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Caption For Romaldkirk, The Church 1898

The area around the chancel arch includes some stonework from the village's Saxon church.

Caption For Church Stretton, Tudor Cottage, High Street C1965

The timber work on the gable end of the building fronting the road remains the same, but the front wall is now all stone, giving the entire structure a much more medieval apperance.

Caption For Thorp Arch, Church 1893

Much of the woodwork was commissioned in 1938 from Robert Thompson from Kilburn, and his mouse trademark can be found on the pews and pulpit.

Caption For Bewdley, Bridge 1904

Thomas Telford's three-arched stone bridge dates from 1798 and cost £9000.

Caption For Overton, St Mary's Church C1955

The church has 13th-century walls, 14th-century arches supported by Norman piers and a fascinating old door.

Caption For Corsham, Almshouses, The Schoolroom 1907

The south, or Tropenell, chapel is Perpendicular, as is the chancel arch and the tall north chapel.

Caption For Wetherby, The Bridge 1909

In this picture, the River Wharfe flows placidly under the arches of the ancient bridge.

Caption For Chertsey, Lock And Bridge 1890

This view looks east past the lock to the graceful seven-arched stone bridge.

Caption For Postbridge, The Village 1931

Postbridge takes its name from the arched bridge that was built to carry the post road from Princetown in the south-west to Moretonhampstead in the north-east.

Caption For Mablethorpe, Butlins Amusement Park C1950

The fun fair with its big wheel has been entirely replaced with a much more spectacular amusement park complex including the Dunes Theatre.

Caption For Greenwich, The Royal Naval College And Riverside Walk 1951

Our tour now heads north-east to Greenwich to a much grander building.

Caption For Haywards Heath, The Library C1960

It is a much used and valued facility for everyone.

Caption For Bagshot, Viaduct 1901

Children idly watch the photographer - and each other - from either side of the road, and wagons stand under one of the arches in Kemp and Sons' yard.

Caption For London, The County Hall C1955

Though it sits heavily on the Embankment, its broad facades and massed arches in the Piranesi style bring it a monumental dignity.’

Caption For Aysgarth, The Village 1908

Lying about ten miles east of Hawes, Aysgarth is famous for a series of waterfalls on the River Ure, the upper of which can still be viewed from a 16th-century single-arch bridge.

Caption For Aysgarth, The Village 1908

Lying about ten miles east of Hawes, Aysgarth is famous for a series of waterfalls on the River Ure, the upper of which can still be viewed from a 16th-century single arched bridge.

Caption For Chepstow, Castle 1893

Sadly, the intricately carved lintel and arch over the main doorway above the steps have been obscured here by ivy.

Caption For Horstead, The Mill 1902

The hatch cover of the square-rigged wherry 'Widgeon' has been lifted away in sections for its cargo of planks to be offloaded - they are stacked neatly under the stone arches of the mill.

Caption For Shoeburyness, Ness Road C1955

In the foreground stands the arch of the Conservative Club, with the solid brick-built Cambridge Hotel next door.The honey-pot style telegraph poles carry lines to the surrounding buildings.

Caption For Southampton, Bargate 1908

Up until the 1930s specially designed trams travelled through Bargate, with dome-shaped tops to fit the arch.