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Caption For Sheffield, The Goodwin Fountain C1965

This view looks towards Barker's Pool, where Sheffield's first reservoir was built in 1434 to collect water from several springs on the hillside above West Bar.

Caption For Winsford, The Royal Oak Inn 1930

Originally a 13th-century farm, the building became a halt for packhorse trains carrying wool across the hills.

Caption For York, Monk Bar C1955

Monk Bar on Goodramgate is one of the finest gates in the York city walls, and the closest to York Minster.

Caption For York, Monk Bar C1885

The public house on the right is The White Horse; the statue of a horse can be seen rearing above the Tower Ales sign.Towards the bar old stonework still remains, with a sign for Pullman's

Caption For Farnham, The Borough C1955

The photographer is further east than he was when he took F11038, looking west along The Borough towards West Street.

Caption For York, Bootham Bar C1950

The public house on the right is the White Horse; the statue of a horse can be seen rearing above the Tower Ales sign.

Caption For Helston, On The Stream C1870

The stream is actually the River Cober, which used to regularly flood this area of Lower Green.

Caption For London, King William Street 1880

This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.

Caption For Sheffield, The Goodwin Fountain C1965

This view looks towards Barker's Pool, where Sheffield's first reservoir was built in 1434 to collect water from several springs on the hillside above West Bar.

Caption For York, Micklegate Bar 1886

The heads of traitors and conspirators were often displayed on pikes here up until 1754, when the government called a halt to this practice because two of the heads were stolen by a Jacobite tailor.

Caption For Padstow, The Harbour 1888

Transatlantic passenger ships berthed here, many built in the town's own boat yards.

Caption For Beer, The Village C1955

The spire was removed in 1962 after being weakened first by an exploding mine out at sea, and then by a lightning strike, leaving only the square-topped tower that we can see today.

Caption For York, Monk Bar C1955

Monk Bar is one of the finest gates in the city walls and the closest to the Minster on Goodramgate.

Caption For London, Clerkenwell, St John's Gate C1870

The newest fashion newspaper and the oldest-style tavern still jostle each other now as they did a century or more ago.’This bustling street was once the home of the British press.The working day

Caption For Wilmslow, Grove Street C1955

This was Wilmslow`s main shopping street after the war, and by 1955 the traffic restrictions had started to appear, with the no-waiting signs at the top of the street.

Caption For Padstow, The Harbour 1888

In the Middle Ages silt formed the Doom Bar and cut off the harbour for the larger sailing vessels, but Padstow still continued to be a very important trading port.

Caption For Paignton, The Harbour 1922

Fishermen regularly brought their creels of pilchards and herring from the creek (Paignton Harbour - see photograph right and P2046, page 24), along the sand bar (Sands Road - see 81150, page 27), to a

Caption For Southampton, High Street 1908

Many of the buildings in Southampton's historic High Street were destroyed during the Second World War, more than 30 years after this photograph was taken.

Caption For Southampton, High Street 1908

Many of the buildings in Southampton's historic High Street were destroyed during the Second World War, more than 30 years after this photograph was taken.

Caption For London, Fleet Street 1890

The newest fashion newspaper and the oldest-style tavern still jostle each other now as they did a century or more ago.’This bustling street was once the home of the British press.The working day