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In his 'A Shropshire Lad', the poet A E Housman opens with the words: 'From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain . . .'

Judging from the picture, these cars were definitely big boys' toys. The cars rattled and juddered around the circuit, and on hot days there was always the pervading smell of burning oil.

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge further down the valley).

The 'Twa Brigs of Ayr' became famous thanks to a poem by Robert Burns. Things had changed by the time this photograph was taken.

Despite popular opposition, the school had to be demolished in June 1970. The woodwork was so diseased that it had be burned, and all that remains is, apparently, a single hall.

Before the coming of tourism, Torquay was an obscure fishing hamlet, its villagers scratching a living from the sea, smuggling and lime burning.

Before the coming of tourism, Torquay was an obscure fishing hamlet, its villagers scratching a living from the sea, smuggling and lime burning.

The photographer has the undivided attention of a group of children in this quiet wintry view.

Originally known as North Sunderland, Seahouses prospered on fishing, and for a while lime burning.

The quarter boys above the church clock date from 1761, while the tea rooms (now Simon the Pieman, established in 1920 after this view was taken) replaced the Red Lion Inn which burned down in 1872.

This lighthouse, which is on the highest point of the island (180 ft above sea level), was built in 1829 as a gas-burning light and has been automated since 1927.

Burnt Farmhouse is isolated; it incorporates the remains of Field Place, which burned down in 1765. The tower of Litlington church can be seen in the distance.

In AD1001, Viking raiders under the command of King Sweyn landed in the Exe estuary, raiding and burning the town of Exanmutha before marching on to Exeter.

The tower of the church dates from the 14th century. Otherwise, much of the church was rebuilt in the late 1800s.

By the time that this photograph was taken, very little of Barry Castle remained.

In AD1001, Viking raiders under the command of King Sweyn landed in the Exe estuary, raiding and burning the town of Exanmutha before marching on to Exeter.

On the right is that ubiquitous feature of west country beaches, the lime kiln.

The Custom House dates from 1791 but was burned down in 1921 during the troubled years that led to the creation of the Irish Free State.

During a French attack on England in 1545, a large fleet of warships anchored off Brading harbour in the hope that the English fleet could be lured out of Portsmouth.

During a French attack on England in 1545, a large fleet of warships anchored off Brading harbour in the hope that the English fleet could be lured out of Portsmouth.

Visitors clamber over the site of the old castle. The modern castle is comparatively new, being completed in 1822. The statue is of Burns's Highland Mary, who was born at Auchnamore Farm nearby.

In 1882 England played Australia in a cricket match; they lost so disastrously that they then ceremoniously burned the bails used during the match.

The Old Mill 1914 'And laughs the immortal river still Under the mill, under the mill'. So wrote the poet Rupert Brooke about Grantchester's mill.

The castle and church have long been popular with tourists, many of whom stay to sample the delights of the Old Rosslyn Inn.