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Mills and rows of cheap housing were swept away during the development of Marlowes in the new town of Hemel Hempstead.

Close to Blackpool, Newton was popular, especially at the time of the Blackpool Illuminations.

The charm of post-war rural Britain is captured perfectly here.

With the arrival of the Piccadilly Line came an influx of commuters, and with this influx came the promise of commercial profits.

Luton's dependence on a good supply of fully trained technicians and tradesmen meant that the old Technical School was transferred from Park Square (now the site of Luton University) to this site on the

Substantially altered in the 19th century, this 14th-century church recalls the names of the family of the Marquess of Winchester, including many admirals and generals.

Not much more than St James's Street is left of Dunwich, once the seat of the Saxon king of East Anglia, and once one of the greatest and most prosperous ports in the country.

The village of Hutton-le-Hole lies about one mile west of Lastingham.

This photograph was taken from All Saints' Church, itself one of the finest examples of Perpendicular architecture in Yorkshire.

There is a bit of a swell on, and the majority of people are wrapped up warmly.

There was no park in the north end of the town, but the opportunity was there in the shape of some unwanted land.

It was at Catterick in AD 625 that Paulinus, first Bishop of York, baptised converts to Christianity, following the marriage of King Edwin of Northumbria to Ethelburga of Kent.

It was at the northern end of High Street that the unfortunate Duke of Monmouth was declared king in 1685.

Being on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Loftus is surrounded by some lovely countryside and the woods on the outskirts of the town have long provided a place of peace and tranquillity

Townley Hall was first opened to the people of Burnley on 20 May 1903.

The Vale of Glamorgan used to grow a great deal of corn, ensuring ample straw for thatching, and the pretty village of Merthyr Mawr is entirely made up of whitewashed, thatched houses.

To the north-east of Masham and three miles south of Bedale, Snape Castle was once the home of Katherine Parr, sixth and last wife of Henry VIII.

Writing in 1822, Edward Baines said of the area that 'on the whole, Saddleworth is an interesting, though an uninviting part of the country, and the Mountaineers of this region, like those of Switzerland

Founded in 1147, Roche Abbey was a colony of Newminster in Northumberland, itself a daughter of the great Cistercian abbey of Fountains.

The earliest mention of the provision of education in Leeds dates from 1552 when William Sheafield, chantry priest of St Catherine, left property to support the upkeep of a schoolmaster.

Founded in 1147, Roche Abbey was a colony of Newminster in Northumberland, itself a daugh- ter of the great Cistercian abbey of Fountains.The abbey took its name from a cross-like rock that

The parish church stands on the hill.

The River 1903 Amid a grove of tall poplars on the banks of the River Stort are the weather- boarded malting mills, which helped to lay the foundation of the town's prosperity following the passing

With the turret of the Chine Hotel, which served as a landmark for Channel shipping, prominent in the back- ground, the elegant row of Victorian houses along Undercliffe Road bears tribute to the enduring