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The call of the sea must have been too much for him, for within a year he had left to go to Whitby and embark on what became a famous career.

This building, next door to the gallery and library, is much the same today as it was in the early 1920s.

The 32-arch, 470-yard-long bridge of character was built in 1864 to replace a medieval crossing of the Trent's flood plain, which featured in the Civil War during 1643.

This photograph clearly illustrates the flatness of much of the reclaimed land that forms the island and which the sea attempted to reclaim in the devastating floods of 1953.

When Leeds town hall was opened by Queen Victoria, the streets were lined with palm trees and triumphal arches.

Much has changed hereabouts, and the dual-carriage- way southern bypass, Southway, is a mere 50 yards to the south.

Much of the hall and the railway has been demolished.

This is very much an archive photograph, for only the bank on the left survives from 1890: Queen Victoria's statue, commemorating her Golden Jubilee of 1887, was moved to the abbey park in 1946, while

A little further downstream, just through the railway bridge, the view down river from the Staines bank has changed; now there is extensive housing development on both banks, much fortunately still hidden

This scene has not changed much since the picture was taken; we may be thankful that a bypass routes most traffic past the village.

Beaumont trained at Versailles and was in much demand, but spent the last 40 years of his life working for James Bellingham at Levens Hall.

The view is north-eastwards from Spyway Road over Chaffins Copse (centre), and seems to have been taken as much for the neatly thatched haystack as for the general view.

This much later building is the principal house in Henllan; here we see it standing rather sombrely waiting for some social occasion to bring it to life.

Much of the stone from the quarries used to be taken to Weston along linking tunnels which pass beneath Weston Road. These were later to be used as air-raid shelters during the Second World War.

In recent times the village gave a name to the much-loved Dorset folk-singing group the Yetties.

The 15th-century arched doorway (centre left), once entrance to the town jail, is worth a look.

The Empire Cinema dominates to the right of the picture, next door to the arched entrance to the Telford Library.

The church stands halfway up a hill overlooking the village rooftops and contains a large and impressive Norman font.The chancel arch is 13th-century, and the church contains several memorials to

In those days it was still very much a village.To the north of the church were the remains of a motte, the village was served by the early Georgian church of St Mary and St Margaret, and nearby

It has some Norman work, an east end with lancet windows of about 1200 and much other medieval fabric.

Replacing much smaller and increasingly inadequate local facilities dating back to the 1830s, the requisite funds came in from across the social spectrum.

This photograph shows a similar view to O51014, but much has changed in the intervening five years.

The 'new' Mitre Inn looks much the same today as it did in 1955. It is worth a close look to appreciate the carvings on the beams and the grapevine design on the square drainpipes.

It is generally agreed by those outside the profession that lawyers charge too much. Here is the evidence. This house was built by a lawyer in the early 1600s.