Maps

4,509 maps found.

1897, Hawkshead Hill Ref. RNE728938
1896, Gamble Hill Ref. RNE710981
1896, Gants Hill Ref. RNE711097
1898, Gare Hill Ref. RNE711368
1896, Gibb Hill Ref. RNE713324
1898, Golden Hill Ref. RNE717250
1898, Golden Hill Ref. RNE717251
1897, Gorsty Hill Ref. RNE717946
1897, Grange Hill Ref. RNE719002
1896, Grange Hill Ref. RNE719006
1899, Edge Hill Ref. RNE699227
1895, Farley Hill Ref. RNE703428
1899, Dickon Hills Ref. RNE690670
1897, Dobs Hill Ref. RNE691287
1896, Dollis Hill Ref. RNE691865
1898, Dowe Hill Ref. RNE692493
1897, Dragon's Hill Ref. RNE692904
1895, Dry Hill Ref. RNE694206
1896, Dudley Hill Ref. RNE694634
1899, Dunstall Hill Ref. RNE695776

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Memories

4,101 memories found. Showing results 641 to 650.

Farm At White Hill

My father Jenkin Evans and mother Valerie Evans lived at Potters Cross Farm, White Hill, Kinver from just before the Second World War. This is the farmhouse which you can see which still exists to this day. They raised four ...Read more

A memory of Kinver by John Evans

The Dreaded Climb Up The Hill

When I was a lad, my mum would take me shopping in Folkestone's town centre. Probably to Sainsbury's in Sandgate Road, Timothy Whites, etc. Being that we lived Wood Avenue area, we would walk down Dover Road & ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1953 by Trevor Page

Elmsleigh School St Polycarp School

Born in Aldershot in 1939 my father worked for a builder in Farnborough, Chuter, and eventually moved to a rented house on Folly Hill. I initially went to St Polycarp but moved to Elmsleigh where both myself and ...Read more

A memory of Farnham in 1945 by Mike Archdeacon

My Fading Memories

I was but a lad of 8 when my folks bundled us all off to a wide land downunder. Since 1968, Australia has been my home. I often speak of my fading memories of Queensbury, my walks through the village, living on 'The ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury in 1968 by Stephen Mckinley

Stocks Hill

Hi, we have bought a property 75 yards from Ali Dent's the butcher, a little red-brick house in 'The Yard' belonging to a Mr Howlett. I wonder if you remember the cottage? If you're interested I can send you some pictures of the cottage ...Read more

A memory of Hilgay in 2007

Paper Boy

As a 12-year-old I sold newspapers every morning outside the cookhouse where hundreds of National Servicemen were going through the horrors of their initial training in the Guards regiments. I believe they earnt 28/6 per week, much of ...Read more

A memory of Caterham in 1950 by Francis Younghusband

Blacksmith's Yard

My paternal grandmother Annie Cowell came from Stanford and I have always been led to believe that the space on the left of the house in the foreground, where the trees are, was the site of her father's blacksmith's ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1940 by Gordon Mead

Badgers Hole

My father (who died recently) used to play in Shirley Hills, and Badgers Hole, which was close to his home in Shirley Way, Croydon when he was a small boy. He had 4 other brothers and a sister. He often told us of the fun they had ...Read more

A memory of Shirley in 1920 by Susan Francis

Trolly Times

Most young boys at sometime rode and or built their own trolly. My experience growing up, living on the edge of French's Yard on Epping New Road in Buckhurst Hill, was full of good times riding my home-built trolly down the long ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Denman Lalonde

Dawnay Road

I was born in Dowlans Road, opposite to Dawnay Road. The grocers which is referred to was where my mum used to shop. Next to the grocers my best friend Nigel lived, as did Dave Hill before him. The waste ground to the left in the ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham in 1945 by Norman Watson

Captions

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Caption For Edgware, The By Pass, Moat Mount C1960

The A1 sweeps north between Moat Mound Recreation Ground and Mill Hill Golf Club, and is little changed since it was built, apart from the introduction of high level lighting standards.

