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Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Cornhill C1950

The white-fronted building is the 1933 Burtons, with a billiard hall upstairs.

Caption For Kew, Kew Gardens 1899

Besides the botanical collections there are a number of superb buildings, including Sir William Chambers' Chinese Pagoda of 1761 and Decimus Burton's stupendous Palm House of the 1840s, which is 360 feet

Caption For Barnoldswick, Church Street 1952

Savage's and Burton's Menswear shop are on the right, and there is a cafe further up the street.

Caption For Swindon, Fleet Street C1955

Next to Burton's store stands the original bookshop of W H Smith, 53 Fleet Street, which opened here in 1925.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, Cliffs 1922

Bright yellow bands of geological strata known as the Bridport Sands make Burton Cliff one of the most distinctive landforms of the Dorset coast.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Market Place C1965

Stevenson's Yellow Buses first ran from Uttoxeter to Burton on 11 September 1926.

Caption For Barnoldswick, Church Street 1952

Savage's and Burton's Menswear shop are on the right, and there is a cafe further up the street.

Caption For Leatherhead, Bridge Street C1955

The streetscape is dominated by the former Burton's building, an urban interloper of 1939 with its giant Ionic pilasters supporting a heavy cornice.

Caption For Gedling, Coronation Walk And Burton Road C1960

This view was taken just east of the railway bridge over Burton Road, which led to the now-closed Arnold Colliery.

Caption For Enfield, Market Place C1950

Burtons is a fine example of its genre, while the flank elevation of the Rialto Cinema enhances neither its neighbouring buildings nor the market place as a whole.

Caption For Parham, The House 1894

Examples from west to east include Burton Park, Parham itself, Wiston Park, Firle Place and Folkington Manor.

Caption For Kettering, Silver Street C1955

Burton's Menswear, on the right of the photograph, sold suits off the peg or made to measure - all on easy payments.

Caption For Daventry, The Burton Memorial And High Street C1950

This view shows Burton's memorial standing at the top of the High Street on the spot where the original Moot Hall stood in 1788.

Caption For Aylesbury, Market Square C1955

Burton's (left) in the company's typical Art Deco style was built in 1936, and replaced the George Inn.

Caption For Penrith, St Andrews's Church, The Giant's Thumb 1893

Burtons and Woolworths altered the streetscape with their respective Art-Deco and stuccoed cost-cutting neo-Georgian designs.

Caption For West Burton, The Village 1909

A century ago, West Burton was a lively farming village with a market and many shops.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Pound Street 1912

Opposite are No 9 (right) and No 8, Shamien House, with No 6, St Anne's and No 5, Burton House being the next visible building.

Caption For Redditch, Evesham Street C1955

Here we can see its replacement, a Burton's store typical of 1950s building styles (one hesitates to call it architecture).

Caption For Zoological Gardens, Camel 1913

Founded by the Zoological Society of London in grounds laid out by the architect Decimus Burton, the Regent's Park Zoo opened its doors to the public in 1828.

Caption For Zoological Gardens, Camel 1913

Founded by the Zoological Society of London in grounds laid out by the architect Decimus Burton, the Regent's Park Zoo opened its doors to the public in 1828.