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Caption For Far Headingley, St Chad's Church C1960

This splendid church was conceived by Sir Edmund Beckett, who as well as being a barrister and amateur architect designed the clock mechanism of Big Ben.

Caption For Empingham, Highfield Close C1960

However, one concession was that being in a village you deserved a big garden at the back.

Caption For Boroughbridge, The Devil's Arrows 1895

They lie in a north-south axis on the western edge of the town; they measure as high as 22ft 6in, and are as big as the stones at Stonehenge.

Caption For Chesham, Town Square C1965

The Post Office building on the right with the big 17th century brick stack is now a pub wittily called 'The Last Post'.

Caption For Harborne, Princes Corner C1965

Of Harborne’s pubs, the Bell, Old Church Street has survived for three hundred years; its bar is in the passageway.The Junction, High Street has one very big room, an island bar, and some fixtures

Caption For Weobley, Kington Road C1950

In 1586 Camden said that Weobley had 'more fair cellars than most market towns of its bigness in England'.

Caption For Mablethorpe, The Beach C1950

This photograph was probably taken from the top of the big wheel, something no longer possible.

Caption For Ringwood, Avon Castle 1891

This late 19th-century mock castle was built 'at great cost and with the best materials and workmanship' by John Turner Turner, a renowned sportsman and big game hunter.

Caption For Uppingham, School Quadrangle 1927

Dressed for sports, a group of boys check the noticeboard which is in the colonnade under the Big Schoolroom.

Caption For Blackpool, From North Pier 1896

On shore it was the Blackpool Tower, closely followed by the big wheel.

Caption For Mablethorpe, The Beach C1950

This photograph was probably taken from the top of the big wheel, something no longer possible.

Caption For Sandilands, Sea Lane C1955

The biggest change is that the shop is now twice as big: it includes the post office, and takes up the whole of the downstairs of the semi-detached house.

Caption For Weobley, Kington Road C1950

In 1586 Camden said that Weobley had 'more fair cellars than most market towns of its bigness in England'.

Caption For Porthmadog, From Marine Terrace 1889

Several of the port's big fleet of topsail schooners can be seen.

Caption For Derbyhaven, Golf Links Hotel 1903

One such course hired a full military band - try timing shots to the strains of 'Annie Laurie' - but Braid got his own back on the last green when he put his ball straight through the big bass drum.

Caption For Shottermill, The Village C1960

The B2131 has been improved since 1960: there is a big roundabout now behind the camera, while the roads in the foreground and behind the war memorial have been removed and are now paths.

Caption For Llanrwst, Y Bont Fawr Bridge And The Victoria Hotel 1892

This beautifully proportioned stone bridge (Y Bont Fawr means 'the big bridge'), built over the Afon Conwy in 1636, has been a well-known beauty spot and subject for artists for centuries.

Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament C1955

At the left is the Victoria Tower, and at the right is Big Ben.

Caption For Gweek, The Village Green 1904

For particularly big logs, five or six horses had to be used; the carters would leave Gweek at 5am, sometimes returning as late as 9 or 10pm - a long day, for which they would receive the

Caption For Rayleigh, Town Centre 1957

estuaries of the rivers Thames and Crouch, Rayleigh is an ancient place that once sported a Norman Castle.The mound still stands, known as Rayleigh Mount, and now belongs to the National Trust.The big