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The age of popular motoring led to increased numbers of tourists coming to Cheltenham.

Oxford's superb Town Hall building dominates this picture of the city centre. At the bottom of the photograph is Queen Street, named after Queen Charlotte, wife of George III.

Lining the centre of the street are the town's stocks, market cross, fish slab and whipping post; the lamp behind was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

Bell Road is an echo of Northfield's agricultural past.The population grew by over 200 per cent between 1881 and 1891, nearly all of it overflow from Birmingham; but modern Northfield owes much to

At one time Pewsey had many venerable houses such as this one. It is a sad fact that most have now disappeared, but some survive on the edge of the town centre.

This sought-after village grew up at the head of Mylor Creek.

At the northern end the two largest stones form an entrance; inside, just visible to the left of the photograph, on the eastern side of the circle, are the remains of ten stones arranged in an oblong,

The River Teme rises in Wales and flows through Shropshire before entering Worcestershire at Tenbury.

Fishing boats, still all sailing craft at this date, are moored in the shelter of the two piers.

Horner Water winds through a steep, densely- wooded vale, which lies below the abrupt northern slopes of Dunkery Hill, Somerset's highest point.

This view of the pool was taken from Knap Point. In the background are Bindles Ballroom and Glan-y-Mor Residential Hostel (both have now been demolished) and Hotel Waters Edge.

These beautiful gardens at Abbots Ripton Hall were created by Lady de Ramsey and her gardener.

The great medieval castle at Bodiam was built in the Rother valley in 1386 against a possible French attack.

The Guinness clock at the top of Old Town Street was a popular rendezvous. It stood where the southern end of Drake's Circus shopping centre now stands.

Ringwood's parish church dated originally to the 13th century, but suffered so badly at the hands of restorers that it had to be rebuilt in Early English style in 1854 - fortunately a number of features

Beaulieu village lies not far from Lymington, at the head of the Beaulieu River, and is attractive in itself.

The village's name derives from a long bank along the river Ouse, on the right of the photograph, defending the low-lying land from flooding.

We are looking along Church Street at its junction with Cumberland Street (left) and the Thoroughfare (right).

At Brain's Farm there is the 16th-century stone-built Hewler's Farmhouse. In Blakeney itself stands Swan House, built as an inn in the 17th century, and the 18th-century King's Head Inn.

The parish church stands majestic at the top of Church Hill, as it has done since 1846.

At the height of the British Empire, the colleges took in the children of military officers and civil servants posted to far-flung corners of Queen Victoria’s realm.

The bridge is more than over 2,760 yards long, including the approach viaducts, giving a clear headway at high water of 150 ft. The steel towers stand 360 ft high and are supported on granite piers.

When it was newly-finished, the chapel was austere.

Many of Wakefield's 118 pubs and hotels were along this central road through the city. At the lower end is the Kirkgate railway station, which replaced an earlier station built in 1840.