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Maps

4,509 maps found.

1896, Hawk's Hill Ref. RNE728902
1896, Hermit Hill Ref. RNE731697
1897, Hewer Hill Ref. RNE732094
1895, Hickford Hill Ref. RNE732252
1897, High Hill Ref. RNE732956
1896, Hailstone Hill Ref. RNE724742
1895, Hangsman Hill Ref. RNE726495
1895, Golden Hill Ref. RNE717255
1896, Gravel Hill Ref. RNE719414
1898, Green Hill Ref. RNE720954
1899, Fold Hill Ref. RNE707283
1897, Ford Hill Ref. RNE707641
1898, Forest Hill Ref. RNE707899
1895, Furze Hill Ref. RNE710298
1898, Elm Hill Ref. RNE700756
1897, Fair Hill Ref. RNE702671
1898, Hill End Ref. RNE734895
1898, Hill End Ref. RNE734901
1898, Hill End Ref. RNE734902
1896, Hill Gate Ref. RNE735297

Books

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Memories

4,110 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.

Combe Florey Primary School

The village school in Combe Florey closed in about 1958 I believe, it exists as a private house now, but I can still remember the mile long walk to and from it, through the lanes every morning and afternoon. Mum ...Read more

A memory of Combe Florey in 1958 by Kathy Farmer C/O Terry Roberts Roberts Flooring Contractors Ltd

Stanley Road, South Harrow

I lived with my foster family in Stanley Road South Harrow, during the war. Our house backed on to the gas works and I always wanted to climb the gasometer which I did eventually with a friend from across the road. At ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow in 1940 by Paul Howard

Good Times

We came down from Scotland to Stoke in 1953 as my dad had got a job in the newly opened Pit Hem Heath. As children we used to stay at the house which is sitting in front of the pit . We used to go across the brook on the pipe what ran ...Read more

A memory of Hem Heath in 1960 by Pauline Thorley

Passing Through

Matlock is a very pretty place, I remember stopping off at Matlock on our way to Nottingham when I was 8 years old.  I remember so well how pretty the place was, the dales, hill sides the scenery, just beautiful.  

A memory of Matlock in 1951 by Brenda Vanderwert

My 18th Birthday.

This photo was taken at the time I was at Shooter's Hill GS and my stepfather was stationed here as it was the HQ for the RAEC (Royal Army Education Corps). As officer's family we occasionally visited the Palace, which had then an ...Read more

A memory of Eltham in 1960 by Dylan Rivis

Sleeping Inside Lincoln Castle

My Grandfather, Harry Westwood, was custodian at the Castle for many years, retiring in 1966.  He passed the position to his son Tom Westwood, my uncle.  Tom retired in 1986. As a child I would sleep inside the castle ...Read more

A memory of Lincoln in 1958 by Anthony Hill

The Whitewater Hotel At Backbarrow, Near Newby Bridge

I stayed in Backbarrow for several days at the Whitewater Hotel which has been converted from a former mill building by the river. The lobby of this lovely "spa hotel" has display cabinets of ...Read more

A memory of Backbarrow in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

Growing Up With All My Relatives Living In Stramshall Parish

I was born in 1928, to John James and Olive Mellor, my grandfather was Percival Jackson Mellor, my grandmother Mary Ellen Mellor. They built with help Park Hill Farm, New Road, ...Read more

A memory of Stramshall by John Mellor

Runcorn Hill On A Summer's Day

Runcorn Hill was a wild place when I knew it back in the early 1960s. I remember even now the smell of the trees and the shade they brought on hot summer days. Yes, we had them back then, when spring came after winter ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1960 by Rosemary Probert

Lavender Hill

My uncle and aunt had a house in Beaufoy Rd, number 5, tucked into the corner next to the Fish & Chip shop. When I was home on on leave from sea that is where I lived, for about 5 years. Usually up the smoke to the jazz clubs I ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1954 by Peter Troy

Captions

1,924 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Lewes, The River C1960

Cliffe Hill Street 1894 Cliffe, across the River Ouse, still has a very separate feel to Lewes up the hill.

