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The Bell and Crown (left) is a very old inn dating back to 1675, and it stands on the old coaching road from London to Barnstaple.
In many a village, the loss of its transport system and main employer in the course of a couple of years would have sounded its death knell; but for Standon the situation could not have been more different
The A47 Leicester-Uppingham road forms one side of the roughly triangular market place; although the photograph shows, in the main, modest cottages of 17th- and 18th-century date, more impressive houses
Edwin Chadwick was in charge of the government campaign to sanitize towns and cities by cleaning up the water supply and trying to improve the habits of the growing populace.
It has been said that a reflection of the sun on the sea has been noted.
On the right is that ubiquitous feature of west country beaches, the lime kiln.
Steep cliffs and sandy beaches characterise this beach as they do so many others in the county.
Popular beaches for family picnics were the beaches at Rhoose and Fontygary.
Compared with the view of Porthminster Beach taken in 1890, this view indicates how much the holiday industry had taken over the St Ives beaches.
Known as Shell Beach because of the number of sea shells to be found here, this beach's real name is Barricane Beach.
This fine beach of golden sand is seen in its early days as a bathing resort.
Porthminster Beach, almost in the town and just below the railway station, was extremely popular even a century ago.
This beach in tidal Poole Harbour was handy for campers here in the northern part of Poole, who were some distance from the extensive beaches at Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs.
This is the view south along the beach from Rockley Point.
The north coast resorts have beaches of pebbles, unlike the sandy beaches of the east coast.
Being one of the few beaches south of Bude that can be accessed by car ensured that Crackington Haven had its compliment of holiday facilities, such as the hotel we see here with players just visible on
Wildersmouth Beach - named after Wilder Brook - was the main beach before the cutting of the tunnels.
This view looks north along the beach.
This view looks north along the beach.
Here we see a very busy Ramsgate beach.
