Maps

4,509 maps found.

1924, Spring Hill Ref. POP836737
1921, Stanford Hills Ref. POP838244
1919, Staple Hill Ref. POP838616
1919, Star Hill Ref. POP838726
1920, Stock Hill Ref. POP839711
1920, Stone Hill Ref. POP840334
1925, Newton Hill Ref. POP791834
1920, Noak Hill Ref. POP792439
1919, North Hill Ref. POP793504
1924, Poll Hill Ref. POP808162
1919, Pope's Hill Ref. POP808904
1919, Quarr Hill Ref. POP812055
1920, Northwood Hills Ref. POP794545
1921, Oak Hill Ref. POP795237
1920, Okewood Hill Ref. POP796166
1919, Orcop Hill Ref. POP797830
1919, Packers Hill Ref. POP799331
1924, Sim Hill Ref. POP831453
1919, Single Hill Ref. POP831557
1923, Snape Hill Ref. POP833567

Books

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Memories

4,101 memories found. Showing results 161 to 170.

Newmarket

I spent most of my childhood in Newmarket, playing in the wood and on Bunting Hill shown in the photo with the old Quarry. Every year the hill would be set fire, the fire being lit at the top to burn slowly down, this was to encourage new ...Read more

A memory of Nailsworth

Riding My Horse

This was one of the routes I took in the early 70s when riding my beautiful horse out. We would go up West Balgrochan Road, turn in to Acre Valley Road and go up the hill where the woods are and down to the other side, sometimes going ...Read more

A memory of Torrance

White City

Hi. I'm nearly 64, we moved to Britwell from the White City near QPRs Football ground. I was born in 1960 & we moved to Britwell when I was a year old. My dad worked for Mars as Maintenance engineer. We lived in Lynch Hill Lane ...Read more

A memory of Britwell by Pauline Davis

My Playground As A Child

My name is Ron Sargeant and I lived at 52 Worcester Crescent Mill Hill from 1939 until 1964 when I married the girl across the road from number 51, Barbara Snelling, and moved to Harrow Now as to the picture. On the ...Read more

A memory of Mill Hill by Ron Sargeant

The Move From The Old Infirmary To Huddersfield Royal Infirmary 1966.

I clearly remember arriving at 'Ellerslie' a large detached Victorian house situated in the suburb of Edgerton near Huddersfield. The house had been used as a nurses' training ...Read more

A memory of Huddersfield by Molly Brearley

Wartime Finchampsted Ridges And Fishers Copse... The Potties!

As a child in the late 1960s and early 70s I frequented the Ridges regularly. I was taken there for a walk one day by my parents and with my elderly neighbour Alex who was interested in ...Read more

A memory of Finchampstead by Andy C

Shooters Hill Grammar School 1948 To 1955

So glad to review the two messages from former boys of Schooters Hill Grammar School in Woolwich, London. I ( A.David Barnes ) was there a little earlier: 1948-1955 with clear memories of WW II and ...Read more

A memory of Shooters Hill by Arthur Barnes

Burgess Hill 1957 1968

My parents moved from Durham to Burgess Hill in the mid-fifties. I was born in 1957, at Cuckfield hospital, and at that time lived in West Park Crescent. Both my brother and sister were also born in Burgess Hill. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by David Storey

Pardlestone Farm, Kilve

In the 50's my grandmother and uncle moved to Pardlestone Farm near the top of Pardlestone Lane. My uncle kept a small herd of pedigree Ayrshires. I remember picking lavender flowers from the garden and sewing them in muslin ...Read more

A memory of Kilve in 1953

Shops And Places The High Road And Ealing Road.

I was born and lived in Wembley until 1960. The Railway Hotel was the pub on the corner of Ealing Road and my mother was head housekeeper there for a long time. On the day of the Coronation the pub ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1953 by Barbara Fisher

Captions

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Caption For Caversham, Bridge 1904

St Peter's Hill climbs out of the village towards Caversham's striking parish church of St Peter, which occupies a pleasant setting above the Thames.

