Maps

4,509 maps found.

1919, Warden Hill Ref. POP860559
1919, Saint Hill Ref. POP823903
1921, Sandford Hill Ref. POP824990
1925, Scapegoat Hill Ref. POP826085
1923, Scarth Hill Ref. POP826278
1919, Shab Hill Ref. POP828631
1919, West Hill Ref. POP864390
1919, Whitchurch Hill Ref. POP867552
1922, Thunder Hill Ref. POP847976
1921, Tile Hill Ref. POP848351
1919, Titty Hill Ref. POP848966
1921, Totham Hill Ref. POP850756
1920, Tower Hill Ref. POP850927
1946, Baker's Hill Ref. NPO630603
1947, Ballingham Hill Ref. NPO631475
1946, Bar Hill Ref. NPO632763
1940, Barkers Hill Ref. NPO633201
1940, Barrow Hill Ref. NPO634125
1947, Barton Hill Ref. NPO634359
1946, Barton Hill Ref. NPO634363

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Memories

4,101 memories found. Showing results 301 to 310.

Lightning Strikes

This is August 1953, I was 10. We were playing cricket on the clay field with some older lads, the stumps were iron and came from Spencers steel works which was nearby and stuff like this was easily got. Anyway I remember it was ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1953 by Jimmy Burrows

Looking Back To The Early Days

I was born in rented 'rooms' at Wordsworth Road in 1936 and came to move with my parents to five different addresses at Easington before I moved away from the area, when I married in 1963. But although my ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by Harold(Harry) Barnes

My Uncles Grave

This isnt really a memory as such but I'm after some help if anyone can. My uncle died before I was born and he was buried in Worfield. I know from my aunty that he isn't buried in the main graveyard but further up the hill, in a ...Read more

A memory of Worfield in 1960 by Benjamin Barlow

Pinehurst Childrens Home Park Rd Camberley

Memories of Camberley come from my childhood days as an orphan residing at 'Pinehurst', a Surrey County Child Welfare Home 1949-1953. I was put there as a 9-year-old and recall spending a very happy ...Read more

A memory of Pinehurst in 1949 by David Share

Hare Park Terrace

My uncle and aunt, Frank and Lilian Simpson (nee Wilson)used to live over looking the Spen Valley in a terraced house on a hill at the bottom of which was Rawfolds Mill. Is the photo H199022 this road and is the wall on left ...Read more

A memory of Rawfolds in 1920 by Eunice Wilson

Happy Days

My father bought a horse and gypsy caravan in the summer of 1946.He borrowed another horse from his brother and was able to take the caravan to Shoebury Hall camp site. He painted 'Happy Days' on the caravan door. We had the ...Read more

A memory of Shoeburyness in 1946

Lymington In The 1940s

My maternal grandmother and mother were both born in Lymington, my mother attending the grammar school in Brockenhurst (I remember as a small boy her pointing it out to me from the train) In 1944, when the V1 'doodlebugs' ...Read more

A memory of Lymington in 1944 by Brian Veall

A Great Place To Live

Having been born and brought up in Buckhusrt Hill in the 1960s and 1970s and 1980s and now living in Kent, it reminds me what a unique place it once was. My immediate memories are of Lords Bushes and living in Forest ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Andrew Evans

Growing Up In A Small Village

My parents moved to Twycross from London in the early 1960s. We lived on Sheepy Road next door to Mr Charlie Brooks and Louie Jones. On the opposite side were Stan and Ilma Jones and Len Gibbs and his daughter Joan. ...Read more

A memory of Twycross by Tracy Wright

Cherished Memories

Finding this site has brought many wonderful memories back to me. I was born in St Mary's Hospital, Croydon. My maiden name was Chappell. I lived in Purley Road, South Croydon not far from the Red Deer until 1957. Every Saturday ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1953 by Linda Crossley

Captions

1,906 captions found. Showing results 721 to 744.

Caption For Weston Under Redcastle, Hawkstone Hall Monastery C1955

Today the hall is a centre and retreat for missionaries from around the world.

