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Today the village is mainly the province of pleasure craft, who clog the quays in the months of summer.

The area from the Duke of Wellington statue to Market Street was once a large ornamental pond complete with fountains, which had delighted Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on their visit in 1840.

Each of the pillars in the main hall are from a single oak tree donated by the county families of Yorkshire.

The running of the postal service in Victorian times was considered vital to the public good.

At the turn of the century Wetherby was described in some tourist guides as 'a town of no interest'.

During the Protectorate in the 17th century, the cathedral was in danger of being pulled down.

Little survives of the old town, although parts the former Greyfriars church of St John, where Robert the Bruce held a Parliament in 1315, are thought to date back to its beginnings.The 130 ft high neo-Gothic

The royal coach heads out across the courtyard of the Palace bound for The Mall. A throng of carriages waits to join the procession across London.

This quaint old house sits on a corner in Lincoln's Inn Fields.

This dignified four-storey stucco terrace of about 1870, with its continuous first-floor balcony, was at the south-east corner of The Steyne.

The church on the left is St John's, the tower of which is topped off with a small spirelet and dates from the 13th and 14th centuries.

The castle is set on a knoll overlooking the River Don.

This view shows some of the well-laid-out flower-beds that Bridlington had a reputation for producing.

Shipbuilding was also carried on here, the yard specialising in fishing vessels, tugboats and inland waterways craft. Because of the width of the river, vessels were launched sideways.

This view shows the square just before the abandonment of the tramway system. In the background a trolleybus is about to pass a tram as it heads towards the Town Hall.

A view from the Shire Hall along what was to become a heavily congested street, until the building of the new relief road, with a string of Georgian and early Victorian shopfronts overshadowed by the

There is thought to have been a Saxon church on this site before AD700, and the Norman structure, dedicated to St Andrew, is built on Saxon foundations.

The ancient Guild of St George almshouses are pictured in the year they were restored to provide accommodation for five retired people.

The park is the home of Abergavenny Rugby Football Club, and their grandstand can be seen in the middle distance.

The view from the 1833ft summit of the Blorenge is one of the most spectacular in Wales; but the road that crosses the mountain from Blaenavon to Govilon and Llanfoist is fairly narrow and steeply

How many of these men came back wounded to be cared for at Frensham Military Hospital, based at a large mansion, Frensham Heights? How many were to return alive by the end of the following year?

The lake of Dyffryn Mymbyr lies in a broad, windswept upland valley. It is almost divided into twin lakes by a central delta.

The elegant 75-foot spire of Christ Church is prominent in the landscape; the old ironworks and spoil tips are behind it. The terraces of Newtown are to the right.

This column was built by public subscription in 1817 to honour a local landowner, Henry William Paget of Plas Newydd.