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Flat Holm and Steep Holm islands are in the background. On 11 May 1897, Flat Holm was used by Marconi to transmit the first radio signal across water.

The view from the tennis court shows the little-seen back elevation of Holme Hall.

A view along the north basin of the lake, including the islands of Belle Isle, Crow Holme, Maiden Holme and the two 'Lilies of the Valley'.

Cliffside buildings (centre background) include West Cliffs, Holme Lea and Holme Craig, but only High Cliff peeks out through the trees from above.

The islands we can see are Hen Holme and the larger Lady Holme. The latter was the site of an ancient chantry, and is now owned by the National Trust.

This rare shot shows the old turnpike cottage (left) at Holme Toll Bar, before the corner was cleared for road widening, looking westwards from Stoborough to East Holme.

Holmes in Thornton was a settled agricultural community for generations before Thornton amalgamated with Cleveleys in 1927. This part of Thornton was connected with Stanah (Stayna) by Holmes Brook.

The houses above are West Cliffs, Holme Lea and Holm Craig (middle distance).

Frederick Holmes Cooper created them, as well as arboreta and, of course, tea-rooms and a restaurant.

St Paul's Church, together with Holme Island, in the centre of the picture, are still to be seen from here.

Regent Circus, known by that name in Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, was the early name for Oxford Circus.

The Holme takes its name from an ancient Scandinavian word which means 'an island surrounded by marshes', but the oldest part of the house dates only from the early 17th century.

This hotel sits just to the north of Holmes Chapel on the main road to Knutsford.

Frederick Holmes Cooper created them, as well as arboreta and, of course, tea-rooms and a restaurant.

He wrote his first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, here in 1886, and eventually left Southsea in 1890.

He wrote his first Sherlock Holmes story 'A Study in Scarlet' here in 1886, and even- tually left Southsea in 1890.

Behind the photographer is the Reading Blue Coat School, founded in 1646, which in 1946 moved to Holme Park at Sonning from Bath Road in Reading.

Stoneyhurst College had a reputation which spread all over the world, and its former pupils included the actor Charles Laughton and Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

Abbeytown takes its name from the 12th-century Holme Cultram Abbey, parts of which are incorporated in the parish church of St Mary.

Stoneyhurst College had a reputation which spread all over the world, and its former pupils included the actor Charles Laughton and Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

During floods in 1600, the Trent changed its course and Holme, formerly on the west bank, became an east bank village.

The original house on Holme Island was built by John Fitchett of Warrington in 1832.

He wrote his first Sherlock Holmes story 'A Study in Scarlet' here in 1886, and eventually left Southsea in 1890.

The original house on Holme Island was built by John Fitchett of Warrington in 1832.