Caption For Windsor, Great Park, Copper Horse 1937

Here we have a view of the Copper Horse on the summit of Snow Hill. Most of the Long Walk, including the Copper Horse, is within the boundary fence of a Deer Enclosure.

Caption For Lymington, Quay Hill C1955

This picturesque corner of Lymington includes Quay Hill, with Captains Row on the right. Note the typical 1950s sign on the left - 'station and motor car ferry.'

Caption For Kington, Church Street 1956

There have been relatively few changes here, one of the best being that the Imperial Café is now a second hand bookshop called Castle Hill Books.

Caption For Rochester, High Street C1955

The policeman on point duty at the busy junction of the High Street, Eastgate, and Star Hill stands in the seemingly flimsy protection of a small, wheeled cubicle to carry out his duties of directing the

Caption For Maidstone, High Street C1953

Maidstone Bridge, which spans the River Medway, lies at the bottom of the hill.

Caption For Gunnislake, The Village 1908

To the right, Newbridge Hill descends to the Tamar crossing into Devon, with a large chapel on the bend.

Caption For Totnes, East Gate 1889

Up the hill is an early example of a covered shopping area - the Butterwalk, parts of which were known as piazzas.

Caption For Torrington, Church 1890

Torrington occupies a magnificent site on a hill above the River Torridge.

Caption For Buckland St Mary, C1960

As a break from a succession of market towns, the route heads north-west to Buckland St Mary, situated just north of the A303 and at the east end of the well-wooded Blackdown Hills.

Caption For Barmouth, View From The Harbour 1908

This view looks west from Aberamffra Hill and harbour, just east of Barmouth. The swing bridge is visible on the left.

Caption For Leatherhead, Clock Tower 1888

This view is looking down Gravel Hill. This is a quiet mid-afternoon picture, deserted save for workmen re-fitting the shopfront to the post office on the left.

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Caption For Glynneath, The Railway Viaduct C1955

This superb view of Glyn Neath shows both the railway in the foreground, complete with steam engine, and the rolling hills beyond.

Caption For Portreath, Docks 1898

The village, hemmed in by steep hills, nestles within a deep combe. The harbour was once connected with local mines by a railway - the tracks can be seen on the left of the photograph.

Caption For Eype, Cliffs 1922

These coastal heights rise between Seatown and Eype Mouth, comprising Ridge Cliff (far centre), Doghouse Hill, and the 508ft summit of Thorncombe Beacon (right) above East Ebb Cove and GreatEbb (near centre

Caption For Polgooth, The Wesleyan Chapel C1955

It has since become a house and is virtually unrecognisable today - the roof shape and the site on Chapel Hill are the main clues to its origin today.

Caption For Hoylake, Queens Park C1965

When we look at this picture, it is hard to believe that Queen's Park gardens are built on levelled sand hills.

Caption For East Brent, The Shops C1965

The Brent Knoll Inn, named after the 500ft hill that it faces, is still there. The shop on the Old Bristol Road to the right is now a wholesale ice cream and frozen food supplier's.

Caption For Church Stretton, The Hotel 1910

On the side of the hills of the Long Mynd houses crowded at all levels, giving rise to the area's nickname of 'Little Switzerland'.

Caption For Shrewsbury, Pride Hill 1931

Today Pride Hill is a pedestrianised area.

Caption For Cambridge, Hills Road 1931

The war memorial is situated on the junction of Station Road with Hills Road.

Caption For Rickinghall, The Street C1955

The cyclist is passing Mrs Davy's grocery and draper's shop at the corner of Parsonage Hill. Beyond the railway-like gate is the blacksmith's house.

Caption For Launceston, Fore Street 1906

The prominent sign at the top of the hill is that of the Jubilee Inn.

Caption For Uppingham, School Quadrangle 1927

Architectural greats such as G E Street, Ernest Newton and later Oliver Hill worked on the school buildings, a classic collection of their kind.