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Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church was built during 1867 to accomodate the increasing number of Catholics in the area, and to replace St Oswald's Church on Hyndburn Road.

Tregenna Castle was built as a house for John Stephens in 1774 to the designs of John Wood the younger, the well- known architect of Georgian Bath.

Trams were an efficient form of transport, which lasted for a great many years in Poole.They harnessed the power of the newly-introduced electricity as the driving force, as we can see from the power

Southbourne has an unfortuate place in aviation history as the scene of the air crash that killed the pioneer pilot Mr Rolls, of Rolls Royce fame, in 1910.

A picnic party in a meadow in the hamlet of Loweswater are enjoying the splendid view north up Crummock Water.The lower slopes of Grasmoor are prominent on the left, and the skyline is filled by

The house was designed in the mid 18th century by Richard, Earl of Burlington. Later it was the home of the Bradford industrialist Samuel Cunliffe Lister, later Lord Masham.

River Barle appears here little more than a placid stream, but in 1953 a devastating flood swept through Dulverton from the hills above, inundating the bridge and destroying the cottages at the far end of

Sir William's grandson built a keep which was enlarged by the third Earl of Orkney in the 1440s. During the English invasion of 1544 the castle was effectively destroyed, but was rebuilt in 1580.

Further west along Main Street, looking towards Lyme Regis, the plateau of Langdon Hill forms the skyline (centre). The cart is beside Rose Cottage and Foss Cottage (left).

Here we see some horse-drawn carriages, including a street cleaner's cart, parked outside the Parish Church of St John Baptist.

Not something that would happen today with any degree of safety, a gentleman poses for the camera in the middle of the street.

The scenery around the Nunnery Walks was said to be 'of a most picturesque and sublime description', and the series of cascades and waterfalls here is impressive.

1930s and 1960s styles clash openly with the traditional buildings on the left.

The busy railway station situated just behind the photographer closed after the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, and this part of Somersham quietly faded into obscurity with no new development after the pre-war

Here we have a busy Promenade view with plenty of warm clothing in evidence. Cafés across the road include Kings, the Belmont, and in the distance, Pybus Brothers, near to the Palace Cinema.

This ruinous Jacobean manor house, about half a mile north-west of Forest Row, was built in 1631 for Sir Henry Crompton, MP for East Grinstead.

Despite encroaching development, there is still the hint of a quaint old village here at Ferring.

At the top of the hill behind the trees stands the Territorial Army building and the town centre.

A landmark on the Bawtry-Thorne road, the Blue Bell Inn stands at the crossroads of the Doncaster-Epworth road in the heart of the low-lying Hatfield Moors, close to the RAF station at Finningley.

Continuing south, cross the Eastbourne to Seaford road into the centre of East Dean village with its steep winding lanes.

This view has stood the test of time, and the visitor today would see little apparent change.

It was only when Cromwell installed Henry Ireton as Deputy Governor of the Isle of Ely that the road which is now the A142 was built.

We are in the centre of the linear village of Long Preston, which is bisected by the busy A65 Skipton to Kirkby Lonsdale road.

All the hustle and bustle of a Tuesday market day in Settle is captured in this photograph, as Dales folk gather round the market cross and the stalls.