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After the opening of the railway from London to Brighton in 1841, the coaching era came quickly to a close.

The free-standing 'army hut' wards of the military hospital in the grounds of Frensham Heights (then known as Frensham Hill) during the First World War.

The southern end of the High Street widens slightly here, with houses and an inn just visible behind the line of trees.

Employing the services of a boardman was a popular means of advertising for the Victorian shopman.

This panoramic view over Ventnor gives an idea of the steepness of the town.

They were part of a batch of 200 built by Avro for the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and still carry their military markings, although the name on the side indicates some form of civilian activity.

The parish church of St Michael was built in 1878 on the site of an older chapel. Beer is famed for its quarries, which were worked by the Romans and have continued in use down the years.

The interior is no less impressive. One of its outstanding features is the Marble Hall on the first floor, with its monolithic columns in Siena marble.

This view looks in the opposite direction to view C136050, downhill to the heart of the Dutch Quarter, past the former Angel Inn dating from about 1450 and now well cared for by a firm of solicitors

Osborne House was purchased by Queen Victoria in 1840, and it became something of a shrine to her beloved Prince Albert after his death.

This panoramic view over Ventnor gives an idea of the steepness of the town.

When this picture was taken in the Victorian era, Cowley was a large village gradually being swallowed up by the suburbs of Oxford.

This view of Tideswell is from the pinnacled Perpendicular tower of the parish church.

The restored medieval Butter Cross, or High Cross, marks the site of a market. The town crier has long stood on this spot in order to communicate important news to the people of Winchester.

Much of the architecture of this country town is Georgian, though there are a few older buildings.

Oswaldtwistle Moor, to the south of the town, is a love- ly unspoilt area of outstanding beauty. 'The 'twist', or meeting of rivers, where Oswald lives' is how the town gets its name.

Two local landowners, the Earl of Crewe (of Fryston Hall) and John Davison Bland (of Kippax Park) donated the area, which was laid out to offer recreation and splendid views over the township

The effect of the new bridge on housing nearby can be seen in this photograph.

On the front of the building is an old sundial, and on the side a carving of Benjamin Skutt, who was Mayor of Poole in 1727.

Perched above Llangollen, this ancient fortification, whose name translates roughly as 'castle of the fort of the crow', dates from the Iron Age; medieval fortifications were added later, possibly

Nikolaus Pevsner describes Welsh Row as 'the best street in Nantwich', and the variety of buildings we can see in this photograph goes a long way to explaining why.

A fair number of old cottages still line the earliest village streets around the church, but elsewhere any surviving cottage tends to be islanded in a sea of modernity.

Earlier residents of Shillingstone had taken part in the Clubmen's Rebellion, an attempt by local people to keep the warring factions of the English Civil War out of the area.

The sculptures represent the common sacrifice and suffering of the nation. They are the work of Mr F W Sargant, the sculptor brother of a former headmaster.