Search Results

Whitchurch lies opposite Pangbourne, which is situated on the Berkshire bank. This turn-of-the-century photograph captures the atmosphere and feel of the village at that time.

'At weekends in summer and on Bank Holidays, Bourton on the Water has to suffer the invasions which have resulted from the discovery of its beauty, but at other times its charms are unobscured and can

At the centre of Dalton Square stands a bronze statue of Queen Victoria guarded by four lions, given to the city by Lord Ashton. He also donated the new Town Hall, which stands at the back.

At the foot of St Dunstan's Hill, this mock-Tudor fronted Charrington's pub stands at the crossing point of the old parish boundary of Gander Green Lane with the Sutton by-pass, which had been constructed

A local farmworker, dog at his feet and scythe over his shoulder, stands outside the Ship Inn as an early motor car (which looks suspiciously as if it has been superimposed) drives up the Main Street

E A Hodges, the long-established, family-run stationery and news store, remained a well-known presence in town at this time.

Dredgers are at work.

The 'Severn King' at Chepstow landing stage. There was a time when barges could leave the Severn and sail 97 miles up the Wye as for as Hay, but by 1870 navigation was limited to the lower 37 miles.

By the 18th century, Bishop Auckland was an important market town at a crossing point of the Wear.

Two bridges and a ford cross the stream that flows past the Blue Anchor Inn, which stands at the centre of the village.

The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.

Par Beach is seen at low tide with the china clay port of Par in the background.

At this time the Crown and Anchor Inn, the large building at the foot of the hill, was still open and a focus for community life in Lyme Regis.With its congested, narrow streets, this is by far

Only minor changes would be noticed in this small village from the beginning of the last century to this day.

The Village 1959 At the west end of the village, at the junction of Gainsborough Road with the A30, is this former school of the 1880s, built in rock-faced rubble stone and ashlar dressings.

As a child Nicholas contracted smallpox which left him blind, yet he learnt to read by passing his fingers over gravestones in the churchyard.

The sea cadets parade proudly at their headquarters east of Kings Meadow on the south bank of the Thames.

Upright staves are inserted at the water's edge. These reinforce the efforts we saw in photograph 18208 to diminish the sea's force and to protect the cramped houses and banks.

The thatched mill house is deep in the valley about half a mile inland from the beach at Duckpool, and there is just a glimpse of the coast in this view.

The Stow was to be the New Town's first major shopping centre. The design is Z-shaped, running from north to south to catch as much sunlight as possible, with a square at each end.

There is still a putting green near the Clock Tower, but it is in an adventure form, and is perhaps not so attractive as the simplified version was.

This is the lower reach of the old Liskeard and Looe Canal; it was still used occasionally at this date to carry sea sand and limestone for burning in the kilns at Sandplace.

The beach is seen at low tide, with striking clouds and the sun glinting on the surf.

The Aylesbury arm of the Grand Union departs from the main line at Marsworth, and has some 16 locks in 6 miles, very narrow and not for the faint-hearted.