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Burton Street refers to the former leper hospital of St Mary and St Lazarus established about 1150 by Robert de Mowbray, to the south of the town; it can only be seen now as a series of earthworks to the

Victorian enthusiasm for railways soon ensured that all the major tourist centres of the Isle of Wight could be reached by the Permanent Way.

The pretty village of Calbourne lies among the downlands of the Isle of Wight. Its lovely Early English church boasts many fine monuments and is among the oldest on the island.

This former ancient tide mill, sited to the south of Dell Quay and at the head of the Bosham Channel, today stands alongside the Bosham Yacht Club quay, and is the haunt of many yachtsmen who enjoy the

The porch of the Three Crowns was the scene in 1643 of the shooting during a skirmish with Parliamentarian forces of the Royalist poet Sidney Godolphin, described by a contemporary as 'perfect

A bridge crossed the head of the Kingsbridge estuary as early as 962, though the surviving bridges in the area are medieval in origin.

This view of Northbrook Street shows the façade of Newbury's famous department store, Camp Hopson, established in 1921.

An earlier view of the entrance to Dovedale, again showing the donkeys, and the slopes of Butser Hill rising to the left of the photograph, with the crags of Thorpe Cloud to the right.

The North Yorkshire village of Ampleforth is perhaps best known for its Roman Catholic boys' school situated to the east of the village, but this view shows the Main Street of the village itself, which

These two photographs of the village High Street give some indication of the constantly-flowing stream of traffic which passes the small, half-timbered Black Horse pub with its adjacent wine merchant and

This picture fits the description of Rochdale that appears in the 1906 Baedecker guide: 'a town of over 90,000 inhab., situated on the Roche, and is one of the chief seats of the flannel and woollen industry

The west side of the bay comprises Scarlett Point, which has outcrops of lava and volcanic ash, while the stack is columnar basalt. The east side of the bay features the flat rocks of Langness Point.

We are looking south down the length of Windermere from Todd Crag, a southern outlier of Loughrigg Fell above the hamlet of Clappersgate.

of the Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger.

MANY MORE people know the name of Loughborough than know the town itself, or even where it is. That name is read, said and rings out across the world. Loughborough is unique.

Bracknell was not considered the most prosperous of towns before the coming of the railway. Today, it is one of the largest industrial areas in the country.

The façade of Ye Olde Red Lion pub in Park Road had undergone some minor changes shortly before this photograph was taken, with the removal of two decorative signboards above the main doorway and the replacement

To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Scout Movement, 56,000 scouts from around the world held their 3rd International Jamboree in Arrowe Park.

To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Scout Movement, 56,000 scouts from around the world held their 3rd International Jamboree in Arrowe Park.

Cranbrook's High Street, entering the town from Hawkhurst, and Stone Street, leading on towards Tenterden and Maidstone, form a L-shape with the tile-hung fascia of the 15th-century George Hotel at

At Gravesend Reach, the River Thames narrows on its way from the North Sea to London Bridge, another twenty-six miles upstream.

This splendid view from Thurstaston Hill looks over the village, with the spire of St Bartholomew's church projecting above the trees and roof tops.

In 1388, in true Border style, the second Earl of Douglas raided the Earl of Northumberland's territory to the south as a diversionary attack durng a major incursion by the Scots.

Syston, a Domesday village situated about four miles north of Leicester, was industrialised by an influx of framework knitters in the 19th century, which generated standardised red brick buildings