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Caption For Barton Mills, The Bull Inn C1965

The gabled red brick front dates from c1680.

Caption For Mousehole, 1927

The midships wheel, lying fore and aft, was used to make easier the back-breaking task of hoisting sails.

Caption For Abercairny, House 1899

Built between 1804 and 1844 by Richard Crichton and the Dickson brothers for Charles and James Moray, Abercairny was a break with what had become a traditional approach to the design of country houses.

Caption For Clayton West, Long Lane C1955

landscapes; to the left, corn is stacked up in stooks ready for harvesting, while to the right, behind the houses, a chimney and the huge shape of the spoil tip of the pit which gave the village its name breaks

Caption For Studland, Ferry C1960

The first tended to break down and the second could only carry eight cars.

Caption For Edgware, St Margarets Parish Church 1954

The trees have grown, and the street signs have changed, but the church, with its substantial 15th-century ragstone west tower and mid 18th-century brick-faced body, remains substantially unaltered behind

Caption For Upwell, Town Street 1923

A later brick front was added to the 17th-century White Lion.

Caption For Upwell, Town Street 1923

A later brick front was added to the 17th-century White Lion.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Victoria Pier And Duchess Of Devonshire 1912

Services in Lyme Bay were reinstated for a short time after a break during the Great War, from Weymouth via West Bay on summer Tuesdays and Thursdays, and went on to Seaton, Sidmouth and Torquay.

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Caption For Batley, Market Place And Branch Road C1955

Batley's prosperity came from the process of breaking down and reweaving woollen cloth from waste rags.

Caption For South Wigston, Countesthorpe Road C1960

Bootscrapers, timber-sashed windows and moulded brick arched heads to the ground floor windows and doors provide a quality so often lacking in modern housing.

Caption For Over, The Mill C1965

A brick tower mill, this was photographed at about the time it was purchased by a mill enthusiast for preservation.

Caption For Bangor, Main Street 1897

If greater prosperity meant that more people could take a week's break, there were still many more who were left behind.

Caption For Amersham, High Street C1955

From further west this view gives a good idea of the Georgian and later brick frontages added to the mainly 17th century timber-framed cottages lining the High Street and giving the town its distinctive

Caption For Breachwood Green, Lower Road C1965

It was 175 feet deep, and was notorious for breaking its rope and losing the bucket.

Caption For Adel, The Church 1891

The ornate tomb on the left is inscribed 'Until the day break and the shadows flee away'; it is a monument to the Hirst family, and was first used in 1884.

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road 2005

still is, the main east/west route through the town, passing St Wilfrid's Church and Victoria Park with distant views of the South Downs; it encouraged en route travellers to stop and have a break

Caption For Great Meols, Railway Inn C1965

The original inn could not be demolished until the new pub was built, because at the time the licence had to be transferred from one premises to the other without a break in trading.

Caption For Chesham, High Street 1921

Dating from about 1912 and now the NatWest Bank, it is in Queen Anne style using grey brick with fiery red brick dressings, deep modillioned eaves and large pedimented dormers.

Caption For Leamington Spa, St Mary's Church 1892

St Mary's was built between 1877 and 1878 by John Cundall in brick with a prominent steeple.