton in 1930 by
Farraline Hall
Moved to Farraline Hall, Errogie in 1950 from Leeds. Dad was estate manager. Me and my brother Jeff and sister Jennifer in the back of a 7 ton flat lorry, sat on mattress under canvas in the back of it. I went to Errogie school, had to ...Read more
A memory of Errogie in 1950 by
Will It Be Open?
My family moved from Bermondsey, where we shared my grandad's house, to Enfield, where Mum and Dad had managed to buy their own house (for £2,000) in 1960. It was some years before Dad could afford driving lessons and then a car. We ...Read more
A memory of London in 1966 by
Pound Street
My first main job on leaving school (Shaw House) was as a tea boy-dogsbody at H C James timber and builders merchants in Pound Street. For quite a while I cycled daily from Highclere Castle, approx 4 miles, it took me just over half an ...Read more
A memory of Newbury in 1956 by
Dalelands
The car in this picture is parked outside my old home. I wonder, was it my Dad's car? Not many of us had cars then. I spent many hours under the lamp-post as it got dark, before I got called in. We were pretty safe to play out in ...Read more
A memory of Market Drayton in 1960 by
A Happy Time
I was born in 1965 at Cliveden and lived in Grubwood Lane near the entrance to Quarry Woods with my parents for 16 years. I remember walking to Cookham Dean Primary School where the headmaster Mr Turner made my life a misery! I ...Read more
A memory of Cookham Dean in 1965
Kitkburton Primary School
I attended Kirkburton First School (School Hill), prior to this I was sent to a Catholic school in Huddersfield, although living in Burton at the time, there was no comparison, Kirkburton School was like heaven following ...Read more
A memory of Kirkburton in 1958 by
Earith Was In Huntingdonshire And Still Is
I was born in St Ives in 1939 but lived in Earith at what is now number 43. Next door was my Grandad's grocer's shop - Bert Russell. I moved to Peterborough in 1958 where I still live in Werrington Village. ...Read more
A memory of Earith in 1940 by
Toft Hill
My nana and grandad lived at Toft Hill and although we were Forces children, the trip back home to Toft Hill was always brilliant. Sat in front of the open fire with my Nana's home-cut chips (my nana was called Jean Alderson and ...Read more
A memory of Toft Hill in 1980 by
18 Happy Years
We moved into Avon Carrow in November 1991, just after the M40 motorway had been extended to Warwick, and started the most rewarding living experience of our mature lives. The Carrow has an interesting history for such a ...Read more
A memory of Avon Dassett in 2009 by
Captions
1,924 captions found. Showing results 769 to 792.
A pair of ramblers (right) heading for the hills stride out purposefully past the Rayburne Hotel and cafe in the centre of Coniston village.
Part of the Devizes 29 is this set of 16 locks at Caen Hill.
A small village to the north of Cuckfield, Whiteman's Green was once on several bus routes - a single-decker bus is just visible at the bottom of the hill. A village sign is on grass verge.
On the hill above the town stands the ruin of Knaresborough Castle, destroyed by Parliament in 1648.
This smart terrace of houses stands just down the hill from picture No 32349, on the western approach to the town.
Beyond Anchor Hill the high street passes the churchyard with its gatepiers and gates presented by Eliza Howard in 1901.
At one time sheep from Romney Marsh in Kent were wintered here on the relatively dry sandy Surrey Hills.
Up the hill to the left is the Workhouse, with the Trenance flour mill and its chimney below. The prominent building towards the right is the Baptist chapel.
The remains of Hastings Castle, the first built by William the Conqueror, crown Hastings' West Hill, with superb views over the town and out to sea.
Chalton Down Mill was a brick tower windmill located on a remote hill top overlooking the main London to Portsmouth road. It was powered by four patent shuttered sails and winded by a fantail.
Old - or Upper - Sheringham is on a hill well inland; the town only developed towards the sea in the late 19th and early 20th century.
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.
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.
It was erected by Sidney Hill, a local benefactor who also provided several almshouses for the elderly in the village.
Pier Hill can be seen rising behind the foreshore buildings with the High Street stretching north from The Royal Hotel.
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.
To the right, Newbridge Hill descends to the Tamar crossing into Devon, with a large chapel on the bend.
Up the hill is an early example of a covered shopping area - the Butterwalk, parts of which were known as piazzas.
Torrington occupies a magnificent site on a hill above the River Torridge.
Adding to the charm of this peaceful scene is the avenue of pollarded limes on the verges higher up the hill.
Across the valley rises the massive bulk of Pendle Hill, a prominent feature for miles around.
A pleasant setting against a backdrop of wooded hills and a gentle coastline with wonderful views to the southern Lakes helped establish Silverdale as a quietly fashionable medicinal sea-bathing resort
This picturesque corner of Lymington includes Quay Hill, with Captains Row on the right. Note the typical 1950s sign on the left - 'station and motor car ferry.'
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.
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