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Caption For Blundellsands, The Beach C1960

The local authority has formed the intention to create the Crosby Coastal Park stretching as far as the River Alt at Hightown.

Caption For Blundellsands, The Beach C1960

The local authority has formed the intention to create the Crosby Coastal Park stretching as far as the River Alt at Hightown.

Caption For Crosby, The Windmill C1960

Great Crosby Mill, Liverpool is a tall brick tower mill with a domed cap.

Caption For Crosby, Marine Gardens C1960

The backdrop of houses in Marine Crescent and Marine Terrace show little of the passing years as the 'greening' of the protective sands between them and Crosby Marina adds to the pleasant outlook

Caption For Paignton, Public Hall 1896

women and for the thousands of American troops stationed here prior to the D-Day landings; they had many famous artists to entertain them, including Anna Neagle, Glen Miller and almost certainly Bing Crosby

Caption For Crosby, Merchant Taylors School C1960

Founded in 1620, the Merchant Taylors Schools in Crosby operate in similar fashion to old-style grammar schools, but under links with the charitable governance of the Merchant Taylors Company in London

Caption For Crosby, The Windmill C1960

Crosby Mill is a good example of a tower mill, a design that appeared after the post mill was established.

Caption For Formby, The Old Lifeboat Cottage C1965

Seaforth, Bootle, Crosby, Brighton-le-Sands, Blundell Sands and Formby were easier to reach along the firm sand during the wet winter months.

Caption For Leighton Buzzard, The Cross C1965

Given a decade of fresh ideas (see L211008 on the previous pages), the area around Leighton Buzzard's 15th-century Market Cross is once again a focal point and meeting place.

Caption For Middlesbrough, The Transporter Bridge 1913

Pedestrians and vehicles cross by means of a suspended platform which moves to and fro across the Tees.

Caption For Chester, Eastgate Street 1923

This view looks towards The Cross. By

Caption For Quethiock, The Celtic Cross 1908

The Quethiock cross is a fine and typical example of a tall freestanding Cornish Celtic cross with a plain shaft and a wheel-headed cross.

Caption For Harlow, The Statue And Town Hall C1965

The sculpture is 'Bronze Cross', by Henry Moore.

Caption For Shrewsbury, The School And Boathouse 1911

There were numerous points along the river where one could once cross by ferry.

Caption For Calne, St Edmund's Church C1965

The church has a fine Stations of the Cross by the local resident sculptor Sean Crampton, installed 1986-87.

Caption For Quethiock, The Celtic Cross 1908

The Quethiock cross is a fine and typical example of a tall freestanding Cornish Celtic cross with a plain shaft and a wheel-headed cross.

Caption For Norwich, New Memorial Chapel And Edith Cavell's Grave 1932

On the right is the pristine stonework of the then new St Saviour's chapel; behind Nurse Cavell's cross is the two-storey Norman ambulatory chapel.

Caption For Chester, The Cathedral, The Choir Looking West 1888

The ironwork suspended cross, by Sir George Gilbert Scott, was removed in the early years of the 20th century, possibly because it was considered to be too 'high church'; it is now in the parish church

Caption For Iona, St Martin's Cross 1903

St Martin's cross is the best and most famous of the freestanding high Celtic crosses that survive on Iona.