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Caption For Inverkip, Valley 1899

The village used to be called Auldkirk because the people of Greenock worshipped here until they built their own church at the end of the sixteenth century.

Caption For Over Wyre, Dishdolls Cafe C1955

No longer an eating place, it was well patronised in its day, and well situated in pleasant country near the River Wyre; it was not far from Meadowcroft, the home of Miss Poole, who opens her garden annually

Caption For Harlaxton, 1890

Gregory Gregory, a bachelor, was probably responsible for as much of the design as his architects, Anthony Salvin and later William Burn, as it rose slowly throughout the 1830s and 1840s.

Caption For London, The Cenotaph C1950

North of the Palace of Westminster, Whitehall heads north towards Trafalgar Square.

Caption For Smallhythe, The Village 1900

The ancient harbour of Tenterden, this was once a shipbuilding centre and was visited by Henry VIII in 1538.

Caption For Slaidburn, Church Street 1921

Now very much part of Lancashire, the village of Slaidburn was in Yorkshire at the time of our photograph.

Caption For Charlwood, Place Farm 1904

The Old Mill 1906 This is the brick lower storey of a windmill built around 1800 by a Crawley millwright, Morley, and situated east of the Recreation Ground.

Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament C1955

A little further north along Albert Embankment we get this wonderful view of the houses of Parliament.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Church Street C1960

Only the tower survives of the original church.

Caption For Preston, Town Hall 1893

This splendid town hall was burned down in 1947; it was built in the Market Place on the site of the old town hall, which was demolished in 1862.

Caption For Harlaxton, 1890

Gregory Gregory, a bachelor, was probably responsible for as much of the design as his architects, Anthony Salvin and later William Burn, as it rose slowly throughout the 1830s and 1840s.

Caption For Boston, Bargate C1955

This narrow but busy street is located between the Market Place and Wide Bargate, and is for pedestrians only now - the traffic lights have gone.

Caption For Plympton, St Mary's Church 1898

Construction of the Church of St Edward, King and Martyr was commenced in the 14th century but the building was not completed until the late 15th or early 16th centuries.

Caption For Worksop, Canch Walk C1955

Along the north bank of the Canch is a footpath that leads east to Priorswell Road, with the Memorial Gardens on the right bank behind the trees that line it.

Caption For Wakefield, The Rose Gardens, Thornes Park C1953

Next to the gardener's house is the present-day rose garden, with delightful walkways and tropical houses.

Caption For Smallhythe, The Village 1900

The ancient harbour of Tenterden, this was once a shipbuilding centre and was visited by Henry VIII in 1538.

Caption For Charlwood, The Old Mill 1906

This is the brick lower storey of a windmill built around 1800 by a Crawley millwright, Morley, and situated east of the recreation ground.

Caption For Gilsland, The Village C1950

Poltross Burn, which flows through the middle of the village, marks the border between Northumberland and Cumbria.

Caption For Abingdon, High Street C1965

We are now further west in The Narrow, as this part of High Street was called.

Caption For Hothfield, Church 1901

Hothfield Place was the seat of the Tufton family, but was pulled down after the Second World War.