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These splendid trees had already overseen the widespread development of substantial suburban houses south of the village and the station which had begun in the years following the First World War.

junction, Frith's photographer is looking north past the covered wagon with its load of barrels and sacks towards the pedimented gable of the 1868 Wesleyan church on the right; the police station

Cromwell Cottage on the right gets its name as Cromwell's men were stationed there when he was in the area in 1657.

Jireh Court has been a particularly successful development, primarily because of its location, just a five-minute walk to either the bus or railway station, yet only five minutes from the Broadway

Caddell's Printing Office at number 1, King Street, just visible on the extreme left and next door to the Jackson Brothers' drapery store, was founded by John Samuel Caddell, a stationer, bookbinder,

The pub fronts Main Street, sitting prominently at the junction of Cosby Road and Station Road, and appears to be the bad conversion of a former row of cottages.

Completed in 1868, the Infirmary was designed by Gilbert Scott, whose other major work at this time was the hotel at St Pancras Railway station in London.

In the days of Queen Elizabeth I, the Admiralty commandeered the church tower as a lookout and signal station to watch the coast for defence against the Spanish Armada.

The pub fronts Main Street, sitting prominently at the junction of Cosby Road and Station Road, and appears to be the bad conversion of a former row of cottages.

Two doors up there are postcards outside the stationer, bookseller and Athenaeum Library of Evans Harrison. The lamp post on the right marks the site of the town's first post office of 1835.

of the earth in space, with nearby benches marking the points of the compass.The Isle of Purbeck, that great peninsula sprawling eastwards into Poole harbour, is riddled with quarries.The railway station

North of Ealing Broadway station is Haven Green, with Victorian villas on its west side and shops to its east.

The Metropolitan Railway's station opened in September 1892.

South Street, extending over the River Wey Navigation to the station, did not exist until after the arrival of the railway in the town in 1848-1849.

The town was served by a station on the Cambrian railway; as a result, hotels sprang up to cater for the many visitors.

The building of the station in the central foreground, and the construction of the railway itself, provided a number of secure jobs for labourers at a time of agricultural depression.

He also built the station - a great achievement for a man who could barely write his own name. The George Hotel replaced the earlier George Inn, which was re-erected in St Peter's Street in 1852.

Formerly, a railway line from the station to the slate quarries ran across by the mound (centre).

relaxed attitudes of these members of its staff as they await the next incoming flight in front of the customs and immigration shed, with a coach poised to transport the arriving passengers to the railway station

The next four views were taken in the High Street, which runs westward to Hemplands Lane with the site of the railway station beyond.

As usual in those days, the village had its shop, and Brant Broughton also had its own petrol station, just the one pump selling Esso petrol.

Exceptionally wet and stormy weather hindered the work, but the station was in operation by 1925, using generators supplied by British Thomson-Houston.

Caddell's Printing Office at number 1, King Street, just visible on the extreme left and next door to the Jackson Brothers' drapery store, was founded by John Samuel Caddell, a stationer, bookbinder,

Situated next to Penshurst Station, this village grew to accommodate visitors on their way to take goods to the town.