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This road is the main shopping street in Fleet, and it contains a mixture of architecture from Victorian to modern.

The pier opened in 1873; it was constructed by Head Wrightson, an engineering firm from nearby Stockton-on-Tees with a national reputation.

Two small girls wearing pinafores stand outside the church gate. The parish church of St Leonard has one of the finest towers in the county; the spire is 162 feet high.

The shop had been run by Robert Hazelwood since the 1880s. His son Robert and his grandchildren continued at the shop and post office until its closure in September 1975.

The King's Arms, then run by R G Wood, has closed, but the arms remain on the present carpet shop. Beyond is the brick Lloyds Bank of 1896.

This view is from the beach towards the village. The road was developed in the Victorian period, and most of the houses and shops, like those on the right, are of that date.

The spire in the background is that of St Mary's, and this view has not changed.

Had the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway had its way, their main line would have run from Warrington to Sutton-on-Sea.

The Yorkshire Dales are criss-crossed by a network of ancient drovers' roads, like this one in Coverdale, a quiet dale which runs into the lower reaches of Wensleydale.

In the centre a horse and cart stand by the pond; perhaps they have visited this spot so that the animal could have a drink of fresh water at Picklefoot Spring, which emerges here.

Almost fifty years after this tranquil scene was captured by our photographer, this village near Edenbridge would become known as the place of a dreadful train crash which killed five and injured 11 in

This photograph reveals the 1860 iron structure, and the business and bustle of a working port.

By the early 1960s memories of Maindy Stadium's relatively inauspicious opening in 1951 and, in particular, its poor running track surface were all but banished.

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

The iron bridge (demolished in 1978) brought the line from Exeter, and did not run parallel to the road bridge.

Cotton spinning brought rich rewards to the town. The new mills, ten of which were established as early as 1758, used water power from the fast running River Ryburn.

This ancient mill was working up to the 1930s, when it was bought by the National Trust and run as a youth hostel.

Along the nearby valley floor runs an intermittent stream, known as the Nailborne. For years its course will be dry; then suddenly it will come to life.

On 10 February 1943 a hit- and-run raid by a single Dornier plane caused a great deal of damage in Newbury.

Sydling Water runs here in a section elevated as a former mill leet beside Waterside Lane (left). This is locally known as Back Lane, and leads to Waterside Path.

Rhos-on-Sea was the poorer cousin to nearby Colwyn Bay, yet it still manages an identity of its own.

Wistow Hall sits comfortably by its artificial lake, even though Wistow Road, from Kilby to Kibworth Harcourt, runs directly past the front door.

This view of the Upper Harbour in the ancient port of Whitby situated where the River Esk runs into the North Sea has hardly changed since the 1950s.

A big sea is running into the famous cove, as if to emphasise the rugged grandeur of the west coast of the Lizard.