Caption For Launceston, Fore Street 1906

The prominent sign at the top of the hill is that of the Jubilee Inn.

Caption For Whitby, Robert And Jane Peart 1891

Here we see Robert Peart and his sister Jennie, who was six, on the rocks below their home on Tate Hill Pier.

Caption For Oxford, On The Cherwell 1912

Hemmed in by a circle of hills and built on a gravel bank between the Thames Isis and the River Cherwell, Oxford creates the impression of sitting on an island.

Caption For Southend On Sea, The Golden Hind And Pier C1950

The shops below the hotel can be seen and also those below Pier Hill. Southend The Golden Hind

Caption For Liskeard, Cheesewring 1908

The summit of the hill encloses a stone fort probably associated with the Neolithic or Bronze Age. The work of nature and man sit comfortably together.

Caption For Yarcombe, The Church And Vicarage C1960

Yarcombe is situated in a beautiful fold of the Blackdown Hills, one of the least spoiled parts of East Devon.

Caption For Sydling St Nicholas, East Street C1955

The charming Sydling Water flows through the village after a short journey from its source in the surrounding hills.

Caption For St Ives, Dick's Hill 1922

A view down Fish Street, known also as Dick's Hill, looking towards the harbour. The view is very different today.

Caption For Richmond, View From Castle Walk 1913

In the centre is a terrace called Cornforth Hill.

Caption For Belbroughton, Hartle Lane C1965

Belbroughton is happily situated just south of the Clent Hills.

Caption For Great Witley, Hundred House C1965

The village is situated in a pleasant spot just below the Abberley Hills, an outcrop of the Malverns. There is a great deal of attractive countryside to explore nearby.

Caption For Moreton, The School C1955

Lawrence of Arabia rests in the little cemetery at Moreton, for his cottage of Clouds Hill is within the parish. He died in 1935 in a motorcycle accident on the road leading north from Bovington Camp.

Caption For Caversham, St Peter's Hill 1908

St Peter's Hill climbs out of the village towards Caversham's striking parish church of St Peter, which occupies a pleasant setting above the Thames.

Caption For Hindhead, Post Office 1909

The main crossroads at Hindhead, with the A3 London to Portsmouth Road descending the hill, is still recognisable today although the delightful and quaint cupola surmounting the post office on the corner

Caption For Harrogate, Parliament Street 1953

Note the two cyclists scurrying across the street on the left and right, and the Ripon Road leading up the hill between the trees in the centre background.

Caption For Tenby, The Harbour 1925

The remains of the 13th-century castle are on the hill beyond the houses. The Pier, which has now been removed, and the slipway are to the left.

Caption For Leith Hill, 1906

A local labourer and his dog obligingly pose for the camera on the sandy path leading from the summit of Leith Hill, at 967ft the highest point in the south-eastern counties.

Caption For Easthampstead, The Church C1960

From Reeds Hill this view towards the Crowthorne Road shows, on the left, buildings that were part of the Churchill House complex.

Caption For Cleator Moor, The Square C1955

The Square is the natural focus of this former iron-mining town on the western fringe of Ennerdale and the Lake District hills.

Caption For Duntisbourne Abbotts, Grazing Horses C1960

The Duntisbournes (Abbots, Middle, Rouse and Leer) cluster in the dips and dells and cling to the slopes of these green hills, where horses and skylarks set them apart from the busy modern

Caption For Skelton, Church Lane C1965

Another view of Skelton taken from 'the hills', showing the distinctive white façade of the Methodist Church on Green Road.

Caption For Fordingbridge, C1960

Not far away at Castle Hill is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age. Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Danish warriors would all have known this neighbourhood.

Caption For East Grinstead, Saint Hill Green 1907

Saint Hill Green lies just outside East Grinstead. The Edwardian children in this picture pose for a group photograph at the road junction.