Places
19 places found.
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- Hill of Mountblairy, Grampian
- Hill of Banchory, Grampian
- Hill of Fearn, Highlands
- Rocky Hill, Isles of Scilly
- Hill of Beath, Fife (near Dunfermline)
- Hill of Drip, Central Scotland
- Hunny Hill, Isle of Wight
- Quarr Hill, Isle of Wight
- Quine's Hill, Isle of Man
- Kite Hill, Isle of Wight
- Broom Hill, Avon
- Merry Hill, West Midlands
- Rose Hill, Derbyshire
- Cinder Hill, West Midlands
- Barton Hill, Avon
- Spring Hill, West Midlands
- Golden Hill, Avon
- West Hill, Yorkshire
- Oak Hill, Staffordshire
Photos
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Maps
4,410 maps found.
Books
3 books found. Showing results 721 to 3.
Memories
3,572 memories found. Showing results 301 to 310.
Searching For Day Family
Does anyone know of any folks with the surname of Day living in Northfleet? Day was my mom's maiden name, her first name was Thora. She lived next door to Arthur Greenslade, pianist, on Stonebridge Hill. I live in ...Read more
A memory of Northfleet by
Memories Of War Years 1939 45 Newport
Memories of War years 1939 -1945. By John Beal. Little did I realise that I would be involved in the army when war broke out in 1939. I was attending Hatherleigh Central School in Newport at the time and as ...Read more
A memory of Newport in 1940 by
I Meet A Vagrant I Know
September 1958 I meet a vagrant I knew. In 1957, I was appointed to be Village Constable, at Lower Penn, Wolverhampton, an upper class district of wolverhampton. My station, was in Springhill Park. The beat was ...Read more
A memory of Stramshall in 1958 by
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
Childhood In Wreckenton
I started school at St Oswald's RC in 1944. We lived on Tanfield Road. I remember the head teacher was called Miss Wilfred, and later we had a headmaster called Mr Clancy. I remember when the war finished and we had to ...Read more
A memory of Wrekenton in 1940 by
Dukeshouse Wood Camp School (Part Two)
My recollection of a dance that was arranged in the sports hall made me and another lad George Bishop decide to abstain from the proceedings as I think at the time, in fact I am sure about myself that I was ...Read more
A memory of Hexham in 1940 by
Orange Hill Girls Grammar School
After passing the 11+ at St Johns School, Milton Road, West Hendon, I attended Orange Hill from 1947. I had quite a journey, having to take the trolleybus along the Edgware Road then a walk down the Watling ...Read more
A memory of Burnt Oak by
My Dad In The Mill
My dad Albert Joseph Harris and mum Brenda Mary used the mill as a machine shop, manufacturing small parts for Morris, Frances Barnett, Triumph, Norton and others. We lived in Redbrook in the now guest house on the corner of ...Read more
A memory of Monmouth in 1955 by
Growing Up In Greenford 1957 1970s
Wow! Thanks for those memories. A million miles away in rural East Anglia, remembering growing up in Greenford. Stanhope Infants and Juniors, Mr Bishop, Mrs Avery, anybody went there remember them? ...Read more
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Captions
1,749 captions found. Showing results 721 to 744.
This new post office has been opened recently at the corner of Baytree Hill and Windsor Place.
This view looks out into the hills, which play such a part in defining Swansea. Notice the factory chimneys and their puff-ball smoky emissions.
The photograph shows Colt Hill Bridge and the rear of The Bridge House.
In this view of the seafront just west of the harbour, a lone wagon stands on the siding from the Aberdovey Harbour branch line.
This viewpoint on Coppice Hill is a favourite spot for photographing Chalford.
These cottages on Ratford Hill are similar in style to the Sandy Lane estate cottages. The pair on the right was built in the early 19th century for Bowood estate workers.
The tiny church of St Olaf at Wasdale Head is said to be among the smallest in England; but surrounded as it is by the dramatic mountains of Wasdale, it is also one of the most visited.
Once as important as Arundel or Lewes, Bramber is now merely a village, the market centre having migrated to nearby Steyning.
This medieval port stands at the head of the Camel estuary. Sailing ships from Bristol once plied up and down its channel and berthed at the town wharves.
The outer pier, which provides access to Ilfracombe at any state of the tide, was not yet constructed. In this view, a pleasure steamer is berthed at the quay.
Sherwell Church (left) also belongs to the university and has been converted, and St Matthias, at the top of the hill, is still an active centre of worship.
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.
In the 19th century this area was the centre of a busy coal mining industry.
This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.
A superb view looking up the Western Cleddau into Haverfordwest with the castle in the center and the tower of St Thomas a Becket on the hill overlooking it.
The picturesque village of Buriton stands in the shadow of Butser Hill, and by the pretty, tree-fringed pond lies the church, with its 13th-century tower watching over the tranquil scene.
This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.
The Ribblesdale village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale is dominated by the stepped profile of Pen-y-Ghent, 2,277 feet high and one of Yorkshire's famous Three Peaks, seen here in the background of this view
One of the lasting impressions of Bolton that many a visitor has is of the grand Town Hall, with its portico of Corinthian columns and tower topped off with a French cap.
Cosily tucked away in a fold of the sandstone hills south-east of Godalming, Mare Lane leads to the highest point of the Down at Hydons Ball, where it reaches 593 feet.
Situated below Winter Hill on Rivington Moor, Adlington developed as a textile town before the advent of the railway because of its proximity to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which runs
Kington was also once described as having a 'maze of narrow streets … where too many of the old houses have been refronted, but still have the attraction of a wildly irregular skyline'.
This is one of Exmouth's two bowling greens - the other is at the back of the town at Phear Park. The high ground beyond is Gun Cliff Gardens, off Carlton Hill.
A paddle steamer is reversing out of Lulworth Cove, below the Coastguard Lookout (centre left).
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