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Caption For Burwell, The Lode C1955

On the opposite bank is a typical fen farmhouse with a steep roof and tall parapet gables.

Caption For Chester, Queens Park Bridge 1923

On the far bank is one of the stages for excursion steamers, and a station for the hire of rowing boats.

Caption For Barrow In Furness, Grazing Sheep In A Field Versus Sellergarth 2004

The most notorious abbot of Furness Abbey was undoubtedly Alexander Banks.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, The Buttermarket C1965

At the end of the street the Midland Bank took over Whipps in 1963 and extended the bank over the site.

Caption For Minehead, The Parade 1892

The building in the centre of the row, at the end of Bancks Street, was all that remained of the older buildings.

Caption For Windsor, Castle From The River 1895

Their younger sister stands on the bank, clear of trouble.

Caption For Bridport, East Street Old Mill 1899

Here we see East Mill and its mill pool, looking eastwards from the north bank of River Asker, towards houses beside East Road (centre).

Caption For Great Shelford, High Street C1955

Lloyds Bank occupies a house and shop combined (right), and next door is the Plough pub.

Caption For Portland, Chesil Beach 1890

This is a spectacular view from the top of Portland, with the expanse of the Chesil Bank on the left, stretching 16 miles along the Dorset coast to Barton Cliff, and the broad expanse of Portland Harbour

Caption For Burnley, Thompson Park C1960

An idyllic scene: flowers in the foreground, the lake and the boat house against a setting of trees and shrubs — but the chimney of Bank Hall Colliery is a reminder that we are in Burnley.

Caption For Horsham, West Street 1936

West Street is now pedestrianised, but the Chart and Lawrence department store and Lloyds Bank on the opposite corner are still trading.

Caption For Thorpe St Andrew, The River Yare 1919

This view looks downstream to the Rush Cutters pub from the south bank.

Caption For Wimborne, The Square C1965

The Midland Bank and Woolworth's store draw the eye into this photograph of a remarkably traffic-free Square.

Caption For Bridport, East Street Old Mill 1899

Here we see East Mill and its mill pool, looking eastwards from the north bank of River Asker, towards houses beside East Road (centre).

Caption For Skegness, Lumley Road C1955

To the left of centre are Blackbourn's shoe shop and the Nat West Bank, partly hidden by trees.

Caption For Brampton, High Street C1955

Back in the 1950s it would have been quite normal for a bank to have a branch in a small village.

Caption For Broxbourne, The River Lea C1960

Here we see the peaceful banks of the New River, with houseboats and leisure craft moored alongside.

Caption For Chepstow, Beaufort Square 1957

The tall building in the centre of the picture is the former Barclays Bank, since demolished.

Caption For Cambridge, The Bank And Post Office 1931

The Capital and Counties bank (now Lloyd's) and Post Office are in the foreground.