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Going back under the railway viaduct, we ascend Toothill Lane to its junction with Leeming Street, which crosses the foreground.

It was designed by the local firm Leeming and Leeming of Northgate, with a lofty roof supported by richly-decorated ironwork.

Bedale is also just off the A1 and on the route into Wensleydale from Leeming Bar.

Building commenced on the site of the former red brick market in 1891 to the designs of the local architects Joseph and John Leeming.

Again, we see a large painted board; this one proclaims that James Leeming was proprietor of the Three Millstones Inn on the right of our photograph.

Then it became a hotel, trading as Stile House Pension, run by Ernest James Leeming.

Again, we see a large painted board; this one proclaims that James Leeming was proprietor of the Three Millstones Inn on the right of our photograph.

The Fine Fare Supermarket (extreme left of the picture) has now replaced the Co-op Snack Bar, and although Leemings the chemist (next door) remains, Pallister's cake shop beyond has now become Shipmans

Happily the line, from Leeming to Leyburn, reopened in July 2003, with plans to extend to Hawes and Garsdale Head in future years.

The River Leam and All Saints' Church from the suspension bridge.

By the 1870s, Robert Forrest knew that he could not stop the 'rabble' and their use of the beach, which he deemed 'not legitimate'.

The gardens on the banks of the Leam were laid out from the 1830s onwards.

The 1950s proved somewhat of a flat period for the park. 1951 witnessed the scrapping of its bandstand – a £62 repair estimate was deemed too costly, while 1956 saw the removal of its weather station.

It is on an extremely windswept location with not a tree or bush in sight, but no doubt the sea views and bracing air were deemed beneficial to guests.

A quiet moment on the banks of the Leam.

Nowadays, deemed the prettiest village in England, it relies on tourism for its income.

In the picture the wooden Tudor gates are open for public access, unlike today when guardsmen stand outside a closed gate - increased security is deemed necessary now.

A quiet moment on the banks of the Leam.

It was home to a pair of swans for years until it was deemed unsuitable, and for the Millennium a swan statue was erected in the water near the war memorial.

When the roundabout was built in the 1930s, it was deemed such a novelty that it starred on specially issued local postcards, the handsome buildings in the background playing only a minor role.

The Addleshaw Tower was completed in 1974, its construction deemed necessary owing to the unsafe condition of the bell-frame in the central tower.

In the early 1960s it was deemed unsafe and demolished.

It shows the Hele stone between the middle upright, where the sun is deemed to rise directly above it on the longest day of the year, June 21st.

The lifeboat house was deemed necessary by the local authorities in view of the dangerous channels and sandbanks already noted.