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Pigot and Co's National Commercial Directory, published in 1830, gives an interesting snapshot of the town just before its rapid decline (the building of the Great Western Railway killed both the

of the road.

supplies of various kinds to the London market.'

At the time of the Industrial Revolution the people of Lilleshall, until then mainly a farming community, began mining limestone to supply the iron-smelting industry at Coalbrookdale.

In 1828 the Earl of Derby presented the city with Stanley Palace.

High Street c1955 There are some fine memorials within the church, notably those of the Oglander family, who had held land nearby since the Norman Conquest.

The amazing stone carvings at the church of St Nicholas makes this church one of the most perfect specimens of pure Saxon in the country.

The River Avon is famous for a rare kind of eel, called locally a sniggle; unlike the Common Eel, it has an elongated jaw and slender form.

The ruins of Christchurch's Norman castle dominate the town much less than the church of the same period. The castle was built by Roger de Redvers in the 12th century.

West Bay assumed the role of port for the nearby town of Bridport, but it only acquired its present name in the 1880s with the arrival of the railway.

Symondsbury has had at least two remarkable parsons, both of whom lie buried within its church. Gregory Raymond served here for 57 years, through much of Victoria's reign.

This huge 19th-century dam, a monument to the engineering brilliance of the Victorian age, combines its functional role as a water supply for Liverpool with a touch of architectural genius.

On a happy day in August 1916 Alice Oldrid, one of four sisters who then owned the famous drapers shop in Boston, married Alan James Derrick of Redcar on Teesside, a 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Reserve

The attractive Halfpenny Bridge is so named because of the charge to cross it.

It was for the building of the Promenade and the surrounding crescents and terraces that many of the quarries were opened in the neighbouring hills.

The present Dublin Castle is probably on the site of the original Viking fort guarding the crossing of the Liffey.

A view of part of the town from the old pier, showing to advantage the turrets and crow-stepped gable of the Grand Hotel. In the mud are various beached craft.

Another scene typical of western Ireland: thatched cottage, hens scratching for food and an island woman with her shawl.

On the steeple of the church is a statue of Habbie Simpson, a well-known piper of the late 16th century.

The hotel stands on the site of Ravenshill Hall, which was built in 1774.

Lying about ten miles east of Hawes, Aysgarth is famous for a series of waterfalls on the River Ure, the upper of which can still be viewed from a 16th-century single-arch bridge.

Part of the village is clustered around the top of a ravine; notice the steep flight of steps in the lower foreground dropping away down toward the sea.

A row of Cotswold stone cottages in Vineyard Street, named after the former abbey's vineyard which was once nearby, built in the style so beloved of all who love the towns and villages of the Cotswolds—and

The pretty gardens on the 'embankment' surround the town's war memorial, and the bay window on the extreme left of the view is the window of the presbytery of the Catholic church.