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The Royal Cumberland Cavern was one of several public show caves in Matlock Bath during the 1950s, and was well known for its formations of calcite and traces of the work of former lead miners.

The 'City of Bristol' foundered on the Llangennith sands in 1840. According to the Cambrian newspaper, 27 people drowned, but pigs and cattle swam ashore and were penned at Cwm Ivy farm.

This crossroads west of the village of Calver is known as Calver Sough - a sough (pronounced “suff”) being a drainage tunnel designed to take water out of lead mines.

At the centre of the village is the ancient market cross and priory gatehouse, now owned by the National Trust.

Well before it became a favourite bathing and picnic spot, the Lune's beauties at Caton were extolled by the poets Wordsworth and Gray, and Turner came to paint the scene.

Sharing its name with the river in whose valley it lies, Darwen grew rapidly as a result of industrialisation in the early 19th century, and many of the buildings along Market Street were

It was planned that each neighbourhood in the New Town would have its own pub.

Hanbury sprawls along the B4091, which runs north from the Saltway to Bromsgrove.

Most of Alcester Street was demolished in the 1960s, but this small part of it survived.

This detail from R84017 (page 40) provides a close-up view of the former home of the Redditch Benefit Building Society.

The foundation stone was laid in October 1954 by the late Princess Margaret and blessed by the Lord Bishop of St Albans.

Close to the village of Nettleden is one of the most beautiful places in the county.

It was intended to mirror a building on the opposite corner, but the project was never pursued.

Today Martin's Bank (centre left) is occupied by an estate agent, reflecting Lymm's status as a housing hot spot, whilst Barclay's Bank (centre) trades from a less harmonious modern building.

Built in 1561 in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the half-timbered Barley Mow Inn is the one constant factor in Warrington's old Market Place.

The two shops on the left were both Morley's, one a clockmaker's, the other an ironmonger's. The tree is at the east end of the churchyard.

The Orange Tea Rooms (we can see the projecting sign) is now a florist, and the slate-hung shop on the right, in this picture Miss Whitford's, selling pots and pans, china, paraffin and other useful items

This view shows the backs of buildings along Kempock Street. Kempock Place is just in view on the extreme left of the picture.

THE ACT OF UNION in 1707 was bitterly reviled at the time, and even for many years afterwards - Robert Burns echoed popular sentiment when he dismissed the Scottish commissioners with the lines

Chasewater is a large reservoir with an amusement park at its southern end, where people enjoy water sports such as sailing and water-skiing, or just paddling.

People mostly arrive at the Lickeys by car today (though there are plenty of buses), but from 1913 to 1924 they came by bus, and from 1924 to 1952 on the hugely popular Number 70 tram, which served

Stratford Road was first recorded in 1322, though it was just a trackway known as Shirley Street at that time. Shirley developed along it in linear fashion.

It is difficult to understand how such a structure could be allowed to replace decent Victorian shops, especially in a street where many of the buildings are listed, but it was probably a source

The young man resting his oars in the right-hand boat of the four boats on the left, wisely assesses the movements of the other craft before manoeuvring, taking account of their progress.