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Maps

4,509 maps found.

1896, Crow Hill Ref. RNE684778
1899, Crown Hills Ref. RNE684985
1898, Cruise Hill Ref. RNE685453
1895, Cryers Hill Ref. RNE685548
1895, Dale Hill Ref. RNE687806
1896, Dancers Hill Ref. RNE688411
1896, Deacons Hill Ref. RNE689098
1896, Dog Hill Ref. RNE691560
1896, Godley Hill Ref. RNE717053
1898, Goom's Hill Ref. RNE717534
1898, Gorcott Hill Ref. RNE717657
1896, Gorse Hill Ref. RNE717867
1898, Gorst Hill Ref. RNE717933
1899, Grimes Hill Ref. RNE722412
1898, Grinstead Hill Ref. RNE722580
1898, Eign Hill Ref. RNE699625
1898, Ferry Hill Ref. RNE704713
1895, Filmore Hill Ref. RNE705618
1897, Heath Hill Ref. RNE730119
1896, Hedgerley Hill Ref. RNE730508

Books

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Memories

4,110 memories found. Showing results 481 to 490.

Re. Betty Hills

I am looking for my sister Betty Hills, taken to Easneye Childern's Home in approximately 1952, later to be adopted by Cyril William Groom and his wife Eileen Mary Groom, her birth mother was Grace Florence Hills [Dec]. ...Read more

A memory of Stanstead Abbotts in 1952 by Janet Tinklin

Boyhood Memories

I have great memories of Cinderford [Bilson Green areas] from 1953 to 1961 when I was growing up. I remember riding go-carts down the hill. My mother was born in Cinderford [Margaret Hale, married name Hancox and she worked at ...Read more

A memory of Cinderford in 1955 by Phillip Hancox

My Childhood

My parents were married at Stranton, and I was baptised there. We lived in a neighbouring street, Bower Street, in what would now be regarded as a slum property, with outside toilet and a single tap that was also outside. My ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1955 by John Pladdys

Childhood Memories

My father, Bertram Whittingham was a native of Hemsworth, born 1892 and I am the remaining son of the family born August 1926 in a small miner's cottage located at No. 7 North View. My father was a coal miner, working at ...Read more

A memory of Hemsworth in 1930 by George Whittingham

Coming To Devon

We were living in Barry Island in south Wales, I was getting ready to take the 11 plus, one day when I came home from school my dad was waiting to tell me that we were on the move to Devon. We had spent four years on the Nells ...Read more

A memory of East Prawle in 1946 by Patricia Perring

Newbottle Village

I remember coming from school and running up to the hillside fields helping Wheightman to load the hay onto his tractors and building the haystacks on North Pasture, off down to the yard pond looking for frogs and ...Read more

A memory of Newbottle in 1956 by Richard Leadbitter

My Beginning...

My name is Russell Ham. I was born on May the 10th, 1962. I was adopted at about the age of six weeks, I think. The best thing that ever happened to me. I arrived at number 5, Thomas Street, in the summer of 1962, to the home of ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1962 by Russell Ham

Armagh 1957 Onwards

I get a lovely glow when I think of my dear Armagh in the 1950s. Life seemed so good and simple then. I would spend my days roaming free letting my imagination grow as children do. I played down in the river by the Legar ...Read more

A memory of Armagh in 1957 by Aine Nicart

Visiting Abercynon As 8 Yr Old

I remember visiting Abercynon as a small child. Taken there by my mother to the house of Uncle Benjamin Jones. Having just turned 70 and lived in New Zealand for some 57 years my memories of the location of their ...Read more

A memory of Abercynon in 1950 by Taffy Davies

The Chapels

In the 1940s and 50s social life in Cwmtwrch was centred on the chapel and public house. There were eight active chapels, each with its own distinctive architecture, and representative of the major non-conformist denominations ...Read more

A memory of Lower Cwm-twrch in 1940 by David Lougher

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 1,153 to 1,176.

Caption For Loose, Village 1898

The shingle spire of All Saints Church rises above the surrounding houses, while halfway up the hill is the Tudor timbered Old Wool House, in which the fleeces of sheep were washed.

