Photos

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Maps

4,410 maps found.

1905, Stamford Hill Ref. HOSM60215
1903, Kenny Hill Ref. HOSM49723
1905, Kit Hill Ref. HOSM50437
1897, King's Standing Ref. HOSM37908
1901, Cleeve Hill Ref. HOSM41229
1879, Blakeney Hill Ref. HOSM38058
1886, Barton-Upon-Humber Ref. HOSM48665
1882, North Hill Ref. HOSM55227
1885, Ashorne Hill Ref. HOSM36364
1898, Golden Cross Ref. HOSM48774
1876, Peakley Hill Ref. HOSM56199
1901, Ruardean Hill Ref. HOSM58237
1896, Wheatley Hill Ref. HOSM64369
1887, Garway Hill Ref. HOSM46097
1902, Gare Hill Ref. HOSM46018
1883, Green Street Ref. HOSM41738
1883, Deerhurst Walton Ref. HOSM63355
1886, Langton Hill Ref. HOSM50758
1883, Six Hills Ref. HOSM59311
1896, Camp Hill Ref. HOSM57199

Books

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Memories

3,572 memories found. Showing results 181 to 190.

1 A High Street, Garndiffiath

My name is Robert Gwillim, I lived at 1A High Street with my parents Edward & Betty from when I was born in 1955 until April 1962. My sister, Carol, was born in December 1961. My parents had lived at 1A High ...Read more

A memory of Garndiffaith in 1960 by Robert Gwillim

Growing Up In Northwood Hills

I was born in a small maisonette off Alandale Drive and my mum still lived there until she passed away aged 95 in 2014. The border between Hillingdon/Harrow runs across the back garden. I attended Pinner Wood ...Read more

A memory of Northwood Hills in 1960 by John Jossevel

Moving To Prudhoe 1947

We moved to Prudhoe in 1947, I was 12 years old. My dad, Bill Turner RSM, took over the Drill Hall in Swallow Close. I thought it was wonderful as we had relatives in Prudhoe, plus a grandma, Mary Ann Turner. I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Corbridge in 1947 by Marie Bugden

Lound School

I remember walking up (what seemed like then) the long steep hill every morning to go to Lound School... apparently the old one..with the stone walls around it, and the Vicors house across the road. There used to be ...Read more

A memory of Chapeltown by Mark Carter

Gervis Road Collyhurst Flats 1945 1964

My name is Tom Smith. I was born in 17 Gervis Rd, Collyhurst Flats in August 1945. My dad was Jack Smith and my mam was Ada; there were 6 kids, John, Mary, James, (me) Andrew, and Arthur. To me the flats ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1945 by Tom Smith

Childhood Memories We Never Forget

To anyone reading this; I was born Valerie Harding and lived in Wedges Mills and I remember so many things about my childhood in Cannock. The Maypole dancing at John Woods school, attending Church each Thursday ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1953 by Valerie Van Ramesdonk

Lots Of Coal Dust

Born in 1942, my earliest memories of Thurnscoe was living at 25 Taylor street. When I was four we moved to 137 Thornley Crescent. I attended both Houghton Road Infants and Junior schools. One name sticks in my memory; Mrs Cook ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe in 1942 by Trevor Mclean

Good Memories

I spent a few days in London for the Queens Diamond Jubilee last year. I decided to pay a visit to where I use to live in Welling. After reading some of the stories it certainly brought back memories. Like going to the Embassy on ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1950 by Ron Collins

Happy Days In St Albans Road, Late 40's And 50's.

I lived at 90 East Hill just by the corner of St Albans. In St Albans lived all my little pals; Robert Ball, David Shaw, Peter Richardson, Frankie Taylor and Graham Wilson. We played in the street ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1948 by David Large

Living In Harold Hill

I lived in 71 Hailsham Road off of Straight Road till we sadly moved in the April of 1971. I always remember; the Grammar School, at the back of Appleby Drive we used to have Saturday fetes with the small steam train ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1967 by Mark Tate

Captions

1,749 captions found. Showing results 433 to 456.

