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The opening of the railway put Portishead at less than one hour's travelling time from the centre of Bristol.

As is customary in medieval great churches, the choir stalls occupy the first bays of the nave.

Barry Island was a popular holiday destination for the valley miners for their annual 'miners' fortnight'; suits, caps, full-length skirts and hats appear to be the order of the day.

The wonderful church of All Saints has a fine 13th-century tower with lancet windows inserted into blind arcades. The belfry is embattled, with turrets at the corners.

In the centre of the small green is the clock tower and lock-up; it has a small bell turret and weather-vane.

Just behind that is the tower of the parish church of St Mary Magdalene, which is renowned for its stitched patterned kneelers.

Still a village school, this is the Delamere Church of England Primary School, with a little nursery in the building just beyond.

Originally built of timber, it was rebuilt in 1272. All that remains is a double tower; although still standing, it is now in danger of total collapse.

This view shows the High Street devoid of traffic, with the shops of Melias Ltd, grocers, and Storey Cooper, drapers, with their summer awnings out.

The High Street's shabby Victorian buildings and wide variety of shops have been familiar to generations of holidaymakers and tourists on coming ashore.

The flint and stone cottage, with its neatly clipped box hedge and the workshop of C Knight, the local builder and contractor, attached to its side, stands beside the footbridge and ford across the upper

Poole's Town Cellars, in the heart of Poole's mercantile district, are seen here on a busy day .

In common with the larger seaside resort of Scarborough, Saltburn has a cliff lift still operational to this day.

The church was designed by W Bassett Smith of London and built at a cost of £3,320; it was consecrated on 11 May 1869.

Even though only the ruins of the keep and the barbican remain, it is obvious how strong this fortress once was.

At this date, the old fashioned, rather cumbersome bathing machines were being replaced by bathing tents, the forerunners of the wooden huts which came later.

A crowd has gathered and awaits the start of a match at Exmouth's cricket ground, a few hundred yards from the sea front.

Uniquely for London bridges, the bascules of Tower Bridge can be raised or lowered to permit the passage of high-peaked vessels.

Crickhowell Castle lies twelve miles south-east of Brecon. Originally it was a timber stronghold of the motte and bailey, and belonged to the de Turberville family.

The clock tower, which is the only part of the station to survive, stands as a sad memento of this great building.

It was an inn known as The String of Horses; it now sits in the Avoncroft Museum of Buildings at Bromsgrove, having been removed in the 1960s to make way for a roundabout.

With the passage of time there are bound to be differences between this and the previous picture. Deacon's now occupy both floors of their building.

Looking like a refugee from Disney World, or something dreamed up by mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, the Shakespeare Memorial Building was erected in 1879.

Brownsea Island is delightfully situated at the heart of Poole Harbour; its castle was built to safeguard the entrance of that important naval anchorage.