Places
36 places found.
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- Burgess Hill, Sussex
- Brierley Hill, West Midlands
- Cotswold Hills, Gloucestershire
- Kelton Hill, Dumfries and Galloway
- Box Hill, Surrey
- Turners Hill, Sussex
- Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire
- Biggin Hill, Greater London
- Beacon Hill, Surrey
- Mill Hill, Greater London
- Leith Hill, Surrey
- Scayne's Hill, Sussex
- Cross Hills, Yorkshire (near Silsden)
- Harrow on the Hill, Greater London
- Winchmore Hill, Greater London
- Northwood Hills, Greater London
- Walton on the Hill, Surrey
- Muswell Hill, Greater London
- Clee Hill, Shropshire (near Doddington)
- Berry Hill, Gloucestershire
- Forest Hill, Greater London
- Ide Hill, Kent
- Quantock Hills, Somerset
- Crays Hill, Essex
- Longfield Hill, Kent
- Crockham Hill, Kent
- Herne Hill, Greater London
- Amersham on the Hill, Buckinghamshire
- Hill Ridware, Staffordshire
- Tan Hill, Yorkshire
- Forty Hill, Greater London
- Windmill Hill, Sussex
- Boyn Hill, Berkshire
- Wheatley Hill, Durham (near Peterlee)
- Horndon on the Hill, Essex
- East Hill, Kent (near Swanley)
Photos
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Maps
4,509 maps found.
Books
3 books found. Showing results 1,681 to 3.
Memories
4,092 memories found. Showing results 701 to 710.
Visiting My Father's Birthplace
In 1972, when a mere slip of a boy of 40 summers, my late wife, two children and I flew from Australia on our first trip to Europe. Whilst in London, we travelled by train to visit my cousins Peter & Val ...Read more
A memory of Portsmouth in 1972 by
I Was A Bexley Tech Girl, 1950 54
My name at school was Yvonne Reynolds and I was in the JDSX-SDX stream. Thank you everyone for your memories. I'm pleased to see that there some writing who are about my age now [b.1937]. My first year was ...Read more
A memory of Bexleyheath by
Great Torrington
My mother in law Gladys Bidgway was born in New Street, but they all lived at what is now Londis in Mill Street, all 18 of them! Most of the girls went to work in the Glove Factory in Whites Lane. Gladys worked there with her ...Read more
A memory of Taddiport in 1910 by
My First Job
Just before I was due to leave Peel Brow I was called into Mr (Dinky) Booth's office and told that Turnbull & Stockdale were looking for an Office Boy and that he thought I would fit the bill. I attended an interview with Mr W ...Read more
A memory of Edenfield in 1945 by
My Lost Youth
As a wee lad of 7 o r8, I had (I think) TB, my illness was called debility. My only memories are, an ambulance at my home in Walsall, my mom/dad waving and the tears, 2 nuns and then a hell of a long scary train ride. Margate ...Read more
A memory of Broadstairs in 1954 by
The Gloster Arms
I was largely brought up in Mariner's Square. Directly opposite the Mariner's Hotel (the building with the portico) was a pub called the Gloster Arms. At the time this picture was taken it was run by my great grandmother and ...Read more
A memory of Haverfordwest in 1965
Medstead School
I also went to Medstead School from 1970 to 1975. I loved this little school, I can remember some of the teachers, Mrs Hill, Mrs Westlake, Miss Shaw, Mr. Orbell, Mr. Roberts, Mrs Macartan. Headmaster was Mr. Benham. School dinners ...Read more
A memory of Medstead in 1970 by
Wartime Evacuee 1939 1940
In August 1939 I was evacuated frm Salford to Caton. I had my gas mask, a small parcel of food and a label on my clothing. We arrived at the then beautiful station, adorned with flowers. Then we walked to the Village ...Read more
A memory of Caton in 1930 by
Farraline Hall
Moved to Farraline Hall, Errogie in 1950 from Leeds. Dad was estate manager. Me and my brother Jeff and sister Jennifer in the back of a 7 ton flat lorry, sat on mattress under canvas in the back of it. I went to Errogie school, had ...Read more
A memory of Errogie in 1950 by
Will It Be Open?
My family moved from Bermondsey, where we shared my grandad's house, to Enfield, where Mum and Dad had managed to buy their own house (for £2,000) in 1960. It was some years before Dad could afford driving lessons and then a car. We ...Read more
A memory of London in 1966 by
Captions
1,924 captions found. Showing results 1,681 to 1,704.
The camera looks from the High Street towards Holly Hill, and on towards West Heath.
the underground station and the parish church, this is a wonderful neo-Tudor pub of 1936 by A E Sewell; he also designed the Crown and Anchor in High Street, Chipping Barnet, and the Goat near Forty Hill
Perched high on its hill, Alton Castle dominates the area.
From Ware Cliffs we can see the medieval Cobb harbour (centre right) and the coastal skyline of Stonebarrow Hill, Golden Cap and Thorncombe Beacon.
East of the Misbourne, beyond Gravel Hill, Chalfont Common was one of Chalfont St Peter's three commons.
As one of four major thoroughfares leading to the Town Centre, and formerly called Tower Hill, Manchester Street's importance was typified by the presence of many privately-owned shops and businesses and
This view of the ruinous west front of John Bunyan's 'Palace Beautiful' atop the 'Hill of Difficulty' shows why historians are excited by the building.
A view down the hill towards London, with the Wellington pub on the right sporting its sign depicting the Duke.
The field in the foreground, with its flint wall, lies to the south of East Blatchington Farm; the view looks south down Blatchington Hill, the village main street, with Belgrave Road passing in front
The cottage on the left has gone, but the stone wall to the street survives, as does the cottage with two bay windows beyond, Hill Cottage.
Castle Hill is virtually hidden by residential buildings, at the top right-hand side, whilst St Catherine's statue on the hillock dominates the sky line.
A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north- west corner of the Town Hall.
Silbury Hill, near Marlborough, is the largest man-made mound in Europe.
Note the William Hill hoarding: this is still a major firm of turf accountants today.
Back in Surrey, the route reaches Haslemere; we look south-west along the High Street into the market place of this small town, with the 1814 Town Hall closing the vista.
At the foot of the hill is the brick and concrete underground station of 1939, designed by Charles Holden and L H Bucknell.
As early as January 1643 a pamphlet had been published titled 'Apparitions and Prodigious Noyses of War and Battels seen on Edge Hill near Keinton in Warwickshire'.
Market Hill is lined with elegant Georgian buildings, with St Peter's Church at the top.
It is sheltered from the north wind by hills rising to the sombre Welsh mountains south of Cadair Idris.
Like Winchelsea on the other side of the River Brede valley, Rye is a hill town at the end of a ridge between the Tillingham and Rother rivers.
Freebrough Hill, located on the edge of Moorsholm on the A171 Guisborough- to-Whitby moor road, is steeped in legend.
It is sheltered from the north wind by hills rising to the sombre Welsh mountains south of Cadair Idris.
Wellington Street was also the site of Luton's first cinema, located in one of the buildings on the crest of the hill; it opened in the early 1900s.
The rear building on the hill is the famous J Block, the heart of car production and site of the first buildings erected for the company in Luton.
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