Search Results

This splendid view of the River Hodder shows the magnificent scenery of the area.The photograph shows the scene as it could have been 100 years earlier, except for the gas pipe crossing the river in

The new A1 bisected the town of Ferrybridge after 1967.

This shows classic landform geology of what is now a gem of World Heritage status.

The New Inn is a welcome haven in the centre of the small village, with its own car park at the side allowing calling motorists to leave the narrow street.

This YMCA residential hostel was opened in 1931 by the Countess of Plymouth, and was advertised as a modern residential centre catering for 130 guests.

This is the original part of Cheltenham, pre-dating the grander areas that grew up when the town rose to prominence as a fashionable spa.

Stroud lies at the convergence of five valleys, so there is very little flat ground.

Bronygarth sits across the England-Wales border, which at this point follows the line of the River Ceirog in the valley.

The pier and railway station were rebuilt and extended between 1892 and 1894 at a cost of over £62,000.

The 19th-century author Charles Kingsley was passionately fond of Devon; Rose of Torridge and the Brotherhood of the Rose feature in his best-known book, 'Westward Ho!'

Notice how the children stand unconcernedly in the middle of the road in this charming photograph!

For many people around the world, the name 'Warrington' is associated with a terrible atrocity when a bomb blew up causing the death of two young children and maiming many others one Saturday morning in

In this evocative scene of an English holiday resort, holidaymakers in their deckchairs enjoy the summer sun, facing the sea rather than the bandstand.

This view shows the sea front before the construction of the modern sea wall that holds back the sea on stormy days.

In 1669 the course of the Little Ouse was cut and extended to Thetford, enabling barges to ply for the first time between the country towns of the region and the port of King's Lynn.

Outward bound from Ramsgate harbour, with a good view on the left of the West Pier and the lighthouse (note the masts of the sailing vessel moored in the harbour).The lighthouse was designed by John

Named after the field on which it was built, Leys Avenue was, even in 1960, a busy shopping thoroughfare.

St Mary's is one of the finest Saxon churches in Britain. The minster of Deerhurst-on-Severn is known to have existed in the early 9th century, but was later destroyed by Danish raiders.

The Victoria Gardens, seen here soon after they were opened by Lord Derby in 1913, were built on the site of the infamous 'Ham and Egg Parade', which had gained a scandalous reputation for rowdiness, vulgarity

The first of this row of Victorian cottages has the original name, Fern Cottage, painted on the glass fanlight. An ice-cream tricycle stands outside Row End (centre).

shows some of the house clearances of the last ten years.

It has the largest number of Grade I listed buildings in one place in England, with the exception of Trafalgar Square in London.

The lane down to Skinningrove village runs off at the bottom left-hand corner. On the skyline we can just see the overhead tramway carrying buckets of ironstone from one of the mines.

Llanrhystud is overlooked by an Iron Age fort, just out of view on the left, which was later occupied by Welsh and Norman earth and timber castles.