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While the cathedral is the main feature of Ely, it has also been a market town for many years. In this photograph, the Market Place occupies far more space than it does these days.

Taken some fifty years after photograph No 61493, this view looks along Trumpington Street in the opposite direction, with Corpus Christi on the right hand side of the road, and King's in the distance

As a naval port, Plymouth has always had a large contingent of military personnel stationed around its various districts.

By the 16th century, the main gateway was in such a poor state of repair that Henry VIII replaced it with the one that bears his name.

Another idyllic view of the grand cathedral in the late 19th century. In the background we can see the many hills that surround Gloucester, giving way to all routes north, south, east and west.

St Vincent's Place was right in the commercial heart of the city with the National Bank, the Royal Exchange, the Stock Exchange, and the Athenaeum club all nearby.

By the 16th century, the main gateway was in such a poor state of repair that Henry VIII replaced it with the one that bears his name.

Between King's Square and Pavement, the Shambles were once known as the Fleshammels, or butchers' street; in this picture several of the late 13th- to early 14th-century shops were still fulfilling that

One of the films showing is 'The Longest Day', which dates this scene to the early 1960s. The cinema has since been converted to flats.

Cars have replaced horses, and just out of shot, on the right, would be the Rose and Crown public house. Today, the Post Office, the first building on the right, is a bathroom showroom.

Further down-river, Rooksbury Mill stands on the edge of town as the only other mill still existing. In 2001 the Council bought Rooksbury Mill and its use as a fisherman's club may change.

Note the people on the beach and the complete absence of beach towels, windbreaks and other paraphernalia.

St Giles Hill is the high ground to the east of the old city walls. A fine view over the city can be had by crossing the River Itchen and ascending to its summit.

Broadway and its continuation, the High Street, almost certainly follow the line of an ancient trackway that crossed the River Itchen during the Iron Age.

The high ridges surrounding the upper reaches of the River Otter offer wonderful views across the East Devon countryside.

The Tontine, overlooking the canal basin, offers traditional draught beers and food, but in 1788 it was owned by the Canal Company; the houses on each side of the original inn were used by hop merchants

One of Ilkley's many smaller hydros, the Marlborough House on Clifton Road opened in 1878. It survived almost a century before being replaced by modern town houses in Marlborough Square.

Another view of Salutation Square before its redevelopment and transformation into a busy road junction. The board on the 'Keep Left' sign refers to a Royal Army Ordnance Corps exercise.

A view looking east along the green to Trinity College, with the Bank of Ireland on the left. This bustling scene shows a horse-tram snaking over the cobbled street.

The character of Antrim's coast is nowhere better expressed than where it is possible to see the black basalt overlying the white chalk rocks, as here at the Wishing Arch.

The strange colours, white and red, of the cliffs around Seaton give a striking effect when the sun falls upon them. They are notoriously crumbly, and rock falls are common.

Strawberry Hill, above the village, was the site of an Iron Age fort. A boat is being beached to the right beyond the slipway and other boats in the centre.

The photographer must have felt far from the rumblings of war, and even more so with subjects as beautiful as this fine old stone bridge that spans the Lledr River.

This house was built in 1595-96 by Thomas Rogers, whose grandson, John Harvard, settled in America, and died there in 1638, bequeathing money towards the establishment of Harvard College.