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Maps

4,509 maps found.

1921, Blackberry Hill Ref. POP642252
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1919, Burghfield Hill Ref. POP655706
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1921, Chart Hill Ref. POP666953
1925, Chat Hill Ref. POP667049
1920, Chattern Hill Ref. POP667091
1921, Chattle Hill Ref. POP667097
1921, Cherrytree Hill Ref. POP667437
1919, Church Hill Ref. POP668528
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Books

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Memories

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Notes From The Frith Files.

This photograph shows residents waiting for the No.144 Midland Red bus from Malvern to Worcester outside the village shops. Far left is EW Bird's butchers, left is Cromptons newsagents, off picture further left is Procters ...Read more

A memory of Powick

Maes Y Llan Where I First Lived

These houses are in Maes-y-llan.My father Den and mother Hilda Wildblood with my sister Anne were the first to live in Number 6 when the houses were built in 1948 I believe.I was born in 1954 and it was my first home ...Read more

A memory of Meifod in 1955 by Larry W

Place Of Birth No Memories!

I was born in Kench Hill Nursing Home to parents living in Payne Street Farm, Charing but have never visited. Does it appear on the map or jigsaw puzzle?

A memory of Charing in 1944 by Ann Manno

Coopers And Booths

My Great, Great Great Grandfather, William Booth, used to push a cart up and down the streets of Clayton le Moors with his son John Booth, selling shellfish. He was known as 'Muscle Bill' and his son, 'Oyster Jack'. (This ...Read more

A memory of Clayton-Le-Moors in 1890 by Donna Cooper

Wonderful Times Spent With My Grandparents

My mother and her family are from Stiffkey. I was christened in the Stiffkey church in September of 1965. My grandparents lived at Camping Hill and I was always visiting them. I have lovely memories of ...Read more

A memory of Stiffkey in 1965 by Sarah Brooks

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

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 889 to 912.

Caption For East Grinstead, Sackville College, Quad 1910

The College warden in 1910 was Frank Hill.

Caption For Dorking, High Street 1905

has changed out of all recognition - though the 15th-century White Horse, a famous coaching inn in the centre of the picture, still stands, and the view is still terminated by the green baulk of Box Hill

Caption For Betws Y Coed, Miner's Bridge 1953

A popular destination of walkers, it was built to allow the miners of Pentre Du to reach the mines in the hills; a mile west of Betws-y-Coed, paths lead through the meadows to this steeply-inclined gangway

Caption For Kington, The Golf Club C1965

It is located on the slopes of Bradnor Hill, just to the north of Kington, with wonderful views in all directions even if the golfers in the picture seem to be ignoring them.

Caption For Coniston, The Fells 1912

During the era before the coming of the motor car in significant numbers, there were many roads like this in the Lake District, and life continued among the hills at the same leisurely pace as it had for

Caption For Camberwell, The Town C1950

A break in the traffic gives a clear view of the shops on the south side of Denmark Hill.

Caption For Bristol, From Brandon Hill 1896

As Bristolians had enjoyed free access rights to Brandon Hill since the 16th century, the Radicals simply held their meetings there, attracting large crowds; they were almost impossible to police.

Caption For Coniston, The Fells 1912

At the time before the coming of the motor car in significant numbers, there were many roads like this in the Lake District, and life continued among the hills at the same leisurely pace as it had for

Caption For Lincoln, Bailgate C1955

Turning left out of Castle Hill, Bailgate follows the course of the Roman Ermine Street towards the old Roman north gate from the city, the Newport Arch.

Caption For Enfield, Hilly Fields C1955

The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen. Upstairs were many chambers, all magnificently furnished.

Caption For Penn, St Bartholomew's Church C1965

St Bartholomew's enjoys an elevated position, possibly the site of a prehistoric fort, at the corner of Church Hill and Vicarage Road.

Caption For Hawkshead, And Wetherlam 1929

Prominent above Hawkshead is St Michael and All Angels' Church, of which William Wordsworth wrote '..I saw a snow white church upon her hill, sit like a throned lady…'

Caption For Porlock, The Ship Inn 1890

Standing at the bottom of the notoriously steep climb of Porlock Hill, the Ship Inn appears little changed today, despite the removal of its attractive wooden porches.

Caption For Shrewsbury, Milk Street 1911

It therefore changed to St John's Hill - much more elegant.

Caption For Coniston, The Fells 1912

minor road through the Coniston Fells.At the time before the coming of the motor car in significant numbers, there were many roads like this in the Lake District, and life continued among the hills

Caption For Doddington, Church 1906

Doddington receives many visitors, for Doddington Hall, although privately owned, is often open to the public.

Caption For Stansted Mountfitchet, Chapel Hill C1965

The parish pump used to stand on the corner of Grove Hill, just in front of Stansted Park Stores (the polygonal building on the right).

Caption For Totnes, Parish Church 1896

The 120ft tower was completed in 1459; stone for the building was landed at a quay specially built at the bottom of the hill.

Caption For Woolacombe, Shell Beach 1911

There are no kiosks on the beach, but plenty of guest houses on the hill behind.

Caption For Teignmouth, From Torquay Road 1890

An overview of Teignmouth, taken from Shaldon Hill, across the estuary of the river Teign. The town is said to be Devon's oldest resort.

Caption For Liskeard, Barras Street Parade 1893

It reached its height of its prosperity when the copper mines, at the edges of the wild wastes of Bodmin at Caradon Hill, were working at full capacity.

Caption For Newquay, Bank Street 1931

The hills and slopes were soon smothered with retirement bungalows. Bank Street is set back from the front and meets Fore Street at the town square.

Caption For Keswick, Castlerigg, Druids' Circle 1895

Erroneously known at the time when this photograph was taken as the Druids' Circle, the Castlerigg Stone Circle just outside Keswick is dramatically set in an amphitheatre of hills, including Skiddaw

Caption For Burton Agnes, The Hall Gateway C1885

The flatness of the Wolds is interrupted by the hill on which the tiny hamlet of Brigham sits.