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The organ over the pulpitum, the screen between choir stalls and nave, was installed in 1899 to replace the one of 1834 shown in photograph No 28152.

Fondly-remembered Turog bread is advertised outside Tomlinson's whitewashed baker and confectioner's shop in the centre of Ingleton.

Both ships drew large crowds when they were first towed out of Bristol and through the Gorge.

Mary I married Prince Philip of Spain in Winchester Cathedral on 25 July 1554 and this chair, upholstered in blue velvet, was used by the Queen during the ceremony.

Old Winchester Hill and Beacon Hill nearby are local beauty spots, and provide magnificent views over much of Hampshire.

A raised sea wall now protects the land behind from encroachment by the sea, but is being used as a backrest by some of the holidaymakers.

The harbour at Padstow originally belonged to Bodmin Priory and has had many celebrated visitors, none more so, perhaps, than Sir Walter Raleigh, who used it frequently when he was Lord Warden of the Stannaries

The parish church of St Mary was drastically restored in 1867; a century later the spire was topped in fibre-glass.

South Cerney has some delightful street names, such as Bow Wow, close by the Old George Inn, and Upper Up, which now adjoins the village proper, but a reminder of the days when it was an outlying farming

These cottages stand at the top of Pack Hill, near its junction with Church Road and Mayfield, in Upper Wanborough. The Cottage Shop was once a shoemaker's premises.

It once had some fine painted decoration on the interior walls - an example survives in an attic room. The house became the home of the Unionist Club in 1913.

It runs parallel with the Esplanade, and holidaymakers swell the numbers of shoppers in the summer.

The town is said to derive its name from 'beau lieu', or beautiful place. At the beginning of the 20th century, Bewdley's population stood at about 2800.

The illuminated Bovril sign was an integral part of the city centre scene for well over a decade.

There are a surprising number and variety of shops for such a small village, reflecting the need to cater not only for local inhabitants but also for campers and caravanners on the cliffs between the village

It would be hard to find such a peaceful rural scene as this amongst the suburbs of present-day Bournemouth.

This is one part of Redditch which has not greatly changed, although the traffic is a great deal heavier now.

building of 1789; it was so badly damaged by fire in 1908 that it had to be demolished.

The beach is still a popular area, but now the coast road with its traffic runs in front of the sycamore tree on the left.

The amenities now included a concert pavilion (at the pier head on the left), a bank kiosk and a Moorish pavilion (in the centre of the picture).

Built as the Pier Hotel in 1891, the Metropole stood at the landward end of the jetty.

Continuing along the road, we come to the turn-off which leads to the NRA on the left, now called Queens Road. The main road leads back to Bagshot.

This photograph was taken from Lambeth Bridge, and shows the Houses of Parliament before Victoria Tower Gardens were laid out on Millbank.

Boscombe developed to the east of Bournemouth in mid-Victorian times, attracting the wealthy and fashionable.