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Whitehall is on the extreme left of this photograph, taken at this junction of Park Lane and The Broadway; the widening of the Malden Road has yet to take place.

There is a pleasing lack of uniformity about the facades and rooflines of the buildings in the High Street, some of which are small cottages, and others grand town houses.

On the stony Stanton Road, Domesday Scepecote (meaning 'shelter for sheep') was home to the powerful Bassett family.

At Kyleakin stand the ruins of Castle Moil. It is said that the castle was built by the daughter of one of the Norse kings of the Western Isles.

The parish of Kibworth originally bracketed together Kibworth Beauchamp, Kibworth Harcourt and Smeeton Westerby, sharing the mother church of St Wilfrid.

This statue of 1890 is by perhaps England's finest Art Nouveau sculptor, Alfred Gilbert, whose sinuous, slightly disquieting style is seen at its best around the base of the pedestal.

Bridlington lies near the top of Bridlington Bay, its northern flank protected by the great headland of Flamborough some six miles distant.

Built in 1154 by Henry de Essex on the edge of a valley, this lofty castle became the residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.

A sizeable crowd are fully engrossed in the action of a cricket match on the playing fields of the school, against the backdrop of the buildings, all of which are contained on an 85-acre site.

This is the main road through what was once the home of the Welsh iron industry. The first forge is reputed to have been working in 1425, with the first ironworks following in 1577.

The Lighthouse was built by Trinity House on Anvil Point between 1880 and 1882, to fill the perilous gap between the rocks on Portland and the next cluster around the Isle of Wight.

A fascinating picture of a suburban street. On the extreme left is Palmers, with John Bull tyres and cycle lamp batteries on display in the window.

In the distance on the left is the Plume of Feathers and, comparing with photograph 51329, a change can be seen.

A train on the Smitham railway bridge adds interest to this photograph of the northern end of Brighton Road shopping area.

On the high ground between Dover and Canterbury are a number of one-time mining villages; amidst them is the surprisingly attractive hamlet of Frogham, a collection of pretty cottages.

The estuary of the Camel is one of Cornwall's greatest natural features, fringed with golden sands and surrounded by rolling farmland.

The Tavistock road leads away from Plymouth to the fringes of Dartmoor, and has always been a busy highway.

Nearby on the summit of Blacklow Hill is a monument to Piers Gaveston, the favourite of Edward II.

Weymouth owes its origins as a favourite resort to the patronage of George III and of the rest of fashionable Georgian society, who travelled to the town to take up the new 'cure' of sea bathing.

The church, dedicated in 1124 to St Kyneburga, the third of four daughters of Peada, King of Mercia and founder of the abbey at Peterborough, stands on a slight rise overlooking the village of Castor and

Gone are the market stalls and booths of an earlier era. Here are the vans and accoutrements of a modern thriving market town, utilising the fronts of the Georgian buildings.

In the year of this photograph, Whitby is poised for a summer influx of new visitors via the new Scarborough to Whitby Railway, which opened on 6 July 1885.

Standing in 270 acres of parkland, Raby Castle was the seat of the Neville family for two hundred years.

The parish church of St Mary at Standon has a three-stage detached tower - one of the few in England.