Caption For Sturry, The Church 1899
The 15th-century tower of the church stands on Norman foundations, and houses the tomb of the last abbot of St
Augustine's abbey at Canterbury who, at the time of the Dissolution, was given the manor
Caption For Bishop Auckland, Castle Gateway 1898
It was the second Gothic Revival building to be completed in County Durham; the style had become fashionable thanks to Horace Walpole, who had used it to great effect at his own house, Strawberry Hill,
Caption For Bath, From Grosvenor Hotel 1935
Looking back to the former Empire Hotel, opened in 1901 and a poor counterweight to the Abbey, we see the houses of Terrace Walk on the left, now with ground-floor shops, which faced the Greek temple-style
Caption For Whitby, St Ann's Staith 1886
It was now firmly on the map: its narrow crowded alleys and harbourside streets, its ruined abbey and its souvenirs made from jet, fossilised wood found in the local area, proved a magnet for day trippers