Search Results

On the night of 14 November 1940, German bombs destroyed the ancient cathedral church of St Michael.

This picture is taken from the area of Hudson's field, looking northwards to the hill of Old Sarum.

When Frith's photographer went to Belfast it was not his intention to record its industries, but he knew he had to take note of the fame of the fabric known world-wide as Irish Linen.

This is the frontage of Wykes Court when it was the home of Major George Murray Dammer.

One of All Saints' best-known features is the memorial window depicting characters from Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' stories.

The Sessions House on William Brown Street is pictured here just three years after it opened. Designed by F & G Holme, its original purpose has now been forgotten.

Today most of this area is covered by housing, part of the expansion of the town since the mid 1970s. On the left is Tuns Passage.

The 15th-century tower of the church stands on Norman foundations, and houses the tomb of the last abbot of St Augustine's abbey at Canterbury who, at the time of the Dissolution, was given the manor

Gunnerside lies in the heart of Swaledale. The village was once famous for its lead mines, and the remains of many of them still survive in the gills of the surrounding fells.

Our second tour starts three miles west of Amersham in the delightful village of Little Missenden which grew up along the south bank of the River Misbourne and separated from Amersham by the parkland

At the time of the photograph the building was known as Abbey Farm; it had been the home of the Higgins family since 1786.

The main body of the church dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries, and was here in 1180.

Pevsner in The Buildings of England says of Caldy: 'Cheshire is something of a Surrey of the North, but Surrey has nothing to compare with this'.

The 15th century St Mary's church is the burial place of Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, and noted for its decorated 'Angel Roof' nave.

Perhaps one of the less celebrated architects of the new Penarth was Frederick Speed, prolific at the turn of the century. A fine example of his building work, the Lansdowne Hotel, is pictured here.

Penzance is celebrated as a watering-place on account of its mild climate, which makes it the resort of invalids suffering from pulmonary complaints.

This is taken from the north end of the Green, looking south towards Hall Street, showing the wide expanse of the Green, where fairs are still held.

Now merged with Dorking, North Holmwood is one of three small villages along the west side of the large and mostly wooded Holmwood Common - the other two villages are Mid Holmwood and South

On the 14th-century pillared cross is one of the earliest surviving representations of the Three Legs of Man. The other is on the Manx Sword of State which Olaf Godreson is said to have owned c1230.

In the early decades of the 19th century the district of Saddleworth covered 35 square miles and included over 70 hamlets and villages.

Copper mining in the 18th century brought an influx of workers into this quiet spot just to the east of Scotch Corner on the Roman Watling Street.

The clock was a bequest to the town by William Thomas Sim, a retired local grocer, civic leader and philanthropist, who died in 1917 at the age of seventy-nine.

This is one of the classic views of the Lake District; it is now used by the modern National Park Authority as its logo.

A classic scene of the remote west of Ireland.