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In medieval times, Great Yarmouth was walled on three sides, with just the river side open.

Whilst some parts of the Norfolk coast have suffered badly from erosion over the years, Cley next the Sea has suffered from precisely the opposite.

Cinema in 1960 was still a popular form of entertainment, though television and the opportunities opened up by private car ownership were both beginning to make inroads.

From early Victorian times, Punch and Judy shows moved away from the fairgrounds and streets and on to the beach in pursuit of lucrative new audiences.

The west tower, the church's most important feature, is Anglo-Saxon of the mid 11th-century.

Henry Blogg, coxswain of the 'Louisa Heartwell', pictured here, was the most decorated lifeboatman in Britain, earning three gold and four silver medals, the George Cross and the British Empire medal for

When the Ship Canal opened in 1894, traffic really was a mixed bag of sailing ships, steam ships and motor vessels. Here we see the docks with a mixed array of vessels just a year after opening.

At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed. The walls once surrounded both the castle and Clifford's Tower.

The regimental museum in Tower Street has displays of medals, uniforms and weapons, and models showing the battles that both this and other Yorkshire regiments fought in many parts of the world, including

Here we can see the huge size of the magnificent stained glass window above the high altar. Made in the 13th century, it is larger than a tennis court.

The handsome triple-arched gateway, with its classical screen and groups of Ionic columns, was intended originally to create a noble approach to the Park from Buckingham Palace.

Trafalgar Square, largely because of its huge size and central position, became a popular place for Londoners to gather.

The Holmes Refreshment Rooms was part of the Temperance Hotel, which later became the Dolphin Hotel.

Instow grew as a resort town at the mouth of the Torridge in the 1830s, and most of the terraces and villas on the shore in this picture date from then.

Four heavy stone posts standing on a tall base decorated with quatrefoils carry timber beams and support the roof of the Market Cross.

Judging by the crowd gathering on the beach, it looks as though a seaside concert party will shortly be giving a performance.

Redcar was once the most northerly of the Yorkshire resorts and was famed for its horse racing.

Most of Market Street was taken up by the now demolished Red Lion.

The graceful three-arched bridge over the Thames was rebuilt in 1832 by John and George Rennie, close to the site of the many bridges that have crossed the Thames since the Romans first spanned it.

The White Lion, on the left, was, along with the Cromwell Hotel, the Two Diamonds, and the Yorkshire Grey, among a series of coaching inns spread along the spacious High Street.

Founded in 1079 and consecrated in 1093, Winchester Cathedral has a vast number of treasures stored within it. Many distinguished figures lie buried here - among them Jane Austen and Izaak Walton.

Outside the city walls and isolated from the rest of Portsmouth, Spice Island was once filled with sailors and press gangs.

The broad tree-lined Promenade is lined with elegant houses, whose delicate and graceful wrought- and cast-iron work on the balconies and verandas has long been particularly admired.

Outside the extensive premises of Lewis & Godrey's clothing store, a No 51 charabanc and its white-coated and booted driver prepares to take on passengers.