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On the night of 14 November 1940, German bombs destroyed the ancient cathedral church of St Michael.
Sandown and its twin resort of Shanklin, a couple of miles to the south, are connected by a long prom- enade that winds around the curve of Shanklin Bay.
ONE of the great joys of Exmouth is its beautiful setting, caught magnificently between the sea, the long Exe estuary and the wilder countryside of heath and cliff that so defines east Devon, offering
The dominating centrepiece of the early Norman settlement, the castle with its three moats was built by Robert, Count of Mortain, the half-brother of William the Conqueror.
A flying boat rests on the calm waters of the Medina, in the peaceful days of the 1950s.
This pair of houses on the eastern edge of Dartmoor is utterly typical of its time, with its water (the well in front of the left-hand door) and firewood all to hand.
The new mills and factories not only changed the skyline of Carlisle: they had a radical impact upon the very nature of the city.
Small towns like Saxmundham and Leiston and villages such as Middleton and Westleton speak of a different life, involved in the diverse world of agriculture.
In the chancel are the tombs of some of the Fytton family, including Sir Edward (1550-1606) who became Lord President of Munster, and Mary Fytton who was a maid of honour to Elizabeth I, but was soon disgraced
Chapter Three is a tour of the rolling oolitic limestone south-west part of Lincolnshire, until 1974 the County of Kesteven.
For a number of years it had been suggested that Berkhamsted School and Berkhamsted Girls' School should join together, to the benefit of the children from both schools.
The village of Braemar is situated on the banks of Cluny Burn.
The first official record of a petition for a navigation light appears in the Parliamentary Papers of the Lords of the Privy Council for Trade, written during the reign of William III and Queen
When Frith's photographer went to Belfast it was not his intention to record its industries, but he knew he had to take note of the fame of the fabric known world-wide as Irish Linen.
This photograph, taken from the tower of the Town Hall, looks down past the formal square to the buildings of Bishop Street, which include the reference library by Edward Burgess of 1904 and the former
An attractive garden borders the river in front of the Swan Hotel.
Today most of this area is covered by housing, part of the expansion of the town since the mid 1970s.
We can see the letters of part of the surname of the owner, John Prichard, above the entrance to the Angel Hotel on the left.
The photographer looks across the cricket field towards Steine Road (that name again) with the old town and the dominating church of St Leonard to the left.
The photographer looks across the cricket field towards Steine Road (that name again) with the old town and the dominating church of St Leonard to the left.
