Maps

4,509 maps found.

1902, Lowcross Hill Ref. RNC768664
1919, Alne Hills Ref. POP624478
1924, Alt Hill Ref. POP624580
1921, Annis Hill Ref. POP625847
1919, Ashford Hill Ref. POP627665
1920, Bar Hill Ref. POP632764
1923, Barrow Hill Ref. POP634110
1919, Barrow Hill Ref. POP634125
1919, Barton Hill Ref. POP634363
1919, Beacon Hill Ref. POP635285
1919, Beacon Hill Ref. POP635306
1925, Beaumont Hill Ref. POP635946
1924, Beech Hill Ref. POP636386
1919, Beech Hill Ref. POP636391
1919, Berry Hill Ref. POP639041
1923, Bidston Hill Ref. POP639718
1919, Briar Hill Ref. POP649636
1919, Brook Hill Ref. POP651937
1923, Buckley Hill Ref. POP654812
1903, Crockey Hill Ref. RNC683441

Books

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Memories

4,091 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

My Early Years In Salford

I was born in Salford, at 15 School Street in 1951. My first school was Stowells Memorial, I think the headmistress was a Miss Dent. There was a butchers shop one the corner with the same name as our family, but I don't ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Jacqueline Timperley

Walks

Brockworth oh Brockworth, what a lovely village! I grew up there and my dad used to take my brother Melvyn and I for walks up the hill. Castle Hill and Coopers Hill. I remember walks from 1975 onwards, especially on the lower slopes of ...Read more

A memory of Brockworth in 1975 by Derek Oram

Memories Of Benson

My memories of Benson started in 1946/7 when we moved to Sunnyside, which in those days did not have the recreation field. Nor did the village have street lighting apart from a couple in the High Street, one of which was on the ...Read more

A memory of Benson in 1947 by John Webb

Reminiscing

I was born in NW London. My first visit to Woburn Sands was about 1950 when my Uncle Ted and Aunt Ada moved here. They lived at the 'Dene' Aspley Hill. Aunt Ada did the housework for Mrs Russell the owner of the 'Dene' and my uncle ...Read more

A memory of Woburn Sands in 1950 by Roy Batham

Days Of My Childhood

As young children my nanna would frequently walk my sister and I up to the Arno to play in the rough ground behind the rose garden. That was way back in the 1950's. She would sit and spend quiet time in the gardens whilst we ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by Ian Tait

Rose Cottage, Loweswater

The cottage nestling in the foreground was purchased from the White family in 1986 by my parents. Between the vicarage and smithy it was built in 1780, and from 1782 the curate's school before moving up the hill to the ...Read more

A memory of Crummock Water by Alex Mitchell

Jenkins Farm My Grandparents Orchard

I remember visiting my Grandparents orchard which was on the bend at the bottom of the hill leading into Upchurch coming in from Gillingham, and opposite was a cattle farm owned by the Jenkins family. I spent ...Read more

A memory of Upchurch in 1957 by Steve Tallamy

Watford Way

That's where we lived - above the shops in Queens Mansions! I am sitting here bawling my eyes out from nostalgia!! Downstairs there was an optician and just a bit down the hill there was a hairdresser's shop where gorgeous ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1956 by Jean Philip

My Son Kevin Was Born

This was taken the year my son Kevin was born. His brother Stephen was 2yrs old and we spent many happy days walking to the sweet and paper shop with my mum and dad,  Bill and Joan Harris and also my brother Paul.

A memory of Toddington in 1965 by Margaret Finnis

My Memories Of Broadstone

My earliest memories of Broadstone stem from about 1937 when I was five years old. We lived in Southbourne at the time and frequently went to Broadstone at weekends to visit my "aunt Flo" and her family who lived at ...Read more

A memory of Broadstone by Keith Musselwhite

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Lincoln, Steep Hill C1965

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

Caption For Ewhurst, Pitch Hill 1911

This stretch of road, leading south from Peaslake to Ewhurst, descends from the steep shoulder of Coneyhurst Hill, or Pitch Hill, which at 844ft is the third of the summits in the Leith Hill chain.

