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Victorians promenade on the newly-opened second Swanage pier.

Situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park, these splendid waterfalls are still a major tourist attraction in the area, although they are associated with a number of tragedies.

This wonderful view of the market cross and the High Street was possibly taken from Malmesbury Abbey.

Now a tree-clad hilltop fort, this is another example of the many forts built by the Iron Age people. To date it has never been excavated.

The deliberate poses of the onlookers ceases as we move into the 20th century. Fortunately for us, we can pore over their dress - and demeanour - in this image of Victorian Denbigh.

There are remnants of medieval buildings in the town. For most of its history, though, it has had a quiet time, as we might guess from this photograph.

Here we have a summer scene showing part of the Glebe area behind the Promenade. People in the shelters watch the play on the three public tennis courts.

The last of the transatlantic paddle-liners, Cunard's 'Scotia', was finally withdrawn in September 1875, while the last transpacific paddler managed to linger on for another six years.

Here we can have a closer look at the famous bridge, with a group of boys fishing by the bandstand (left).

Harvington Hall near Chaddesley Corbett lies 3 miles south east of Kidderminster.

A small village on minor roads near to the Surrey border.The church of St Mary Magdalene has two historic 14th-century brasses.

Lancaster developed on the east slopes of the castle and church. This area was once called Kirk Lancastre.

The heart of Georgian Weymouth overlooks the sands from the Gloucester Hotel (top left) and the Royal Hotel (centre left), in a broad sweep around to the Victorian spire of St John's Church and Brunswick

Isaac Chalkley, Superintendent of the Hitchin Fire Brigade, brought the new horse-drawn Shand-Mason pump to the site, and the fire appeared to be under control.

Behind the Morris 8, Church Street turns to the left with Boots 'Cash Chemist' on the corner. Today Potter Street is one-way - the traffic in the photograph is facing in the wrong direction.

In 1955 Armstrong Siddeley produced a long-wheeled version of their Sapphire limousine; Austin-Healey were content to fit their 100/4 with a four-speed C-series gearbox; and Morris turned out a long-wheelbase

Market Square has some vehicles parked on it, including a Ralph Rossa ice cream van (right), from Leicester.

Founded in 1620, the Merchant Taylors Schools in Crosby operate in similar fashion to old-style grammar schools, but under links with the charitable governance of the Merchant Taylors Company in London

Cenarth, on the Teifi, is set in a spectacular gorge with a number of waterfalls, and is famous as one of the last places in Britain where licensed coracles were used, both for salmon fishing and (as we

Founded (or refounded) by Sir William Laxton in 1556, a prosperous London grocer, it remained modest until the mid 19th century, when it grew rapidly.

Locally the church is known as 'the Queen of the Marsh'. Its style is classed as early Perpendicular; the chancel was taken down in 1706 and the arch filled in with brickwork.

The whole square is the property of the Duchy of Lancaster, states a notice in the shelter in the middle of the square.

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

The foundation stone of this building was laid with two gold sovereigns beneath it, not in the north-east corner but at the southern end of the building, in 1889.