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The clock, being larger than Big Ben, was nicknamed 'Big Benzene'.

This village and its neighbour, Toller Fratrum, are usually referred to as Little and Big Toller. Toller Porcorum or Big Toller's church boasts a most unusual font, said to have been a Roman altar.

Behind the tree, the Big Schoolroom (1863) blends very well with the Tercentenary School House (1889) to form a quadrangle reminiscent of Oxbridge.

The big dipper (right) was dismantled in the 1970s - a big wheel had suffered a similar fate at an earlier date. The Cleveland Hills lie on the horizon.

West of the crossroads, Church Street runs north from Frilford Road, behind the camera, to the church, glimpsed to the left of the big tree at the far end.

The cylindrical Norman font is stunning: it has intersected arches, big scrolls and two big serpents with twisted tails, their heads looking at a saintly bishop, who is wearing a typical Norman

Note the typical Kentish architecture - hung tiles and a hipped roof - and the big conservatory and the round oast house to the right.

Holidays on the Broads were already big business when this photograph of cruisers was taken of the moorings near Acle.

Judging from the picture, these cars were definitely big boys' toys. The cars rattled and juddered around the circuit, and on hot days there was always the pervading smell of burning oil.

The mining of salt led to many buildings suffering the effects of subsidence; one of the more spectacular episodes involved The Witch and Barrel pub sinking one Saturday night into a big hole.

The old walnut tree stood near St Margaretís church, and was so big that it required props to hold it up and keep the roadway clear. It died some years ago.

This was because the Bishops of Worcester maintained a palace in the village, and the church had to be big enough to accommodate the Bishop's entourage.

This view, from the famous High and Over viewpoint on the South Downs, shows the big meanders and flat valley floor of the only undeveloped river-mouth in the south-east.

Note the typical Kentish architecture - hung tiles and a hipped roof - and the big conservatory and the round oast house to the right.

The Big Wheel can be seen in the playground to the right of the picture, with The Golden Hind to the left. Southend

The big house set back from the road left of centre is Weeth, and past it the road continues down into the valley of the Cober.

Just up the road on the right is Breage House, once the home of the local squire but now, like so many big old houses, a residential home.

The Big Wheel can be seen in the playground to the right of the picture, with The Golden Hind to the left.

In the mid 18th century, improvements in navigation on the River Blyth led to a big improvement in trade for the area's maltsters and brewers.

The Wesleyan church on the right dates from 1844, and is typical of the big town chapels at that time.

Although taken over twenty years earlier than photograph No 84534, and before the motor car had taken off in a big way, there is still no doubt that Cambridge had traffic problems, with horse-drawn carriages

Behind are Big ben and the Houses of Parliament.

The place-name allegedly refers to 'a tree of extraordinary bigness' that once stood in Hatfield Forest. The tree is now called the Doodle Oak.

The 320ft-high Big Ben clock tower attached to the new Palace of Westminster was just 38 years old at this time.