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Caption For West Burton, The Village 1909

Without through traffic, this thousand-year-old village retains its rural traditions and sense of history.

Caption For Aylesbury, Market Square C1955

This view looks along the north side of Market Square past the war memorial into Cambridge Street on the left of the Round House and the High Street to its right.

Caption For Penrith, St Andrews's Church, The Giant's Thumb 1893

Burtons and Woolworths altered the streetscape with their respective Art-Deco and stuccoed cost-cutting neo-Georgian designs.

Caption For Zoological Gardens, Camel 1913

Founded by the Zoological Society of London in grounds laid out by the architect Decimus Burton, the Regent's Park Zoo opened its doors to the public in 1828.

Caption For Zoological Gardens, Camel 1913

Founded by the Zoological Society of London in grounds laid out by the architect Decimus Burton, the Regent's Park Zoo opened its doors to the public in 1828.

Caption For Parham, The House 1894

Examples from west to east include Burton Park, Parham itself, Wiston Park, Firle Place and Folkington Manor.

Caption For Kettering, Silver Street C1955

The 'new look' in fashions is demonstrated by the young woman crossing the street with her more dowdy companion; longer skirts, wider shoulders and a nipped-in waist were signs of relaxation from wartime

Caption For Daventry, The Burton Memorial And High Street C1950

This view shows Burton's memorial standing at the top of the High Street on the spot where the original Moot Hall stood in 1788.

Caption For Doncaster, St Sepulchre Gate C1955

We are looking towards Baxtergate and the Clock Corner (built 1894).

Caption For Petersfield, Market Square C1950

Move on 52 years from the last photograph, turn right-angles to your right, and the stalls are still the same but the car is making its presence felt.

Caption For Barton Upon Humber, Market Place C1955

Barton-upon-Humber was once a rival to the port of Kingston upon Hull on the other side of the river Humber, but it is now a much smaller settlement, and the Market Place confirms that most definitely.

Caption For Barton Upon Humber, Market Place C1955

Barton-upon-Humber was once a rival to the port of Kingston upon Hull on the other side of the river Humber, but it is now a much smaller settlement, and the Market Place confirms that most definitely.

Caption For Tadcaster, Grimston Hall 1906

The old house here was restored and rebuilt in 1840 by Lord Howden to the designs of Decimus Burton, a London architect, who was also responsible for Hyde Park Corner.

Caption For Kettering, Gold Street C1950

Clothes were still made at home, and Thoday sold patterns, often by Vogue, which could cost as much as 7s 6d, and also the more humble and easier designs selling for 1s 9d.

Caption For Kettering, Gold Street C1950

Clothes were still made at home, and Thoday sold patterns, often by Vogue, which could cost as much as 7s 6d, and also the more humble and easier designs selling for 1s 9d.

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1965

Looking along the High Street past the beleaguered Burton Memorial, one would see little change today in the buildingscape.

Caption For Burton Joyce, River Trent C1965

Along Padleys Lane, which curves north out of the village amid 1950s and later estate houses, we pass Burton Joyce Primary School.

Caption For Twycross, The Village C1955

The camera has been set up on a triangle of land at the junction of the A444 Burton Road with the road to Sheepy Magna, which drifts out of shot to the left.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, Freshwater Caravan Park C1960

Having accommodated men of the United States 1st Infantry Division before they left Weymouth and Portland to land on Omaha Beach in the D-Day invasion, Freshwater Holiday Camp remains one of the busiest

Caption For Burton Joyce, The New School C1965

Along Padleys Lane, which curves north out of the village amid 1950s and later estate houses, we pass Burton Joyce Primary School.