Caption For Milton Abbas, The Village C1965

Each cottage comprises two dwellings, with a central door and a tiny hall. The lane curves gently down towards the ornamental lake at the foot of the hill. CORFE CASTLE, From the Church

Caption For Eype, The Village 1899

Mount Lane climbs the hill towards St Peter`s Church on The Mount (right of centre).

Caption For Launceston, Castle 1893

This photograph was taken from Windmill Hill, the only point in the town that is higher than the castle. The road curving up to the left of the castle is Roydon Road, known at this time as Zulu Road.

Caption For Weymouth, Beach Show 1899

At the northern end are the Green Hill Gardens, and at the southern end, the Alexandra Gardens; while near the clock tower stands an equestrian statue of George III, erected in 1809.

Caption For Farningham, The Bridge And Lion Hotel C1955

Farningham is just a short distance from Eynsford, set at another pretty crossing of the Darent between ridges of chalk hills.

Caption For Wendover, From The North East 1901

In the distance is Coombe Hill; since 1904, three years after this view, it has been dominated by a Boer War memorial obelisk.

Caption For Salisbury, Godolphin School 1928

Its more salubrious site was, and remains, the one pictured here on Milford Hill, just east of the city centre beyond the ring road.

Caption For Runcorn, Hill 1923

Instead the hill is now an important nature reserve.

Caption For Bidston, The Observatory C1950

The observatory on Bidston Hill is a recognised weather observation station.

Caption For Colindale, Edgware Road C1955

Wakemans Hill Parade, dated 1931, sets an acceptable design standard at this date, but this has now to a greater extent been supplanted by modern offices and industrial estate architecture in the area.

Caption For Cheam, Nonsuch Park Lodge 1925

This eastern entrance eventually came to be known as Bellgate, since the Bell public house stands further up the hill to the right.

Caption For Aughton, Church Lane C1960

Aughton's sister church at Aughton Moss, Christ Church (known as the Cathedral on the Hill), has a rare Noah's Ark font.

Caption For Dolphinholme, The Cinder Path C1950

This track could be part of the route along which came supplies of wool for Dolphinholme Mill.

Caption For Grenoside, War Memorial 1953

His name lives on in the village: Norfolk Hill goes up to the right, and opposite on Sheffield Road is the Norfolk Arms Hotel.

Caption For East Farleigh, River Medway 1898

At St Mary's Church, on the hill, there is a cross commemorating 43 hop pickers who died of cholera in 1849.

Caption For Fernhurst, Vann Road 1908

Blackdown is a great sandstone hill 918 feet high, and Blackdown House is a Tudor-style manor house of 1640.

Caption For Machynlleth, Penrallt Street 1899

A lone horse and cart trundles up the hill, and children are enjoying playing in the dust of the unsurfaced road.

Caption For Ightham, Village 1901

But nearby Oldbury Hill has traces of Neanderthal hunters and an Iron Age fort on its slopes.

Caption For Dunoon, Argyll Hotel, Main Street 1904

This view was taken from Castle Hill looking north. The Argyll Hotel continues to attract guests, and the scene today is much as is shown here, except for the fashions and the absence of horses.

Caption For Cheddar, Sally Spencer And Glen Middle Mill 1908

The hills above the village are rich in flowers that peep out from rock fissures into the sunlight, and Sally also found a ready market for the local Cheddar Pinks.

Caption For Cheddar, Sally Spencer 1908

The hills above the village are rich in flowers that peep out from rock fissures into the sunlight, and Sally also found a ready market for the local Cheddar Pinks.

Caption For Compton, The Coach And Horses C1950

A secluded village in the middle of the Downs near the Hampshire border, south of Harting.There is a fine Neolithic long barrow on Telegraph Hill, which is 534 feet high.The Norman church of St Mary

Caption For Lancaster, From The Bridge 1891

The bridge in our photograph is the Greyhound Road Bridge; it replaced the very first bridge, the medieval Old Bridge, which led directly to Bridge Hill and China Lane, which was only 8ft wide.