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One medical expert at the time boasted that 'residence at Bexhill is especially beneficial in anaemia, scrofula and tuberculous diseases, and in diseases of the respiratory organs'.

The gates to the churchyard are cast iron and very obviously much older, perhaps from the previous church which was built on the site in 1839.

Once belonging to the collegiate church of St Mary-in-the-Fields, this green was an unofficial park until 1877.

The Shoulder of Mutton clearly wished to attract railway passengers and added 'or Station Hotel' to its name.

Designed in 1924 by Clough Williams-Ellis, the architect of Portmeirion, they compete with Vanbrugh's 1721 Rotondo temple on the right.

In 1659, Southwold suffered a huge fire which destroyed a substantial part of the town.

Maisemore village stands on the west bank of the River Severn. It is prone to flooding - in 2000, the White Hart pub was completely surrounded with water.

This bustling view shows the bandstand on the left and the 'Scottish baronial style' Old Custom House of 1637 in the middle distance.

Since photograph No 56359 was taken, the shop on the corner in the middle of the picture has lost its tile-hanging, and its original timber frame has been exposed.

The provision of public utilities became increasingly important from the Victorian period onwards.

Not far from Evesham, South Littleton is a lovely old village of pretty cottages, a manor house built in 1721, though attached to an even more ancient building, and a church that originally dated back

The doorway is one of the oldest in Cheshire, and is famous for the zigzag patterns and beaked heads carved on the arch.

In years gone by, the river Parrett carried a large volume of traffic.

Our photographer is standing on the bridge we saw in No 33415. Barnstaple's premier hotel - The Imperial - is on the left, still in business today.

Consecrated in 1848, this was designed by George Gilbert Scott, the architect responsible for the restoration of St Mary's Church in Stafford and many others around the country.

The impressive Webb's Hotel is a well-known landmark on the south side of The Parade in Liskeard. Sad to say, it is no longer a hotel, and the garage on the right is now a food store.

Blue- and-white and green- and-white striped awnings cover the rows of stalls which threaten to overflow into the churchyard.

An ancient iron bloomery, or furnace, was discovered in St Paul's churchyard in 1912 when the church was being extended; this is very appropriate for the churchyard that is the last resting place

His brother Michael joined in 1953, going to work on Whipperley Ring school at Farley Hill. Like their father, they had trained at Regent Street Polytechnic.

Whiteless Pike (2,159 ft) is the prominent fell in this view, which was taken from Crummock Water below Mellbreak, with Rannerdale Knotts on the right of the photograph.

On the left- hand side of the road are the Army and Navy Stores and a shop selling stuffed birds.

On the right are the premises of George Merriman, pawnbroker and jeweller. To the left is Searle's brush and mat warehouse. The large broom hanging over the doorway is now in the Castle Museum.

Wilton, once the capital of Wessex, was the most important town in early medieval Wiltshire. This is Kingsbury Square, with St Edith's church on the left. The road across the square is the A30.

Spreading cedar trees frame this southern aspect of St Katherine's Church, with its Early English tower with a weathervane, stuccoed walls and Norman nave.