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This, the most westerly town in England, has been raided down the centuries by Spanish ships and by pirates.

Both the house and lodge are roofed in local Norfolk reed, known throughout the land as the best material for this purpose.

This photograph was taken on or near the old wooden viaduct built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1848 to take the Great Western Railway, which originally ran on a broad gauge track.

A young man enjoys the broad prospect of Gorleston sands from the worn and pocked cliff.

The view from the gritstone escarpment of the Ravenstones above Cross Hills, near Keithley, overlooks the broad Aire Valley and towards the distant limestone uplands of Craven.

This building, which was part of Leeds University, was designed by T A Lodge and opened in 1951.

Barricane Beach is behind the camera, and we see the broad expanse of Woolacombe sands stretching away south towards Croyde.

The broad High Street, once the site of the market established under a charter from Edward I, was, at the turn of the last century, still very much a rendezvous for the cattle and sheep farmers of the

In the foreground is Edwin Broad's draper's shop.

Note the children playing in the centre of the picture, and the sun awnings over the first-floor balconies.

The broad tree-lined Promenade is lined with elegant houses, whose delicate and graceful wrought- and cast-iron work on the balconies and verandas has long been particularly admired.

Though Fawkham was given a station on the LC & DR railway in the late 19th century it has retained its unspoilt charm and tranquillity.

When the new Worcester Bridge opened in 1781 it gave Broad Street quite a boost, helping it to support three coaching inns.

Looking up Broad Street one can see a great variety of inns and hotels.

This is a pretty scene with a handsome ash tree in the background, and two children in a quiet side street.

Outside the city walls and isolated from the rest of Portsmouth, Spice Island was once filled with sailors and press gangs.

Outside the city walls and isolated from the rest of Portsmouth, Spice Island was once filled with sailors and press gangs.

In the second half of the 19th century, Coltishall was a major wherry building centre, and even at the time this photograph was taken, Allens were turning out the sleekest, fastest wherries on the Broads

A large broad exposed to the cold east wind, Hickling can appear grey and unfriendly on a bleak day, but on sunny summer days it provides an exhilarating sail.

Built round an internal courtyard, Raby's defences included inner and outer curtain walls surrounded by a broad ditch.

The right to hold a weekly market and an annual fair was granted in 1227.

Now one of the busiest road junctions in the rural region, in 1952 the centre of Woburn was a study in tranquillity.

The Broad Hinton (or Hackpen) white horse is on Hackpen Down between Avebury and Swindon on the Marlborough Downs.

The Broad Hinton (or Hackpen) white horse is on Hackpen Down between Avebury and Swindon on the Marlborough Downs.