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Caption For Grassington, The Square C1960

Parked cars fill the cobbled square at Grassington, the pretty Wharfedale village whose wealth was founded on lead mining in the nearby limestone hills.

Caption For Ampthill, The Woods C1955

This cluster of sparse conifers in Ampthill Park borders an entrance to the Cheshire Home for the Disabled that occupies a house built in 1686-88 for the Dowager Countess of Ailesbury and Elgin.

Caption For Bakewell, The Bridge And River C1955

The path extends south right to the recreation park, and to the north, by crossing the bridge to the right hand bank, into the area known as Scot's Garden at the foot of Castle Hill.

Caption For Accrington, Oak Hill Park 1897

At the time the park opened, Oak Hill Mansion was empty, having been tenanted from the time Jonathan Hargreaves left in 1856 until about 1880.

Caption For North Cheam, London Road C1955

The broad expanse of the A24 London Road heading towards Stonecot Hill and Morden is lined with parked cars and bicycles outside the shops.

Caption For Launceston, Fore Street 1893

This photograph is taken from the spot where the Job Centre now stands, or the car park just down the hill.

Caption For Cawthorne, Taylor Hill C1955

There was no traffic on Taylor Hill, Cawthorne when this picture was taken, and the parked car was the only sign of life, apart from the two pedestrians on the right.

Caption For Chipstead, Hogs Cross C1955

The signpost does not notify the traveller that Hogscross Lane is in the foreground with High Road running left to right, and White Hill runs downhill towards Mugswell and Kingswood.

Caption For Launceston, Fore Street 1893

This photograph is taken from the spot where the Job Centre now stands, or the car park just down the hill.

Caption For Mayfield, High Street C1955

Mayfield stands on the summit of a hill, and has one of the most picturesque long streets in the county.

Caption For Woburn, The Park C1960

It was many years later that the enjoyment given by proximity to the native deer led to the establishment of the safari park as a major part of the attraction of a day out at Woburn.

Caption For Sunderland, The Park C1900

This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.

Caption For Sunderland, The Park C1900

This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.

Caption For Worcester, The Bridge 1936

Note the Malvern Hills in the distance, and the tower of St John's Church, adding interest to this view of Worcester Bridge, which had been substantially widened just a few years before the picture was

Caption For Finchingfield, The Green C1960

Finchingfield combines a water supply (Finchingfield Brook) with a defensible site (Church Hill).

Caption For Aldershot, Wellington Monument 1891

This imposing statue of the Duke of Wellington seated on his horse, Copenhagen, has been situated on Round Hill since 1885, when it was brought from Hyde Park Corner in London where it had dwarfed the

Caption For Stansted Mountfitchet, Chapel Hill C1965

The parish pump used to stand on the corner of Grove Hill, just in front of Stansted Park Stores (the polygonal building on the right).

Caption For Launceston, Fore Street 1893

This photograph is taken from the spot where the Job Centre now stands, or the car park just down the hill.

Caption For Bedale, Emgate C1960

This view of a virtually deserted Emgate shows a street of sturdy 18th- and 19th-century houses leading up to the Royal Hotel at the top of the hill. A

Caption For Pentewan, The Valley 1912

We are looking inland from near Pentewan, with the St Austell hills in the far distance.