Search Results

This is part of the marvellous system which by 1933 comprised the Grand Junction or Union Canal, linking the Thames with the Midland canal system, and providing a direct waterway link between London

In the years since this peaceful Victorian scene, Kenilworth has grown into a dormitory town of over 20,000 people.

The Grand Union was created in the 1920s from a network of independent canals linking London with the industrial towns of the West and East Midlands.

This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years. It also had nearby coal-pits, which transported some of their coal from the beach here.

Visitors to Ripon could hire a carriage to take them on the six-mile round trip to Fountains Abbey, or, if they were feeling fit enough, they could walk it.

There have been race meetings in Doncaster since 1600, but it was the St Leger of 1776 that put the town on the racing calendar.

Wasdale and Wastwater can be said to have seen the birth of the sport of rock climbing, and climbers from all over Britain have stayed at the local hostelries such as the Victoria Hotel.

The building on the right of the bridge was called the Custom House Hotel at this date - it was later named the Dolphin. The original Custom House was in Sandgate on the other side of the road.

A product of the increasing urbanisation of Dinas Powis at the close of the 19th century, Mill Road preserves the name of the nearby Mill Farm.

This popular inn on the harbour at St Ives is said to date back to 1312. In the 20th century it became a favourite haunt of the St Ives artists' colony. There is now a small porch by the doorway.

The abbey was founded by Richard de Granville in about 1130, at the same time as he established his castle on the other side of the river.

A member of the local constabulary is on point duty in Lord Street.

A panoramic view taken from Shakespeare Cliff shows to advantage the sweep of this famous harbour.

The medieval river bridge was replaced by the Improvement Commissioners set up by Act of Parliament in 1803.

Preston also had a covered market, so this busy scene could be the yearly Pot Market, which took place in the square for eight days.

Between 1840 and 1885 only one new Wesleyan chapel was opened in Leeds: at Roscoe Place in 1861.

Ferdinand de Rothschild who built Waddesdon Manor also reworked the village, this time choosing a picturesque Olde English style with lots of half-timbering and ornate chimney stacks.

This tiny settlement is set in a remote area of the Broads, where willows and reed beds thrust out into the waters narrowing the passage.

The main entrance is on the right, and the Lunatic Asylum entrance on the left. At the front of our picture is the monument to the Duke of Wellington that was unveiled on 30 August 1856.

Hove, a small fishing village west of Brighton, developed slowly from the mid 19th century onwards. As at Brighton, large areas of working class housing arose away from the sea front.

Middleham was once a major market town, but it is famous for two things: the training of racehorses, and its castle, home to Richard III.

A steep lane climbs up round the edge of the castle. This picture gives us an idea of the impressive appearance of the 12th-century keep.

The pulpit here at St James was used for forty six years in the 19th century by Jack Russell, the famous hunting parson.

The east end of the High Street, looking east.