Maps

4,509 maps found.

1946, Bobby Hill Ref. NPO644768
1945, Ball Hill Ref. NPO631056
1945, Beacon Hill Ref. NPO635297
1940, Beacon Hill Ref. NPO635306
1945, Berghers Hill Ref. NPO638866
1940, Berner's Hill Ref. NPO638919
1947, Berrygate Hill Ref. NPO639104
1947, Chestnut Hill Ref. NPO667590
1946, Clark's Hill Ref. NPO669557
1946, Clutton Hill Ref. NPO671383
1946, Brook Hill Ref. NPO651936
1947, Broom Hill Ref. NPO652267
1946, Buckhurst Hill Ref. NPO654699
1946, Bucks Hill Ref. NPO654859
1946, Bullhurst Hill Ref. NPO655224
1946, Bunker's Hill Ref. NPO655466
1946, Bunny Hill Ref. NPO655503
1946, Butler's Hill Ref. NPO657641
1940, Cabbage Hill Ref. NPO658293
1947, Coney Hill Ref. NPO676480

Books

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Memories

4,101 memories found. Showing results 141 to 150.

The Beatty And Us

Like alot of young Kiwis, my wife and I started our OE (Overseas experience) in 1986, and in January 1987 found ourselves in Motspur Park as a result of applying and getting bar jobs at the Earl Beatty pub. Graeme and Marie ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1987 by Peter Van Vroonhoven

Family History

I have recently found out that my Great Grandmother Emma Frost (nee Lake) had a baby girl in 1864 called Annie Frost and she was born in Buckhurst Hill. I suppose Emma must have known someone in the Town. It was legal, she was ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1860 by Mollie Elliott

Ice Skating On The Port

In the very cold winter of 1963 the canal port (known as the polly basin) froze over we were able to go iceskating , Brimscombe Hill had deep snow drifts and was shutdown but we still got the papers delivered !!! I was a paper boy at the time aged 11 yrs

A memory of Brimscombe in 1963 by Stuart Baker

Hornsey & Crouch End Playing Fields

1890's to 1920s Alfred Baker & his family lived in The Grove, which became Lynton road and was few roads away from this photo's location. He worked as a groundsman at Crouch Hill Playing Fields, at first to look ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey by Gemma Gemma

Mabledon Estate.

My mother, Joyce Clark (formerly Smith) born in 1924, recognises this photograph of Quarry Hill.  Her father William Smith was the sawyer for Mabledon Estate (on the right) and was responsible for felling the trees on the right of ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge in 0 by Anne Allan

Donkey Halt.

The bungalow in the centre of the photograph is called Donkey Halt as when the carts of pilchards were taken up the hill by donkeys they stopped there for a rest before tackling the very steep hill to the main road at the top.

A memory of Crafthole by Claire Allen

Great Grays

I was born in 1942 in Hathaway Rd at my Nan's. We moved to Milton road. When small I remember the house being damaged by the rocket that fell in the pit. Later playing on the bomb site in Cromwell Road. Went to Quarry Hill school, remember ...Read more

A memory of Grays by Carl Thomson

Tulse Hill Garden Which Bordered Brockwell Park

Where the present Tulse Hill Tesco Shop and Esso Petrol station stands today, was the home of my grandfather Alfred John Thomas from the 1920's to the 1950's. Through the 1960's & 70's his daughter ...Read more

A memory of Brixton by Gemma Gemma

Growing Up In Finchingfield

My family Ken and Joan Blake owned the Church Hill Stores (opposite the Church) from 1945 to the early 50's then we lived in the village until 1957. I have many memories of my time in Finchingfield and many faces ...Read more

A memory of Finchingfield in 1940 by Lesley Alexander

Long Time Ago.

Born in Hardwick Hall Sedgefield During the war '42. Brought up in old West before Owton Manor est etc. Remember walking the streets during war with Mum after air raid sirens etc. and standing in queues with our ration coupons for ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool by kiwa170642

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 337 to 360.

