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Many famous personalities, such as Lawrence of Arabia, came here to pay homage to the grand old man of English letters. The poet and novelist died here in 1928.

Puddletown is the 'Weatherbury' of Thomas Hardy's 'Far From the Madding Crowd'. This area is rich in Hardy associations.

Liphook had begun to expand by the time this photograph was taken; its streets were characterised by neat rows of Victorian and Edwardian houses.

'England expects every man to do his duty'- Nelson's immortal words adorn the side of this stone plinth upon which stands the original anchor of HMS 'Victory'.

There was once a Shirwell Hundred - that ancient administrative division of English counties that was supposed to contain a hundred families or freemen.

This is another of the Lake District's classic viewpoints, the backdrop formed by the peak of Causey Pike (2,035 ft).

A small boy in a rowing boat gazes at his reflection in the waters of Windermere in this summer photograph.

The simple weatherboarded house with the half-hipped roof in the middle of the line of buildings is a public house. It is selling Westerham-brewed ales, though its sign is, unfortunately, illegible.

The white building on the left is Jubilee Cottages, built in 1935. Despite modern development, much remains of the old Winscombe immortalised in Theodore Compton's 'A Mendip Valley' of 1892.

The rather severe building on the right casts a deep shadow across this wide shopping street. On the left the display of hardware items has spilled out into the road.

One of the college's more interesting pupils was Joseph Wright who had begun working at Salt's Mill, Saltaire when he was just seven years old.

The building on the left with the iron balcony is Great Office, where local mine accounts were handled; it was once the Register Office.

A fine view looking around the sweeping east pier of Howth harbour to the lighthouse. In the distance, just under a mile away, is Ireland's Eye.

A view across the River Bourne, a tributary of the Thames, with a hay cart fording the river and horse and cart and mounted horseman looking down from the bridge at the lower end of Brighton Road.

It was for many years the offices of the electricity board and had been created by Lord Lovelace who bought it in 1840. Part of the tower dates from his rebuilding from 1858.

Situated at the very head of the tidal Helford River, Gweek was an important port for distributing goods to and from Helston and the surrounding district.

From the avenue lined with lime trees the eye is drawn eastwards to the 162-foot high tower of St John the Baptist's, the tallest tower in Gloucestershire, containing a ring of twelve bells with the

The Grand Western Canal was part of a grandiose scheme to link the Bristol and English Channels between Taunton and Exeter. There were to be three branches, one of which was Tiverton.

During the sixth century, many of St Comgall's disciples set out in their coracles from a rocky reef near the steamer pier.

A magical picture of the landing place on Innisfallen, a 21-acre island in Lough Leane near Killarney.

A fast rowing boat, a lobster pot and promenaders give an idea of how the Promenade looked in the last years of Victoria's reign.

'The shallowness of the shore', one commented, 'may seem a merciful provision of nature to keep enterprising swimmers from venturing out too far, as there is a strong current to be reckoned with'.

The road is the A30 London to the west of England road which, even in 1955, could become horribly congested, especially at summer weekends. This broad thoroughfare runs the entire length of the town.

The little hamlet of Brockweir, straggling along the floor of the Wye Valley and with a utilitarian bridge spanning the river itself, lies on the county border with Gwent.