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231 captions found. Showing results 81 to 100.

Caption For Devizes, St John's Church, Interior 1898

The pulpit incorporates some 14th-century panels, and now stands on a modern wooden base.

Caption For Ockley, The Windmill 1906

The mill was powered by four patent shuttered sails, and winding was controlled by hand with an endless chain gear hanging from the rear of the cap down to the staging.

Caption For Barnston, The Fox And Hounds C1955

The original inn that stood on this site dated from the 16th century, but it was dismantled in 1910 and the present inn built.

Caption For Chartham, The Green 1903

This village in the valley of the River Stour has, in fact, two greens: a large open space before the church, and behind it, a small triangular green forming the heart of this rural community round which

Caption For Chartham, The Green 1903

This village in the valley of the River Stour has, in fact, two greens: a large open space before the church, and behind it, a small triangular green forming the heart of this rural community round which

Caption For Castor, Peterborough Road C1955

This scene has changed little in the past 50 years, apart from the Royal Oak (left) losing its hanging sign and side entrance in the 1980s after a couple of lorries demolished the porch!

Caption For Stocksbridge, From The Clock Tower C1955

A retired steelman looks across the industrial landscape of Stocksbridge, the steel-making town in the valley of the River Don between Sheffield and Penistone, on the edge of the Pennine moors.

Caption For Alton, Normandy Street 1907

The building on the right with a hanging sign was the Bell Alehouse.

Caption For Liskeard, Fore Street 1906

On the right is Sando's multi-paned frontage and, on the left, a sizeable shop for ladies, advertising its clearance sale of blouses, which is in full swing.

Caption For Lacock, William Henry Fox Talbot, The Abbey C1955

This portrait, painted by Anna Zinkeisen in the 1950s, was commissioned by the Royal Photographic Society, but then given to the family.

Caption For Chester, Watergate Street 1888

The Rows continue around the corner and into Watergate Street.

Caption For Accrington, Town Hall C1965

An elegant lamp standard adorns the zebra crossing in front of the Town Hall, and hanging baskets brighten the stonework.

Caption For Savernake, Brown's Farm 1908

This fine old 17th- century farmhouse, built in a mixture of materials, stone, brick, tile-hanging and long straw thatch, is typical of the area around Marlborough.

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 Uley, The Street C1960

We are looking in the opposite direction from No U3011.

Caption For Accrington, Blackburn Road 2004

Once this was the part of the street with clothing shops; it is now the part of town with the banks, building societies and estate agents.

Caption For Babbacombe, The Beach 1889

The thatched house (now demolished) is The Glen, the scene in 1884 of the murder of Emma Keyse by her handyman John Lee.

Caption For York, The Shambles 1909

Here the wording on the banner has been changed to 'Ye Olde Starre Inne'.

Caption For Edenbridge, High Street 1906

This main street was once part of the Roman road which ran from London to Lewes in West Sussex.

Caption For Haverfordwest, The Old Bridge And Castle C1950

An excellent view of the Old Bridge with the castle in the background.