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Whirlow Brook House was formerly the home of Sir Walter Benton Jones.

In the words of Edward Baines Leeds was “a slower town and our neighbourhood is quieter”.

Before the opening of the M3, it used to run right through to the Portsmouth Road. At this time the road was just being developed.

Trees have begun to grow up on the slope beyond Porthpean House since 1884 (see No 16778, above), although the coast path is still prominent.

This wintry scene was taken well out of the tourist season, and is hardly an invitation for the choc ices advertised in the snack bar.

Penrith received its first market charter in 1223, and it has continued as a busy market town serving the north-east of the Lake District and the North Pennines ever since.

To exploit the tourist potential of the relatively inaccessible Great Orme, the tram line was opened in 1902.

St Augustine's Parade is just out of sight on the left, and Broad Quay is seen on the right. The area is known locally as 'The Scilly Isles'.

What is thought to be the oldest inhabited house in Cheshire is also near Alderley Edge: the stone-built portion of Chorley Hall is thought to date from about 1330, the remainder being Elizabethan.

Penrith received its first market charter in 1223, and it has continued as a busy market town serving the north-east of the Lake District and the North Pennines ever since.

The Swan has been on this spot since 1770. The recreational aspect of the river in the foreground is in stark contrast to the huge lighters tied up beyond.

The town of Bradford-on-Avon can be seen in the distance clinging to the valley side.

The Lake was filled in after the arrival of the railway. The island was known locally as 'Monkey Island', although its official title was Cypress Island.

This time the position was right: it was about one and a half miles out of town, and set in the new suburbs along the Cliftonville Road.

Alongside the West Okement river, these romantic ruins are all that remain of the late Norman castle, rebuilt around 1300.

The Castle is situated in a strong defensive position, bordered on three sides by the tidal reaches of the Haven, and its landward side protected by a ditch.

The bandstand at Canbury Gardens was a gift to the people of Kingston from a former mayor, C E Nuthall. The bandstand was removed in the 1950s, but a replacement has been installed.

Here we see a policeman on point duty in the 1920s, coping with an increasing amount of traffic that began to bedevil Winchester's streets during the last century—a reminder that medieval streets

Here we see a policeman on point duty in the 1920s, coping with an increasing amount of traffic that began to bedevil Winchester's streets during the last century—a reminder that medieval streets

In the manor of Little Askrigg we find this road junction - if we go right, we reach Carperby (4 miles) and Leyburn (12 miles). Behind Woodburn House, left, was the village brewery.

The tugs greatly improved the ship-handling capabilities of the City Docks, and were far more efficient than the old rowed towboats.

After the Dissolution, the abbey was left a ruin and many of its stones were eventually carted off and used to widen the old Leeds Bridge.

Instead of horses and carts, cars now clog the pavement outside the Black Bull. Note how the dark ashlar is picked out by severe white mortaring.

Looking through the Gate in to the Close, a notice on the doors is a reminder that they are shut every night at 11pm.