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Caption For Frome, Christ Church Street West 1952

This street was named after the church, which was erected in 1818 on Packhorse field.

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

Most of the houses are positioned around the large green where there were once old archery butts.

Caption For Frant, The Post Office C1955

Most of the houses are positioned around the large green where there were once old archery butts.

Caption For Great Eccleston, Cartford Lane C1965

In the 1950s a new and busy road separated the two villages of Little and Great Eccleston.

Caption For Rochdale, Yorkshire Street 1892

Originally High Street, its approach from the ford across the Roach was via Bull Brow.

Caption For Twickenham, York House From The Bridge C1955

In 1635 the town archery butts stood at the eastern entrance to Twickenham in Richmond Road - a reminder of the need for a standing army in a constant state of readiness for war abroad.

Caption For Banbury, Oxford Canal 1921

When the Oxford Canal finally reached Oxford in 1790, the city bells were rung to celebrate the arrival of the first barges loaded with coal from Coventry.

Caption For Banbury, Oxford Canal 1921

When the Oxford Canal finally reached Oxford in 1790, the city bells were rung to celebrate the arrival of the first barges loaded with coal from Coventry.

Caption For Lymm, The Bridgewater Canal C1960

A pair of Horsfield's craft are carrying coal, the once horse-drawn butty (the 'Marjorie') towed by the motorised narrow boat.

Caption For Lymm, The Bridgewater Canal C1960

A pair of Horsfield's craft are carrying coal, the once horse-drawn butty (the 'Marjorie') towed by the motorised narrow boat.

Caption For Aylesford, Preston Hall 1898

It was built for Edward Betts in about 1850.

Caption For Horsham, Town Hall 1923

On the southern part of the market is the old Town Hall or Market House; the original open arcade on the ground floor was used as a butter and poultry market.

Caption For Ludlow, Butter Cross And Broad Street 1949

The Buttercross was built in 1744 at a cost of £1,000.

Caption For Ipswich, Westgate Street 1893

We are looking east towards the Presbyterian church of 1870.

Caption For Ipswich, Westgate Street 1893

We are looking east towards the Presbyterian church of 1870.

Caption For Richmond, Station Bridge 1892

The bridge was constructed to give road access to the railway station built on the St Martin's side of the river in 1846; it was designed in the same Gothic Revival architectural style, and the parapet

Caption For Richmond, Station Bridge 1892

The bridge was constructed to give road access to the railway station built on the St Martin's side of the river in 1846; it was designed in the same Gothic Revival architectural style, and the parapet

Caption For Richmond, The Falls C1960

This photograph shows the remains of the weir added across the top of the waterfall to increase the power to the nearby Castle Mill, which was extended by the paper maker James Cooke in 1865

Caption For Richmond, The Falls C1960

This photograph shows the remains of the weir added across the top of the waterfall to increase the power to the nearby Castle Mill, which was extended by the paper maker James Cooke in 1865