Caption For Helston, The Bowling Green C1955

Despite its apparent weaknesses - it was built on low-lying ground surrounded by hills - it commanded the head of the estuary.

Caption For Bedale, From The Tower Of St Gregory's Church 1896

With its cobbled main street, wide square and bustling market, Bedale sits astride a long, low hill on the edge of Wensleydale.

Caption For Castle Acre, The Old Gate 1891

Spanning the narrow street of this hill-top village, which rests high on the chalk uplands overlooking the River Nar, is this monumental arch, ancient gateway to the castle, which lies ruinous close by

Caption For Great Harwood, The Roman Catholic Church 1898

Dominating the east on a hill next to Great Harwood is the Roman Catholic Church of St Hubert, an unusual dedication.

Caption For Llanfoist, The Boathouse On Canal 1893

The steep incline of Hill's tramroad ended just beyond it, and the tramroad continued behind the white wharfinger's cottage before crossing the canal.

Caption For Haworth, General View C1955

This view of the village on the hill from Hebden Road is dominated by the two big mills, the Ivy Bank Mills on the left and Bridgehouse Mill in the foreground.

Caption For Finedon, Bell Inn (Oldest In England) C1955

None are more fanciful than The Bell Inn on Bell Hill.

Caption For Wasdale Head, St Olaf's Church 1889

There are many memorials in the 400-year-old building to walkers and climbers who have met their deaths on England's highest hills.

Caption For Marlow, From Lock 1901

Marlow, and Henley further up river, were important inland ports handling mainly the corn, malt and timber of the Chiltern Hills behind them.

Caption For Grays, The Thames C1955

This view captures well the character of much of the Thames estuary: a somewhat bleak, flat shoreline and a smudge of distant chalk hills on the Kent side.

Caption For Launceston, South Gate And Castle 1893

Race Hill was once the main road into Launceston from the south; it leads down to the South Gate, which is the last remnant of the old town walls.

Caption For Newton Ferrers, From Noss Mayo 1890

This photograph shows a vastly different prospect from that we can see today: the rows of fields on the opposite shore are gone, and the houses of Newton Ferrers extend two-thirds of the way up the hill

Caption For Ticehurst, The Square 1925

The village of Ticehurst is situated on a gentle slope surrounded by fertile valleys and hills, where hops were once extensively grown.

Caption For Sevenoaks, High Street And Church 1900

William Sevenoke, who is described as a foundling discovered in the hollow of a tree 500 years ago, built the grammar school in 1432 and almshouses atop Sevenoaks Hill.

Caption For Meriden, The Parish Church C1960

St Lawrence's stands on Meriden Hill, aloof from most of the community it serves, but close to a small cluster of old houses and with views towards Coventry.

Caption For Weybridge, Baker Street 1903

little girls (right) posing with all the assurance of modern models outside the villa adjoining Dale's ornamental shop entrance, a cart stands at the beginning of Baker Street as it winds towards Monument Hill

Caption For Lyme Regis, 1925

Timber Hill rises above.

Caption For Great Harwood, The Roman Catholic Church 1898

Dominating the east on a hill next to Great Harwood is the Roman Catholic Church of St Hubert, an unusual dedica- tion.

Caption For Abergavenny, The Sugar Loaf C1960

The Welsh name for the Sugar Loaf is Pen Y Fal, meaning 'top of the round hill'.

Caption For Hessenford, C1955

We are looking west as the A387 drops down into the hamlet to the bridge over the River Seaton at the bottom of the hill, before the road climbs up the other side on its way to Looe.

Caption For Scaynes Hill, The Village C1960

Beyond the houses on the right- hand side of the road is the village recreation ground complete with its new Millennium village hall, a welcome amenity for the residents of Scaynes Hill.

Caption For Coulsdon, The Avenue C1955

The signpost makes a central focal point on the flat-topped ridge looking towards the solid tower of Cane Hill Hospital on the skyline.

Caption For Lyme Regis, 1890

Lyme Regis, seen here from the heights of Timber Hill, is situated at the westernmost end of Dorset.Walking through the fields and cliffs of Lyme the visitor can never be quite sure whether he or