Caption For Crays Hill, The Shepherd And Dog C1955

The Shepherd & Dog (right) is a 300-year-old pub at the top of the hill. The petrol station still exists in an expanded form.

Caption For South Benfleet, Boyce Hill Golf Links C1955

Boyce Hill took its name from a medieval land-owning family: their farm stood where the clubhouse now is. Benfleet's wooded hills once provided vital material for fuel and boat-building.

Caption For Epsom, West Hill 1923

But most of all, Edwards remembered Clay Hill - West Hill as it is now - where he enjoyed the hospitality of Colonel Dennis O'Kelly, and was taken to view his stables.

Caption For Leigh On Sea, 1891

Leigh-on-Sea is high on the hill overlooking the Thames Estuary, just west of Southend.

Caption For Old Swinford, The Labour In Vain C1955

Red Hill is one of the pleasantest streets in Stourbridge, created centuries ago by cutting through the red sandstone which outcrops locally.

Caption For Felixstowe, The Sands C1955

This shows the area from Convalescent Hill to Cobbold's Point, which is named after the Ipswich family who built a house there in 1829.

Caption For Old Swinford, The Labour In Vain C1955

Red Hill is one of the pleasantest streets in Stourbridge, created centuries ago by cutting through the red sandstone which outcrops locally.

Caption For High Wycombe, The Abbey 1906

In 1896 his lordship moved up the hill to Daws Hill House and the Abbey became a pioneering girls' public school.

Caption For Launceston, Old Hill 1906

Old Hill's official name is St Thomas Hill, and it was once used as a toboggan run when there was snow on the ground — rather a hair-raising ride!

Caption For Guildford, From Pewley Hill 1895

This view looks towards a naked Stag Hill, now crowned by Guildford Cathedral and flanked by the University of Surrey. The Cathedral was begun in 1936 and completed in 1961.

Caption For Kingswinford, Summer Hill C1965

The four roads which meet at the Cross are Moss Grove, Market Street, High Street, and Summer Hill, which are part of the main roads linking Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge and Wolverhampton.

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 Edgehill, Walk In Beech Woods 1922

It is believed that in 1642 there were few trees and no woods on Edge Hill.

Caption For Edgehill, The Obelisk 1922

It is believed that in 1642 there were few trees and no woods on Edge Hill.

Caption For Winchester, Stanmore From Romsey Road 1928

Lines of local authority housing climb the hill at Stanmore on the south-west outskirts of Winchester, which has evolved and expanded over the years.

Caption For Noak Hill, Romford Road 1908

Before the arrival of the LCC Harold Hill housing estate, Noak Hill was an isolated hamlet; however the thatched weather-boarded cottage on the right still remains to this day.

Caption For Launceston, Old Hill 1906

Old Hill's official name is St Thomas Hill, and it was once used as a toboggan run when there was snow on the ground — rather a hair-raising ride!

Caption For Cleeve Hill, Nottingham Hill C1950

There are many hill forts that punctuate the western escarpment; the majority of them belong to the Iron Age, and date from about 600 BC.

Caption For Wheddon Cross, Rest And Be Thankful Hotel C1965

Standing at a crossroads on the ridge between Exmoor and the Brendon Hills, the long haul up the turnpike from Bampton or Minehead gave both the hill and this inn its well-earned name.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, 1909

Cottages sit beside Skilling Hill Road in a panorama eastwards across the double vales of the River Simene and the River Brit.

Caption For Brockham, Old School Lane 1958

Further down Tanner's Hill, the lane becomes Old School Lane; this view looks north past these pairs of tile-hung former estate cottages, which are all now in private hands and extended by a bay at

Caption For Compton Dundon, Butleigh Mont 1904

En route to Street, divert to climb to Windmill Hill: here, a splendid monument commemorates the great British admiral, Sir Samuel Hood, who died in 1814.

Caption For Birdlip, View From Birdlip Hill C1955

This view looks across to Crickley Hill, which is now designated a country park.