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Caption For Horning, The Village 1902

This is a pretty scene with a handsome ash tree in the background, and two children in a quiet side street.

Caption For Ludham, The Village C1930

This village is popular with visitors to Broadland, with St Catherine's Church and its beautiful hammer-beam roof and painted rood screen dating from 1493.

Caption For Congresbury, The Village C1965

The right to hold a weekly market and an annual fair was granted in 1227.

Caption For Woburn, High Street 1952

Now one of the busiest road junctions in the rural region, in 1952 the centre of Woburn was a study in tranquillity.

Caption For Broad Hinton, The White Horse C1955

The Broad Hinton (or Hackpen) white horse is on Hackpen Down between Avebury and Swindon on the Marlborough Downs.

Caption For Broad Hinton, The White Horse C1955

The Broad Hinton (or Hackpen) white horse is on Hackpen Down between Avebury and Swindon on the Marlborough Downs.

Caption For Coltishall, The Village 1902

In the second half of the 19th century, Coltishall was a major wherry building centre, and even at the time this photograph was taken, Allens were turning out the sleekest, fastest wherries on the Broads

Caption For St Ives, The Harbour 1895

St Ives, the pilchard capital of the west and Mecca for artists, encapsulates everything Cornish.

Caption For Hickling, Broad C1965

A large broad exposed to the cold east wind, Hickling can appear grey and unfriendly on a bleak day, but on sunny summer days it provides an exhilarating sail.

Caption For Staindrop, Raby Castle C1955

Built round an internal courtyard, Raby's defences included inner and outer curtain walls surrounded by a broad ditch.

Caption For Harlow, Broad Walk C1960

The many prams and push-chairs were a typical sight in Harlow, leading to its nickname 'Pram Town'.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Parade 1912

Beyond are Madeira Cottage and the Assembly Rooms (centre right).

Caption For Ashford, Lower High Street C1965

The broad expanse of what had been Ashford's original market place and a rendezvous for Kent's sheep and cattle farmers had, by the mid 1950s, been bisected by a central traffic reservation and new road

Caption For Norwich, Thorpe Reach 1899

Wherries carried both passengers and freight all around the rivers and broads of Norfolk.

Caption For Aberdovey, From The Sands 1901

This view looks across the broad expanse of firm sands to a goods train, which is probably carrying slate on the now-vanished harbour branch of the railway.

Caption For Ainsdale, Station Road C1965

Station Road, though quite short in length, still manages to achieve a broad mix of shops and dwelling houses.

Caption For The Broads, A Greengrocer On The Broads C1945

These enterprising retailers are taking advantage of a captive market on the Broads.

Caption For Reading, Broad Street C1965

By the 1960s there has been much rebuilding, but Broad Street is still recognisable.

Caption For Hungerford, High Street 1903

Famous for its many antique shops, which line the broad High Street, Hungerford was given a fishing charter and a brass drinking-horn by John of Gaunt (the Duke of Lancaster), who granted fishing

Caption For Woolacombe, The Bay 1911

Barricane Beach is behind the camera, and we see the broad expanse of Woolacombe sands stretching away south towards Croyde.