Caption For Dovedale, Reynard's Cave From Above C1864

This view looks down on Reynard's Cave and the River Dove. The wooded slopes in the background are on the Staffordshire bank of the Dove, and rise to Air Cottage on the top of the hill opposite.

Caption For Fordingbridge, C1960

People have lived in the vicinity of Fordingbridge for millennia. Not far away at Castle Hill is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age.

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

The Palace Hotel makes an impressive backdrop for this rear view of The Golden Hind. The main function rooms in the hotel overlooked the sea.

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 Coniston, The Village 1929

The town centre of Coniston shows a quieter scene than today, with just one car on the road and a pair of ramblers (right) setting out purposefully for the hills.

Caption For Richmond, From West 1908

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

Caption For Bishops Cleeve, The Church C1955

Bishop's Cleeve has now become something of a small town, a dormitory for nearby Cheltenham, but it still has an attractive setting under the slopes of Cleeve Hill.

Caption For St Ives, Bethesda Hill 1927

Bethesda House was once a Wesleyan Meeting House for the benefit of older folk who found it difficult to walk up the hill to the Wesleyan Chapel.

Caption For Ventnor, Esplanade 1892

A sheltered location and mild climate have brought generations of holidaymakers to Ventnor. The town lies at the foot of an eight hundred feet hill with gradients in some streets of 1 in 4.

Caption For Mithian, Harmony Cottage C1950

Fortunately, there is no traffic as the farmer herds his small herd of cows in the middle of the road at the bottom of Town Hill beside the Peterville Inn.

Caption For Crockham Hill, C1955

This lovely village is said to command one of the finest views in Kent across the Weald towards Ashdown Forest. It sits alongside the Surrey boundary, two miles north of Edenbridge.

Caption For Richmond, From West 1908

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

Caption For Shipton Gorge, Village 1899

Taken from the eastern end of the village, above Burbitt Lane. This view looks north-eastwards to St Martin's Parish Church (right), and the distinctive 599-feet profile of Shipton Hill (centre).

Caption For Lancaster, Market Street C1950

This is the very top of Market Street as we turn out of Castle Hill. The road coming in 100 yards down on the right is King Street.

Caption For Woodbridge, The Shire Hall 1908

Built in 1575 by Thomas Seckford, Elizabeth I's Master of the Rolls, Woodbridge's Shire Hall stands on an island in the middle of Market Hill.

Caption For Haslemere, Haymaking, Longdene 1888

A superb haymaking scene which shows the manpower once required on the land at this hill-top farm, to the south west of Haslemere.

Caption For Baslow, Hydropathic Establishment C1884

Finely situated on the brow of a hill to the north-east of the village, the hydro offered guests the usual water treatments and dietary regimes.

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 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 Liskeard, The Cheesewring, Daniel Gumb's House 1908

The granite stone of Bodmin Moor supports a natural oddity, the impressive outcrop known as the Cheesewring. The summit of the hill encloses a stone fort probably associated with the Bronze Age.

Caption For Husthwaite, East View C1955

Until recently, Husthwaite, on the western edge of the Hambleton Hills near Easingwold, was known as the Orchard Village because of its abundance of apple, pear and plum orchards.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, The War Memorial 1924

The War Memorial stands at the top of the park. The architect was Major C Oakley and the sculptors were Fairburn and Hill, all of Barrow.

Caption For Colchester, Castle And Memorial C1960

This grand war memorial by Henry Fehr was erected in 1923 on a site formed by the demolition of a number of houses at the east end of High Street, which visually linked the street to East Hill – a

Caption For Odiham, Canal Wharf 1906

Cemetery Hill 1910 Odiham's houses are a mixture of Georgian and Tudor; some are timber- framed, which was common before local bricks came into general use in the 18th century.