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Newport was founded by a group of beachmen or salvagers in 1841; nine of the founders were drowned attempting a salvage operation in the following year.

Southbourne retains a great deal of its original charm, despite being swallowed up by the bustling metropolis of Bournemouth.

Hallow was the home in later years of Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842).

This is a close-up view of the audience at the Dutch Oven bandstand. Most of the ladies are wearing light summer dresses, while some of the gentlemen have even discarded their headwear.

Wisbech's five mile-long canal once connected the villages of Outwell and Upwell with the River Nene at Wisbech. It has since been filled in and closed down. Wisbech is the capital of the Fens.

They founded their town of Corinium by the River Churn, in an area occupied by a native tribe called Dobunni.

The Jacobean oak pulpit of c1630 was found in the tower arch covered in white paint, and was placed in its present position during the restoration of the church in 1851.

This view shows the 'sublime horrors' of the waterfall that the first visitors came to see: the hotel provided for their needs.

Castle Douglas lies close by the main road from Dumfries to Stranraer at the north end of Carlingwark Loch. Until the end of the 1700s it was known as Carlingwark.

This was the last of Edward Longshanks' Welsh fortresses. Construction began in 1295 under the personal supervision of the King's engineer-architect Master James of St George.

Street names intially included 'Reform Place 1835' to commemorate electoral changes after the Boundary Commission had reported: 'The chief trade arises from the manufacture of hemp and flax, and Allington

The supporting bearers to the timber frame of the Tudor building are visible in detail.

A view of the village of Whitekirk.

Prior to 1582, documents referred to this village as 'Blechingley', meaning 'the ley (or clearing) of the Blaecci people', and its origins probably date back to the 7th or 8th century.

This is the splendid 12th-century church of St Michael and All Angels with its Norman arches.

Now the Tenby Sailing Club, the large building on the left is the former Sleeman Stores; built in the 18th century, it stood on piers, spanning the sluice.

Although they are outside the City of Nottingham's boundaries, Carlton and Gedling are really its eastern suburbs.

The population grew in the 19th century, especially after the opening of the colliery here in 1897. Today the town is most notable for its rows of terraces winding round the valley contours.

Baldock Street leads northwards out of Ware towards Thundridge. The higgledy-piggledy row of pubs, shops and dwellings has hardly changed over the years.

Selsley was, until 1863, a part of Kings Stanley ecclesiastical parish. The church's design is based on one at Marlengo in the Tyrol, and has important glass from the workshops of William Morris.

The earlier pub on the site, made famous by the music hall star Florrie Ford, was demolished in the early 1920s, and rebuilt to a vaguely similar design.

William Hancocks of Blakeshall Hall and his wife laid the foundation stone of Cookley church on 20 February 1849.

A church at Ellington is mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086. The chancel arch of the present church dates from the 13th century, and the tower was added in around 1390.

This is a charming turn- of-the-century tableau of Salutation Square, which is the main access into the town.