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Viscount Valentia was a colourful character who loved fireworks and spent hundreds of pounds on his hobby.

On the board above the toll house door are listed the charges for the passage of vehicles and animals through the gate that once stood here.

The chancel arch was rebuilt by Johnson, a Melton Mowbray architect, who achieved little of note. His work appears to have been virtually confined to the immediate area, which may be just as well!

Until the 1930s the south side of the market, facing the camera, was bordered by a row of buildings which would be later demolished.

Hitchman's, the chemist on the left, was on the corner of Silver Street and Gold Street.

Fitz Osbern built a long rectangular fortified hall (the Great Tower) on the narrowest part of the ridge.

This new three-arch bridge was completed in 1804 at a cost of £24,864; on the central parapet are the names of the then 74-year-old architect John Carr and the builder, Bernard Hartley of Pontefract

In medieval times a chapel dedicated to St Michael stood on the 1595ft summit of Skirrid Fawr, Holy Mountain.

The weir provided power for the ancient mill that has been here since the time of the Knight's Templars.

Newby Hall was built by Sir Christopher Wren for the MP of Ripon, Sir Edward Blackett, during the 1690s.

With Manchester so close, Wilmslow was one of the early centres of nonconformism in east Cheshire; others included Congleton, Macclesfield and Knutsford.

This view of the church is taken from South Church Street, probably within the garden of what is now the house 'Braeside'.

Along with the building to the left, it is now part of an amusement arcade, yet much of the original façade remains intact.

Over a large part of the area, modern toilets were unknown; cesspits and earth closets were common. Such rural conditions could be quite enjoyable in the dry, summer months.

In 2003, a new planning row broke out over plans by Richmond College, the local tertiary college (which is actually in Twickenham) to fund expansion plans by selling off part of their site in Crane

New Brighton is situated on the extreme tip of the Wirral Peninsula, and is separated from the busy city and port of Liverpool by the River Mersey.

To a lot of people it's just a place people see when they're going up and down the M1. Football is very important, but not necessarily the supporting of the local team.

The first sod of the railway line at Clitheroe was cut on 30 December 1846.

The last of the old apple orchards can be to the right of the photograph.

This is another view of one of Newbury's best-loved local landmarks – the Clock Tower.

This view looks from in front of Exchequer Gate towards the Castle.

Here there is a sliver of sea (right of centre) and the plateau of the Golf Links on East Cliff.

Five miles south-west of Bridgend, this crenellated mansion was built on the site of a former medieval fortress for Thomas Wyndham MP between 1802 and 1806.

Without through traffic, this 1000-year-old village retains its rural traditions and sense of history. A century ago, West Burton was a lively farming village with a market and many shops.