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St Helens was only a small village until the advent of the Industrial Revolution.

Holywell developed by the Great Ouse as a traditional `ring` village: the main street runs around the perimeter of the community with only one access road.

One of the wonders of the waterway system, the five rise locks at Bingley in West Yorkshire are part of the Leeds & Liverpool canal.

This picture, taken from the walkway of the bridge, gives us a panoramic view of the Alexandra Docks and the residential area of Pillgwenly.

Edgbaston is the most famous of all Birmingham’s suburbs.

The photograph looks from outside the present entrance to Hornsey Town Hall and towards the town centre soon after the completion of most of the buildings, and a decade before the influx of extensive but

Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928) was the principal founder of the English garden city movement.

This is a spectacular view from the top of Portland, with the expanse of the Chesil Bank on the left, stretching 16 miles along the Dorset coast to Barton Cliff, and the broad expanse of Portland Harbour

During the Civil War, Newnham, like many Royalist garrisons surrounding Gloucester, was on the receiving end of a raid mounted by Colonel Edward Massey's forces.

Shefford is a corruption of Sheep Ford - possibly the title bestowed by herders as they moved their flocks across the River Ivel at this point to stay ahead of Danish invaders.

This view of the overhanging, topmost rocks of the Black Rocks shows some of the many examples of graffiti, some of which is Victorian, which deface the gritstone boulders in the foreground

The wooded estate of Mount Edgecumbe is the hereditary seat of the Earls of Mount Edgecumbe.

The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort for

Here is a wonderfully atmospheric shot, typical of the best of late 19th-century photography, illustrating the beautiful view from which Belvoir derives its name.

The not unlovely village of Saxelby is situated about a mile north of industrial Asfordby, and on a stream which empties into the River Wreake.

To the south of the Market Square are the abbey buildings. This is a Victorian reconstruction of the last remnants of the Cluniac priory.

Also known as Piper's Hill Common, this beautiful nature reserve has developed from wood pasture; that is, rough grazing with a scattering of trees.

The architectural style suggests that St Dunstan's was built towards the end of the 15th century, although there is a record of a church on the site as early as 1291.

The chapel is in the top of the house, next to a nursery that offered views in all directions. Members of the family could stand watch while a service was being held.

Until perhaps halfway through the last century the majority of people living in the town (Nick Thomas) A view of St Mary's Grove, opposite the Church.

Monton had been a separate village until the incorporation of Eccles, when it was taken under the new council's wing. Monton Green is also the name of the road in our photograph.

Another of the surrounding parishes into which Bridport borough expanded, Bothenhampton lies to the south-east, with a deep-cut village street which has left a dense cluster of terraces standing on

Situated at the head of the valley of the East Allen, Allenheads was an important centre for the lead-mining industry from the late 18th to the mid 19th century; the mines here produced around 14 per

This clock tower monument was erected in 1861 as a memorial to Philip, the eldest son of Sir George and Lady Musgrave of Edenhall, who had died two years earlier in Madrid aged twenty-six.