Caption For Hutton, The Village C1947

This is the main road through the village looking towards Hutton Hill.

Caption For Accrington, Composite C1960

The Rock Gardens at Oak Hill Park, Broadway, with its new Arndale Centre, the bus station and St James' Chruch are all proudly portrayed here, with the Market Hall in the centre.

Caption For Chideock, The Village 1897

Looking westwards along Main Street towards Lyme Regis, with the plateau of Langdon Hill forming the skyline (centre).

Caption For Fintona, Main Street C1965

Looking down the street to the green hills of County Tyrone beyond. Note the kerbside petrol pumps on the right, a common Irish feature until recent times.

Caption For Loughgall, Main Street C1960

A classic rural Irish scene of this period, a pleasing main street, devoid of any traffic save for a farmer chugging up the hill in his tractor.

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road 1904

This view was taken further down the hill and looking south.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Victoria Road C1950

Below Church Hill and the main street, Victoria Road provides us with our first glimpse of the sea and of the Moot Hall.

Caption For Colwyn Bay, Bryn Euryn Quarry 1890

Bryn Euryn, below which this limestone quarry once operated, has associations with an early hill fort, Roman remains and a nearby ruined late medieval mansion now known as Llys Euryn.

Caption For Rowsley, The Village C1955

The tree-covered hill in the distance is Peak Tor, a name which echoes the ancient Old English name for the district.

Caption For Burnt Oak, Watling Avenue C1955

A cyclist gingerly crosses Edgware Road as Watling Avenue drops away eastwards towards Mill Hill.

Caption For Caterham, The Barracks 1951

A scene that is now no more: the barracks stood on Caterham Hill, where the sentry is standing guard at the entrance.

Caption For Goudhurst, Village 1904

A picture postcard view of Goudhurst, looking up the hill to the church peeping out at the top. This view is little changed today.

Caption For Dunoon, Sandbank And Holy Loch 1901

On the far side are the houses of Kilmun and the heights of Stronchullin Hill, Beinn Ruadh and Creachan Mor.

Caption For Lewes, School Hill 1921

On School Hill, several houses on the left, including the bow window, are clad in mathematical tiles, hanging tiles that simulate brick. They are difficult to tell from real brickwork if well done.

Caption For Godalming, Peperharow Road 1907

Water was pumped up from the valley below; this facilitated the development of Frith Hill.

Caption For Cranham, 1907

Cranham lies on the other side of Coopers Hill. It is a small village that today is located close to Prinknash Abbey, where monks still live and work.

Caption For Goudhurst, Village 1901

The High Street has attractive tile-hung and weatherboarded cottages tumbling down the hill.

Caption For Knighton, Kinsley Wood Er C1965

At Kinsley Wood the ER was planted on both sides of the hill.

Caption For Buckden, General View 1900

South from Aysgarth we travel over the hills to the source of the Wharfe, and nestling below Buckden Pike we find this charming little village.

Caption For Wolverhampton, Lichfield Street C1905

On the other hand, the earliest that Brierley Hill is known to have been inhabited is 1619, though by the mid 18th century it too was noted for its coal pits, nail-making, brickworks, forges and glass

Caption For Chippenham, Hardenhuish, The Church C1960

The site on a hill makes the church visible from many miles away.

Caption For Petersfield, From Tilmore 1906

The Spain may have been named after Spanish wool merchants who gathered here to trade for wool and cloth, and Music Hill is where 18th-centu- ry military bands played.

Caption For Andover, Ladies' Walk 1904

The road behind the cart leads to Wherwell, and the horse is looking up the track to Bere Hill Farm.

Caption For West Luccombe, On Horner Water 1901

Horner Water winds through a steep, densely- wooded vale, which lies below the abrupt northern slopes of Dunkery Hill, Somerset's highest point.