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Caption For Barmouth, The Harbour 1913

Hanging the sails out to dry along the railings are as equal a part of small vessel maintenance as working on the hull note the man by the upturned boat on the left-hand side.

Caption For York, Low Petergate 1892

On the right is Merriman's Pawnbrokers, with its leaf-decorated lamp hanging above the shop front.

Caption For Mevagissey, The Harbour 1935

In 1886 Mevagissey landed 255,000 hundredweight of fish, the greatest quantity of any port in the west.

Caption For Maiden Newton, Whitehall 1906

The curious stone tower attached to the Castle Inn, whose sign hangs over the roadway, stands by a bridge over the Toller, or Hooke, shortly before it flows into the River Frome.

Caption For Shifnal, Market Place 1899

Sometimes a lot of change can take place in a very short time.

Caption For Runswick, From The Beach C1885

The older houses of this charming little village, like many others on this coast, are built hanging precariously onto a cliff.

Caption For Filey, North Beach C1960

Fishing nets hang out to dry along the esplanade of Filey's North Beach, while a 'coble', as the old-fashioned fishing boats are called, waits above on the left.

Caption For Wollaston, High Park Avenue C1960

That finished when the farm closed, but the Darbys are still around - Graham Darby is currently licensee of The Gate Hangs Well on High Park Avenue.

Caption For Dartmouth, Fairfax Place C1955

Fairfax Place was built in the 1880s, replacing some 16th-century properties.

Caption For Petersfield, Red Lion Hotel 1906

The advent of the motor carriage did not prevent the hotel advertising the stables at the back of this famous coaching hotel.

Caption For Newent, Broad Street C1965

On the right, the imposing 18th-century brick frontage of Lloyd's Bank, with its stone pediment and columned entrance, faces the small shops across the road.

Caption For York, Shambles 1893

The overhanging storeys were a feature of town architecture, which came into use some time in the late 13th or early 14th centuries.

Caption For Tadcaster, High Street C1955

It is a quiet day in Tadcaster's High Street as a cyclist pedals unconcernedly down the middle of the road.

Caption For Winchester, Great Hall And The Round Table 1912

Considered to be the best medieval hall in the country after Westminster Hall, the Great Hall dates back to the early 13th century and includes fine arcade piers of Purbeck marble.

Caption For Sunningdale, The Church C1960

The 1893 reredos is by Pearson, and the church has a remarkable painting of The Mourning of Christ after Van Dyck, the original of which hangs in the Berlin gallery.

Caption For Winchester, Great Hall And The Round Table 1912

Considered to be the best medieval hall in the country after Westminster Hall, the Great Hall dates back to the early 13th century and includes fine arcade piers of Purbeck marble.

Caption For Old Colwyn, Abergele Road 1908

All the hustle and bustle of Edwardian life is here in this photograph.

Caption For York, The Shambles C1960

The word Shambles derives from 'shamel', meaning benches or stalls.

Caption For Padstow, Market Place 1906

You could hardly travel further from London than here, but Williams the Padstow newsagent is displaying the very latest penny dreadfuls.

Caption For Nottage, 1938

The Swan Inn, pictured on the right of this photograph, is still here today.