Places

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Photos

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Maps

36 maps found.

1923, Great Brickhill Ref. HOSM46836
1898-1901, Bow Brickhill Ref. RNC647029
1900 - 1924, Bow Brickhill Ref. HOSM38531
1946, Brinkhill Ref. NPO650462
1923, Brinkhill Ref. POP650462
1896, Brock Hill Ref. RNE651298
1899, Brinkhill Ref. RNE650462
1921, Brock Hill Ref. POP651298
1902-1903, Brinkhill Ref. RNC650462
1901-1904, Brockhill Ref. RNC651363
1945, Brock Hill Ref. NPO651298
1898, Brock Hill Ref. RNC651298
1919, Malmesbury Ref. HOSM38114
1885 - 1887, Brockhill Ref. HOSM39059
1887 - 1888, Brinkhill Ref. HOSM38958
1884, Whittington Ref. HOSM39060

Books

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Memories

152 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

A Wartime Child

I was born in 1935 at 25 Cambridge Road, maiden name Lee. There were six of us, parents, 2 older sisters, Beryl and Gwen, and grandmother. I remember many of the shops from the late 30's to the early 50's when we moved to ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1930 by Margaret Waddingham

Denham Court

I was placed in Denham Court on 20th February 1953 at the age of 12 years (just five days before my thirteenth birthday, which I recall was not even acknowledged by anyone) when it was a Children's Home. The Matron and her husband were ...Read more

A memory of Denham in 1953 by Elizabeth Neilly

Dunsmore People And Happenings Remembered

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION In 1995, when the first edition of this history was published, it seemed incredibly optimistic to have had three hundred copies printed for a market which ...Read more

A memory of Dunsmore by Peter Jewell

Happy Memories Of South Woodford

My family lived in Hillcrest Road, South Woodford from 1960 to 1973. I had a very very happy childhood there (am still happy though) but had to move to Brighton to attend a deaf school and to avoid the need ...Read more

A memory of South Woodford in 1965 by Christopher Wyer

The Happy Days

To Mary Muir, I remember you very well. Those were the days. I started school then in February aged 4 and a half years old. I remember all my teachers. I wonder if these names ring a bell, Miss Todd, Miss Taylor, Miss Cuthbert, ...Read more

A memory of Lumphinnans in 1957 by Ellen Hogg

Holidays In Saham Hills

Just after the war we visited Saham Hills quite regular from Hull. We stayed with an aunt and uncle of my father's by the name of Smith. He was called Charlie, his wife was Pat and they had a son who was called young ...Read more

A memory of Saham Hills in 1950 by Mal. Wilson

The Red Lion And The Square

My parents ran the Red Lion between 1953-83. I was brought up here and went to Blendworth School, Mrs Byrne was the headmistress. The pub was situated on a tight bend on the old A3 and was regularly hit by vehicles ...Read more

A memory of Horndean in 1960 by Jon Blandford

Childhood Memory

The old photographs helped me remember some lovely memories of when I was a very young child, when it was a daily routine walking past the old brick works to go to Eye school,  I believe that just past the brick works  (obviously ...Read more

A memory of Eye

Carnforth Lodge Lancaster Road

As a child in the 1960’s and 70’s I went several times with my family to visit Mrs Esther Pomfret (Auntie Ettie to us; she was a relation of my father's) at Carnforth Lodge, Lancaster Road.  I don't think this is ...Read more

A memory of Carnforth by Isabel Yeo

Balloon Woods Wollatton

Balloon Woods. Most people says it was a hell hole. Yes some parts of it was. But to a child it was good. There were more quite a few blocks. Some had four floors, these were called Tansley Walk, Bealey Walk, Hartington ...Read more

A memory of Wollaton in 1971 by Jean Smith

Captions

65 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

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 Launceston, Windmill Hill C1960

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

Caption For Wrotham, St Mary's Road 1903

Wrotham stands at the foot of chalk hills alongside the Pilgrim's Way, and was once a substantial market centre.

Caption For Charing, High Street 1901

These two views of the steep high street as it winds up the hill towards Canterbury show some of the rich assortment of buildings built of brick or black-and-white half timbering.

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 Charing, High Street 1901

These two views of the steep high street as it winds up the hill towards Canterbury show some of the rich assortment of buildings built of brick or black-and-white half timbering.

Caption For Launceston, Windmill Hill C1960

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

Caption For Watton At Stone, The Church Of St Andrew And St Mary C1960

In 1960, at nearby Stoney Hill, bricks were still being made by hand.

Caption For Reading, Prospect Park 1912

The park had focussed around Prospect Hill House, now known as The Mansion House, which after being a problem building for years is now a pub/restaurant with marvellous views south from its hilltop

Caption For Doddington, Church 1906

The stone walls of St Peter's Church, to the north of the forecourt to Doddington Hall, are a marked contrast to the mellow red brick of the Hall, which might be by Robert Smythson, the architect of Hardwick

Caption For Doddington, Church 1906

The stone walls of St Peter's Church, to the north of the forecourt to Doddington Hall, are a marked contrast to the mellow red brick of the Hall, which might be by Robert Smythson, the architect of Hardwick

Caption For Crouch End, Christ Church, Crouch End Hill C1965

Standing high above the town centre and attractively sited on the crown of the hill, the church with its elegant broach spire was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield in c1861, but not completed until 1881

Caption For Crouch End, Crouch End Hill C1890

Look up the hill at the turn of the century, and see this posed but superbly evocative photograph of an attractive mixture of domestic building styles, culminating in the spire of Blomfield's Christ Church

Caption For High Wycombe, The Grange, Amersham Hill 2005

Meanwhile down in the town, away from the lush gardens and villas of Amersham Hill, the furniture industry was modernising into the factory system.

Caption For Rochester, High Street C1955

Among the many old buildings in this stretch of the High Street is the Tudor brick Eastgate House, seen on the right, and now the Charles Dickens Centre.

Caption For Launceston, Castle 1893

This photograph was taken from Windmill Hill, the only point in the town that is higher than the castle.

Caption For Nottingham, Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem Inn 1949

It incorporates cellars cut into the sandstone of Castle Hill.

Caption For Coxhoe, The Cross Roads 1951

The villages in this area are situated on the Magnesian limestone hills, which are typical of the east Durham countryside between Hartlepool and South Shields.

Caption For Whitchurch, Oving Road C1955

Oving Road runs east from the High Street; this view is taken beyond its junction with Market Hill looking west, showing the mix of building materials found in the village: timber-framing, brick, local

Caption For Launceston, Castle 1893

This photograph was taken from Windmill Hill, the only point in the town that is higher than the castle.

Caption For Launceston, Castle 1893

This photograph was taken from Windmill Hill, the only point in the town that is higher than the castle.

Caption For Pinner, High Street C1955

The remainder of the buildings have changed little, including an excellent early 18th-century brick-fronted house halfway up the hill.

Caption For Abinger, Abinger Hall 1906

This is one of the numerous large country homes which were constructed in this favoured part of the Surrey hills during Queen Victoria's reign.

Caption For Saffron Walden, High Street 1937

The fine, wide street has 19th-century houses on the left; on the right are commercial buildings, filling the ground floors of older timber-framed houses.