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It is a curious Tudor 'alien' in the Georgian and Victorian town centre.

The clear, shallow and gently-flowing waters of the River Allen, fed by the natural chalk reservoirs of Cranborne Chase, make it an ideal habitat for rushes, and commercial rush-cutting flourished here

It is possible that one of them lay on the site of Ware Mill, later part of the factory of Allen & Hanbury.

John Macadam, who is remembered in the church, once employed a local man, George Allen, to manufacture an iron ring.

A prominent monument inside commemorates Wedgwood Allen of the Royal Flying Corps as a knight in armour.

A war memorial at Colehill, which is situated just above the River Allen and not far from Wimborne.

A discreet industrial intrusion into this agricultural plain on the River Allen, this paper mill had been in operation for more than 100 years when this photograph was taken, and continues

Shops include the premises of William Frederick Allen, tailor and woollen draper, Henry Aggso, piano manufacturers and Mattacks, booksellers.

Fred Thacker waxes lyrical about Boulters Lock and its unspoilt setting in his 'Thames Highway' - 'a memory of Boulters Lock this which compensates for all the alien things of Maidenhead', he says.

Bridge Cottage Tea Parlour (centre) doubled as a newsagent's under the ownership of Edgar Allen, and also advertised a wide range of entertainments, from 'Viva Zapata' at the Lyric Cinema, Bridport, to

Now part of the City of Bath, this once provided access to the Bath stone quarries of the 18th-century magnate Ralph Allen.

This was Allen Bridge, but it fell into disrepair in the 18th century and was eventually replaced at the same spot by the present structure, known as Canford Bridge.

It was dissolved as an alien house in 1411, and none of the original premises survived.

A glass and steel addition can be seen cantilevered from the back of the building, purposely built as the Excelsior Studios by photographer Charles Smith Allen.

Mr Leonard Alden, who ran a tailor and outfitter's business, had one of these houses.

Swinburne's happier lyrics may have been inspired by his frequent visits to the Isle of Wight, though the greater body of his work has a bleakness and pessimism that seems alien to this beauti-

Cornwall's cathedral city is at the centre of a mining district and sits comfortably in a broad valley, at the junction of the rivers Kenwyn and Allen.

Its poor students were provided with furnished rooms, and meals that were taken communally; alien concepts to the well-heeled of Oxford and Cambridge.

The premises of Allen's, the grocers, behind the horses are now occupied by a stove and kitchen shop, and the building on the right is now a private house.

The premises of Allen's, the grocers, behind the horses are now occupied by a stove and kitchen shop, and the building on the right is now a private house.

W E Allen was the chemist and next door, F C Rump sold cigarettes and picture postcards.

This picturesque village sits in a beautiful valley between the Rivers Camel and Allen.

Situated at the head of the valley of the East Allen, Allenheads was an important centre for the lead-mining industry from the late 18th to the mid 19th century; the mines here produced around 14 per

The near absence of motor cars makes street scenes such as this seem quite alien to us now.