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Caption For Bowness On Windermere, The Ferry Boat 1896

The Bowness ferry carries a coach and four across Lake Windermere.

Caption For Leeds, The Headrow C1965

This street scene is dominated by the façade of Lewis's store, with its broad plate glass windows and imitation rusticated pillars.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Smithy 1909

Amid displaced stairs and other paraphernalia, Samuel Govier (1855-1934) shoes a horse at the forge in Broad Street, where in 1895 he had been immortalised by the American artist James

Caption For Acle, Oby Drainage Windmill C1929

The Broads have been called the pleasure grounds of Norfolk; they are the remains of a huge estuary that once spread over much of the eastern part of the county.

Caption For Westgate On Sea, Hotels And Beach 1890

While the neighbouring resort of Margate had been attracting hordes of trippers from London from 1753 onwards, Westgate remained a more sedate and favoured place for families throughout the late

Caption For Newnham, High Street C1955

The broad verges and continuous avenue of trees bring green, open space to the High Street and make it an attractive place to explore.

Caption For Horning, The Old Wind Pump 1902

A small hollow post wind pump for land drainage, the mill had shuttered sails and was turned to the wind by twin tail vanes.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Old Sea Walls C1960

This is a historic lost view of Lyme's eastern cliffs before they were entombed and extended in 1984, by sea defence works which incorporated and hid sewage disposal facilities.

Caption For Buxton, The Pavilion Gardens 1886

These women players are at a considerable disadvantage with their long, billowing dresses and broad-brimmed headgear.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Old Walls 1922

The view is northwards to the Old Boathouse in the Square, and the Assembly Rooms beside Bell Cliff at the bottom of Broad Street, which were pulled down in 1928.

Caption For Rolvenden, Village 1901

The broad street of the village, with its grass verges, is lined with brick and weatherboarded houses.

Caption For Westgate On Sea, Hotels And Beach 1890

While the neighbouring resort of Margate had been attracting hordes of trippers from London from 1753 onwards, Westgate remained a more sedate and favoured place for families throughout the late

Caption For Norwich, Market Place 1929

This broad open space at the heart of the city is a kaleidoscope of noise and colour on market day.

Caption For Newent, Broad Street C1955

The main shopping areas of Broad Street and Church Street have not changed too much in character since the camera clicked on this scene.

Caption For Bodiam, The Castle 1925

The town of Bodiam is dominated by one of the most picturesque castles in England, set within a broad moat filled with golden carp.

Caption For Acle, The Bridge C1929

One of the most frequently-painted sites on the Broads was the old Acle Bridge with its three arches, which we see here.

Caption For Burford, High Street C1965

In the broad High Street old inns, houses, small shops and buildings in honey-coloured local stone jostle in a medley of complementary styles.

Caption For Deal, Esplanade 1899

The Beach House Temperance Hotel (to the right in photograph No 44204) is apparent on the left in this view of the broad Esplanade, looking towards the centre of the town.

Caption For Navenby, High Street C1965

There is a fine church, noted for its Decorated Gothic chancel, and a broad main street, once the market place.

Caption For Tenby, Fishwives 1890

These fishwives have been shrimping with nets on the sands and filling the baskets they carry on their backs.