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Caption For Adel, The Church 1891

The Norman church of St John the Baptist stands in the north of Leeds.

Caption For Breachwood Green, Lower Road C1965

In front of one of these houses stood the community's well.

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road 2005

South Road became so dominant that it altered the character and subsequent development of other areas within the town such as Commercial Square, Boltro Road, and the Broadway.

Caption For Chesham, High Street 1921

The most striking change between this view and the 1903 view in image 49238 is the splendidly ornate bank building which replaced the two buildings beyond Patterson's.

Caption For Leamington Spa, St Mary's Church 1892

Mrs Hitchman, widow of Dr Hitchman, donated the site for this church together with a large sum of money.

Caption For Watton At Stone, The Church Of St Andrew And St Mary C1960

There has been a church at Watton at Stone since the 13th century.

Caption For Odiham, All Saints Church 1903

The bold square brick tower was built onto a 13th-century base c1656 after an earlier tower had collapsed.

Caption For Swindon, Regent Street 1967

Looking towards the Town Hall It is a busy summer's day in the 1960s.

Caption For Faygate, The Village 1929

A small village at the western edge of St Leonards Forest, on the main road and railway line between Horsham and Crawley.

Caption For Lower Slaughter, The Mill And Pond C1950

A water mill has stood here since Norman times, but this red brick corn mill dates from the early 1800s.

Caption For Sudbury, Friars Street 1932

The name Trinity was chosen to indicate the group's opposition to Unitarian non-Trinitarian doctrine.

Caption For Newlyn, Landing Fish 1906

Putting ashore the catch is a perennial attraction for bystanders on any jetty.

Caption For Calne, Central Gardens C1960

The Lloyds Bank building (right), originally a pair of attached houses, was built about 1870 before the decorative façade was added in two stages.

Caption For Cranborne, Wimborne Street 1954

We are looking northwards towards the Square (centre), with 18th-century brick and tile houses on both sides of Wimborne Street.

Caption For Hemingford Abbots, Common Lane 1914

It is sometimes almost unbelievable when we realise how much of our heritage has been destroyed during the past century.

Caption For Oakwood, Bramley Road C1965

With the arrival of the Piccadilly Line came an influx of commuters, and with this influx came the promise of commercial profits.

Caption For Gresford, The Plough C1960

While not obvious from this photograph, Gresford is most famous for the tragic mining disaster of 1934 when 266 lives were lost following an explosion and fire at the Gresford Colliery.

Caption For Charmouth, The Beach 1900

We are looking eastwards from the blocked mouth of the River Char, which ends its journey to the sea by having to break through a ridge of shingle (right).

Caption For Langton Matravers, Dancing Ledge C1960

Romantically named for the sea breaking across its rocks, Dancing Ledge is a mile south of Langton Matravers village.

Caption For Brampton, The Royal Oak And Signpost C1955

A few hundred yards along the present B1514 road past the turning to Pepys House, the road forks at the roundabout where the main road runs eastwards towards the A14 and the left road takes us