Caption For Stoke Abbott, Garrads Hill C1955

The pretty village of Stoke Abbot lies in a hollow below Lewesdon Hill, the third highest hill in Dorset.

Caption For Lincoln, Steep Hill C1965

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

Caption For Brockworth, From Castle Hill C1955

Castle Hill is next to Coopers Hill, and is best accessed from the Abbotswood estate in Brockworth, or from a footpath off the A46.

Caption For Heswall, School Hill C1955

This view was taken from the top of School Hill, looking across the Dee Estuary towards the Clwydian Hills.

Caption For Brent Knoll, 1903

The Knoll, rising 550 feet from the Somerset flatlands between the Rivers Axe and Brue, is topped by one of Somerset's finest Iron Age hill forts.

Caption For Wingham, Preston Hill C1955

this view looks up Preston Hill, with the Sandwich road to the right.

Caption For Powerstock, The Village C1960

Up School Hill, northwards from Merriott, the sign of the Three Horseshoes can be seen in the distance.

Caption For Cleeve Hill, View To The Malvern Hills 1931

Cleeve Hill rises to an altitude of 1,000 feet, and is topped by common land that occupies a plateau of 2,000 acres.

Caption For Cookham Dean, Winter Hill 1925

Winter Hill is a noted beauty spot on the Berkshire side with views along the Thames.

Caption For Broad Hinton, The White Horse C1955

This hill figure cut in the chalk lies on the face of Hackpen Hill, to the right of the road from Wootton Bassett to Marlborough, where it zigzags to climb the hill.

Caption For Shaftesbury, Gold Hill 1955

Gold Hill has been the location for several films and television programmes, including the 1960s version of 'Far From the Madding Crowd', and a much-broadcast commercial for bread.

Caption For Bury, Holcombe Hill 1896

One of the principal roads from the south into the Forest of Rossendale was from Bury to Clitheroe, the route skirting the edge of Holcombe Hill and Haslingden.

Caption For Bere Regis, General View C1960

Southbrook Farm is seen from Doddings Lane westwards to Rye Hill (centre left) and Black Hill (top left).

Caption For Bagshot, Pennyhill Park 1906

Gardeners tend the remarkable holly hedge of Penny Hill Park, which grows in places up to 40 feet high.

Caption For Calne, High Street And Market Hill C1960

West Hill House, right, at the corner of Market Hill and Quarr Barton, is Grade II* listed; it was the home and surgery of Dr James for 42 years.

Caption For Exton, Post Office And Shoe Inn C1955

Old Winchester Hill and Beacon Hill nearby are local beauty spots, and provide magnificent views over much of Hampshire.

Caption For Drayton, Havant Road C1955

Drayton, a suburb of Portsmouth, lies close to Portsdown Hill, a 7-mile chalk ridge stretching from Bedhampton to Fareham.

Caption For Upton, Thermopylae Pass C1950

It regularly appears in directions given to local walking groups forging a circular route from Bidston Hill.

Caption For Wembley Park, Barn Hill C1965

A mile to the north of the stadium, Barn Hill takes about itself an air of rural contemplation as the camera looks out to the surrounding hills.

Caption For Charmouth, 1922

The road leads downwards and eastwards from opposite the Charmouth House Hotel (right), to Hardown Hill and Stonebarrow Hill (centre), where it climbs through Morecombeland.

Caption For Mill Hill, The Village Pond, The Ridgeway C1965

This lovely village extends from Highwood Hill to the north to Mill Hill East underground station in the south.

Caption For Greywell, Greywell Hill 1903

Built on the side of a hill, Greywell Hill was purchased in 1787 by the 1st Lord Dorchester, formerly Sir Guy Carleton, who was the first Governor General of Canada.