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Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament C1866

The Houses of Parliament, rebuilt after a fire in 1834, were completed in 1860.

Caption For London, Parliament Square And Big Ben C1965

The square was resurfaced after the Second World War; we see it here at about the time of Sir Winston Churchill's death, which was in 1965.

Caption For Bolney, The Lych Gate C1955

The lych gate was built in 1905 and paid for by Edward Huth in memory of his parents, who moved to Wykehurst House in the 1860s.

Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament C1890

This photograph was taken from Lambeth Bridge, and shows the Houses of Parliament before Victoria Tower Gardens were laid out on Millbank.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, Town Hall 1900

The changing face of the Swan Hotel is displayed in the next sequence of photographs.

Caption For Stanwell, St Mary's Church 1895

Stanwell lies on the northern side of the Staines reservoirs, and is now under the flight path of Heathrow Airport.

Caption For London, Westminster Bridge, Queen Victoria Jubilee Day 1897

This remarkable and historic view from high on the Houses of Parliament shows Queen Victoria's open landau leading the procession across Westminster Bridge.

Caption For Lowestoft, Yacht Basin 1896

The growth of Lowestoft in Victorian times was largely down to construction by the civil engineer Samuel Morton Peto, who lived in nearby Somerleyton Hall.

Caption For London, Westminster Abbey 1908

Behind are Big ben and the Houses of Parliament.

Caption For London, Clock Tower And Westminster Bridge C1890

The cast iron bridge was built in the 1850s, with Sir Charles Barry, the Houses of Parliament architect, acting as consultant.

Caption For Halifax, Town Hall 1900

Described as a cross between a Renaissance palace and a medieval cathedral, the Town Hall opened at the head of Princess Street in 1863.

Caption For Somerleyton, Somerleyton Hall 1891

Somerleyton was built 1844-51 by Sir Samuel Morton Peto, the railway contractor, builder and developer of Lowestoft.

Caption For Lowestoft, Yacht Basin 1896

The growth of Lowestoft in Victorian times was largely down to construction by the civil engineer Samuel Morton Peto, who lived in the splendid Somerleyton Hall nearby.

Caption For London, Lambeth, The Riverside C1865

These riverside houses have been replaced by the Albert Embankment, which was built between 1866 and 1870.

Caption For Dittisham, Church 1925

The site of the church is where Dittisham was first settled - by a Saxon called Dida in AD 765.

Caption For London, The Houses Of Parliament C1890

Further down the Thames are the Houses of Parliament - or rather, the Palace of Westminster.

Caption For Cliveden, The House 1893

Built on a 1660s terrace, today's Cliveden is a Victorian mansion by Sir Charles Barry, one of the architects of the Houses of Parliament.

Caption For Brixton, Angell Town From The South C1965

Angell Town was an estate of 1850s Italianate villas, mostly semi-detached, built on curving roads centred on St John's church, whose 1853 tower is crowned by four pinnacles.

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 Manchester, Art Gallery And Mosley Street C1885

The City Art Gallery building was started in 1825 and completed in 1830 at a cost of £30,000.