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On the right of the photograph is an advert for Player's, seen all over the country at the time when this picture was taken.

At the junction of Gold Street and Bridge Street, with The Drapery to the right, this view looks west from the end of Mercers Row.

Debenham, with its attractive tree-lined street, lies close to the source of the River Deben.

Clydach Gorge, once populated by forges, is well-known for its stands of beech trees which somehow survived the ravages of the charcoal-burners of the time.

This was the original site of the huge cattle market.

Picturesque Llansteffan, on a high bluff fronting the sea, was a favourite subject for the Romantic painters. It was built by the Normans in the 12th century to control the mouth of the River Towy.

It was built at various periods between the 11th and 13th centuries, and its great central tower was rebuilt between 1465 and 1495 after lightning and fire had destroyed its predecessor.

It was after they had founded the Holy Club at Oxford in 1729 that John and Charles Wesley began their evangelical missionary work with a trip to Georgia.

Pleasure steamers from Falmouth, such as the 'New Resolute' seen here, called to land passengers in rowing boats.

The hotel at Buttermere, formerly known as the Fish Hotel, was the scene in 1802 of a great scandal: the landlord's daughter, Mary Robinson or 'the Maid of Buttermere', was seduced and bigamously married

The Promenade of Saltburn is dominated by the impressive edifice of the Zetland Hotel.

In 1795, the Wisbech Canal was cut along the course of the Well Stream; thus providing communication with Ely, Cambridge and the other local towns, via the network of inland waterways that existed at that

Just beyond the precinct, a builder named Trickett built an estate of bungalows with Bodycoats Road through the centre.

This view of the Stonebow shows the length of the long open room on the top floor: this is the old city Guildhall, with a fine open timber roof of about 1520.

Much further south along the High Street is St Mary’s Guildhall at the junction with Sibthorp Street.

Marble Arch stood here in the Mall until 1850, when it was removed to its present position at the top of Park Lane.The Mall, an expansive and formal approach to the Palace, is fringed with limes,

Taken from the Blue Anchor Hotel's balcony, this view looks across its garden to the promenade.

There is now a very busy roundabout at the junction with Ray Mead Road, which leads to Cookham.

Had the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway had its way, their main line would have run from Warrington to Sutton-on-Sea.

Construction of St John's Priory was begun about 1075-76 when the Bishop of Lichfield, Peter de Leia, transferred the seat of his diocese to Chester.

Hoveton is one of the centres of Broadland, and is crowded in the summer months.

The Georgian Guildhall to the right, designed by Thomas Baldwin in 1777, was greatly enlarged to the designs of John Brydon in 1893.

From Terrace Walk, York Street passes the rear of the Roman Baths, screened by the rusticated walls and corner pavilion added by Brydon in the 1890s.

There were continual public fears about the purity of London’s water supply.