Search Results

Post-war expansion of Cambridge pushed the suburbs into outlying villages. We can see early signs of the requirement to control traffic flow with the now ubiquitous Keep Left bollards.

As befitted a growing Victorian town, the spiritual needs of the new citizens were vigorously addressed.

The steel industry used the docks to import iron and other materials that are part of the steel-making process.

From the Church 1897 One of the darkest deeds in English history took place in Saxon times, when King Edward was murdered by his stepmother in 978.

In the south-west corner of the Garden of Remembrance, the Norman Gate gives access from the High Street.

This is a 16th-century building par excellence, much altered and added to down the centuries; it is timbered, tile hung and jettied, and bears a cluster of tall chimneys.

A different kind of horsepower can now be seen in The Strand. Left of centre, with the elegant portico, is the 1922 bus station building.

The discovery of the Barnsley Main coal seam totally transformed the town from relying on agriculture to mining the new gold, coal.

Dale Street is one of Liverpool's original seven streets, and is captured here full of hustle and bustle. The Municipal Building, with its tower and clock face, stands out further up the street.

The Exeter Ship Canal, five miles long, reaches the sea at Topsham, and was built in 1564-6 after the building of a bridge at Countess Wear stopped the use of the river for trade.

These ruined windows and arches are the remains of the cloisters. Situated in the north-west Cotswolds, Hailes Abbey was founded in 1246.

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

We are looking north from Parade Road to the south pier of the Outer Harbour, begun in 1846. The statue is one of a pair of tritons.

In the distance a Mini car is parked, which dates this photograph to 1959 or later.

This view looks along the north side of Market Square past the war memorial into Cambridge Street on the left of the Round House and the High Street to its right.

church is a remarkable one, funded reputedly in the mid 15th century by two wealthy unmarried sisters from Toddington in Bedfordshire - the Peover sisters' generosity is commemorated in the village name of

To the right the spire of Holy Church stands out above the centre of Daventry.

Standing on the site of what were once three fishermen's cottages, the Hesketh Arms was originally called the Black Bull.

Its replacement was this column, 60 feet high and bearing the following inscription: 'This column was erected by the trustees of the Liverpool Docks, by the permission of John Shaw Leigh, Esq,

One of the new towns acquired by Cheshire following the border change in 1974, Widnes developed in the 1800s along with the new chemical industries.

Atop his pedestal, James Ramsden (then flanked by street lights at each corner of his enclosure) is looking up Abbey Road.

The almost intimidating main gate in Dock Road was built in 1719; the Royal arms in coloured relief above the main arch are those of George III, added in 1811.

These carvel-built, decked smacks could be seen fishing the upper reaches of the Bristol Channel. They were called long boomers simply because of the length of the boom overhanging the stern.

On the right is the 1884 post office, with its decora- tive detailing, recalling the ancient East Anglian tradition of pargetting.