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The shelter of the Barograph Memorial has a pyramidal roof and a wrought iron weather vane.

The first chapter starts, fittingly, with a portrait of the county town, the city of Nottingham, in the 1950s. We start in the heart of the city in Old Market Square.

The history of Christ College falls into three unequal periods. For 300 years it was a Dominican friary; then in 1541 Henry VIII founded a school by Royal Charter.

The bridge was constructed to give road access to the railway station built on the St Martin's side of the river in 1846; it was designed in the same Gothic Revival architectural style, and the parapet

On the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, barges carried timber and coals. The rivers Chelmer and Blackwater meet in Maldon; this cut was built in 1797 to enable ships to reach Chelmsford.

Bude's canal, built in 1823, was something of an oddity. For its first two miles, it was a barge canal – as seen here. Then, freight was trans-shipped into small 5-ton tubs with wheels.

On the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, barges carried timber and coals. The rivers Chelmer and Blackwater meet in Maldon; this cut was built in 1797 to enable ships to reach Chelmsford.

The Carfax 1907 The Carfax and market place is at the heart of the old town.

One of the very finest fortresses in England, Dover Castle dominates the town and harbour below, with the top of the keep standing 465 feet above sea level.

The firemen of Dalton were all volunteers. Everyone in Dalton knew when there was a fire, as a siren went off at the fire station to call the volunteers to the engine to set off to fight the fire.

This interesting view was taken from the western side of the river from the site of today's police station, and shows many of the yards along Church Street.

The Square, one of the ancient market places of Stamford, appears as a pleasant pedestrian area before the dominance of the motorcar; a convention of delivery boys is taking place around the gaslight.

John Bunyan, author of 'Pilgrim's Progress', was born near Elstow, and lived in a cottage on Elstow High Street for four years after marrying his first wife.

Once the site of Corn Market House, where weekly markets were held for the sales of corn and straw plait, Market Hill underwent a major refurbishment in the 1860s, culminating in the joint opening of the

Golders Green was farmland until the turn of the century; prosperity came in 1905 with the arrival of the Northern line. It is famous for its crematorium, partly designed by Sir Ernest George.

Iona is of paramount importance as a Christian historical site, with an impressive legacy of Celtic and medieval buildings and monuments.

At the height of the British Empire, the colleges took in the children of military officers and civil servants posted to far-flung corners of Queen Victoria’s realm.

Sherborne is, by some people's estimation, the most beautiful of the Dorset towns.

Situated near to the junction of two Roman roads and several prehistoric trackways, the Iron Age hillfort of Badbury Rings dominates the surrounding downland.

The small market town of Belford was once a coaching stop for travellers on the Great North Road.

An action-packed view of central Farnham on the eve of the First World War.

Thousands of Cheltenham people entered the world at St Paul's maternity hospital in Swindon Road, which was founded in 1948.

Shepherd's Crag towers through the trees over the Victorian Gothic buildings of the Lodore Hotel at the southern end of Derwent Water.

Great Ayton is one of Cleveland's prettiest villages, and was the scene of the upbringing and education of Captain James Cook, the famous 18th-century world explorer.