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In 1943 the green was ploughed in a 'dig for victory' experiment to grow potatoes, flax and peas; but the soil proved too poor, and the scheme was abandoned.

It is probable that Devonport abandoned its earlier name of Plymouth Dock as a gesture of independence.

Sadly, this deserted view gives an early impression of the sense of abandonment that a number of these streets now have permanently - all the main shops that serve the people of Widnes have moved to

The Priory Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation opened its doors soon after the old parish church of St Mary was abandoned.

The wooden posts are positioned to assist coaches at times when these waters are in flood, although the abandoned cartwheel suggests that not all vehicles made the crossing successfully.

In the past it was once busy with an incessant stream of barges laden with bales of cloth passing through this now-abandoned lock.

In the past it was once busy with an incessant stream of barges passing through this now-abandoned lock, laden with bales of cloth.

Carnforth is towards the northern end; the top section was abandoned after the M6 motorway was built.

Today it sits abandoned, except for one ghostly monk who can sometimes be seen praying where the altar once stood.

Even so, the population then was about 6000.The town’s development received a boost in 1945 when Rover announced their intention to abandon their Coventry plant and concentrate production at their

Glasgow was the last city in the UK to abandon its tramway system.

Trentham Hall was still used by the Dukes of Sutherland, and local people were allowed access to the gardens on public holidays and during Wakes Week.Within a few years, however, the Sutherlands had abandoned

Hall was still used by the Dukes of Sutherland, and local people were allowed access to the gardens on public holidays and during Wakes Week.Within a few years, however, the Sutherlands had abandoned

Carnforth is towards the northern end; the top section was abandoned after the M6 motorway was built.

However, it was abandoned in 1912 and finally fell down in 1944.

The Roundabout Hotel on the Delmé Roundabout used to be St Edith's Industrial Home for abandoned or orphaned girls run by the Waifs and Strays Society.

It is not certain who owned Pennard or who lived in it; there is no evidence for any 15th- or 16th-century rebuilding, so perhaps the castle was abandoned in the 14th century.

Knowing this, the occupants during the Civil War wisely abandoned the castle, so that only its walls and original gatehouse were then demolished.

This view shows the square just before the abandonment of the tramway system.

built by the Normans in the course of their early campaigns in the area, and the second a more substantial construction built by the de Clare clan, which lasted a couple of hundred years before being abandoned

It has a bad defensive position for a castle, though, so that when it was attacked during the Civil War the defenders wisely abandoned it and took refuge in the church instead.

In addition to some of the chalets having originally been used as barracks, the continued existence of abandoned gun emplacements, storage lockers and searchlights were reminders of how heavily defended

It was still in use in the early 1970s, but it was later abandoned and fell prey to vandals.

This unspoilt walled town on its hilltop site was an important port until Elizabethan times, when the sea abandoned it and its harbour silted up.