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By this time, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.

A bridge crossed the head of the Kingsbridge estuary as early as 962, though the surviving bridges in the area are medieval in origin.

Set in the valley of the River Aire, Bingley was once the classical picture of a 19th-century worsted-weaving and textile town, with its great mills and tall smokestacks.

Set in the valley of the River Aire, Bingley was once the classical picture of a 19th-century worsted-weaving and textile town, with its great mills and tall smokestacks.

One of the huts of Blackdown Camp, with a group of soldiers and a bowler-hatted civilian.

This village sprawls around the lanes of the surrounding countryside of the Blackmoor Vale as though not quite sure where it wants to be.

The wooden jetty on the left would have been used at high tide.This photograph was taken long before the widening of the promenade.

This village sprawls around the lanes of the surrounding countryside of the Blackmoor Vale as though not quite sure where it wants to be.

In the 1780s, Leamington was little more than a village with a population of around 300 people.

Construction of the outer ward was begun by William de Valence around 1260 and continued under Aymer de Valence. In shape it would form an irregular hexagon, with a tower at each of the angles.

East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (left), was built by J and T Gale in 1784 and has been widened.

These refreshment and dining rooms, on the corner of the Portsmouth Road and Copse Road, provided a popular stopping place for cyclists, particularly since the rear of the premises housed a cycle repair

At the end of Church Lane to the west of All Saints' Church the base of a medieval cross survives with its new shaft and head of the 1920s.

There were several variants of the Thames sailing barge.

Like the city of Durham, Shrewsbury was founded on a peninsula of high ground almost completely surrounded by water.

Like so many of its neighbours, Downham Market was a river port of some importance until railway workings cut it off from the waters of the Ouse.

Believed to have been constructed in 1350 or thereabouts, it was badly damaged during the 17th century when the cathedral's demise was being prepared.

The Co-operative's elegant range of buildings with a clock tower was another victim of 1960s development in the town. The Society was formed by a group of silk workers in 1864.

The recreation ground was part of Little Eastleigh Farm. It became known as the cricket field, and in due course was bought by the Urban District Council.

Cranbrook's High Street, entering the town from Hawkhurst, and Stone Street, leading on towards Tenterden and Maidstone, form a L-shape with the tile-hung fascia of the 15th-century George Hotel at

The cinema and the row of shops were built in the 1930s on the site of the Rose and Crown Hotel, which was destroyed by fire in 1922.

The new memorial was unveiled on Sunday 4 July 2004; it commemorates the granting of the Freedom of the Borough of Hyndburn to the Queen's Lancashire Regiment.

Some of the freeholders had been setting up stalls in the middle of the road that were now becoming permanent structures.

Some of the freeholders had been setting up stalls in the middle of the road that were now becoming permanent structures.