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The first Wesleyan chapel opened in 1807, paid for by the Wells family in memory of George Wells.

The Old Unicorn Inn lies at the centre of Walton-le-Dale. The inn also had a dining room and tea rooms.

More accurately, this is the rear of Church Street; modern detached houses have been developed in the allotment-style gardens.

Beyond North Wall (centre) the panorama of the town includes Marine Parade, St Michael's Church and Church Cliff.

The Eamont flows out of Ullswater at Pooley Bridge and is joined by the Lowther at Brougham, before meeting the Eden near Langwathby.

St Peter's Church, seen here from the churchyard and looking towards the village green, was rebuilt in 1718 on the site of an earlier church.

Contemporaneous fashions undoubtedly included the Mekay 'immaculate shirts' advertised on the side of the 244 bus (which served Whitmore Way and Laindon).

At the corner of the B4025 and the entrance road to Broughton Castle, we see the Saye & Sele Arms advertising Chesham & Brackley Breweries Ltd.

In the latter half of the 20th century, Bournemouth not only maintained its reputation as a leading holiday resort and luxurious shopping centre, but became a university town and acquired city status.

The early use of bathing machines made Weymouth a popular resort for sea bathing, and the town has never looked back.

A century has brought no great change to this view of the village, although it does look rather threadbare in this photograph by comparison with today's manicured look.

Originally, all the buildings except the Admin Block were sited among the woodland that comprised most of the 60-acre site.

On the extreme left, in Holden Road, is the substantial two-and-a-half storied Holder House, built of red brick around 1800 with a Doric-columned porch.

Georgian additions on the left, since reduced in size, were designed by the York architect John Carr for Sir Lawrence Dundas.

Georgian additions on the left, since reduced in size, were designed by the York architect John Carr for Sir Lawrence Dundas.

The building of Mount Edgecumbe House was started by Piers Edgecumbe in 1539 and remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The lorry at the head of the ferry queue is probably taking empties back to the Plymouth Brewery near Halfpenny Bridge in Stonehouse.

Ringwood's market brought country folk from far and wide to the town with their goods; it also became famous for the sale of New Forest ponies.

Most of the buildings date from the 14th and 15th centuries, but there are traces going back to medieval times. The Pilgrim's Hall is little altered from the 15th century.

The steep road leading down to the bridge over the River Don at Oughtibridge, north of Sheffield, leads the eye to the steel works across the river.

Weeping willows overhang the village pond and its coop for the ornamental waterfowl; they lie at the heart of a village whose history stretches back to Roman times.

It was John of Gaunt who set about transforming Kenilworth from a Norman fortress to a Gothic palace. Work began around 1389, with only the keep being retained.

The days when boats were pulled up on the foreshore almost as far as the front doors of the houses are long gone.

Filling stations are no longer allowed to have their pumps directly adjacent to pavements, but in the days of the dependable ash-framed Morris Traveller, it was pretty much the norm.