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Two miles south-west of Othery, the Taunton Road skirts the Mump, a natural tor rising steeply from the surrounding Moors.

The cottage on the east side of Manor Road (left) is the one to which Sergeant William Lawrence retired.

A typical moss landscape of sedge and scruffy birch trees is in the foreground; beyond are some of the traditional peat cutters who were still working the area.

Beside the waters of the Great Stour, this great house in its pleasant parkland marks the original birthplace in 1380 of Cardinal Kempe, the ecclesiastical statesman.

The wheeled bathing machines of earlier pictures have been replaced by this array of circular tents, allowing Edwardians to divest themselves in privacy.

Designed in 1865 and built at Chatham, she was completed in 1868 at a cost of £361,134 including machinery.

Lord Trenchard, father of the modern Royal Air Force, chose the site right in the middle of the Lincolnshire countryside so as to be as far away as possible from the temptations of the big cities.

This old view of St Osyths Lane includes the beautiful 14th-century spire of St Peter's Church in the distance, beyond the market place.

Until 1864, Clacton had simply been a row of cliffs. It was Peter Bruff, a railway engineer, who bought the land and started to develop a resort here.

The name of the town does not refer to any beach, but comes from the Old English word 'beck', meaning 'stream'. Clayhithe was the harbour of Waterbeach; the word 'hythe' means 'landing-place'.

This view, with the Grand Hotel on the left, shows the extent of the beach.

This scene shows punting on the river in pre-war days. Nearby is Conyngham Hall, now a conference centre, but once the home of the toffee maker from Halifax, Lord Macintosh.

Tilgate Mansion was situated about a mile south of the town on the edge of Tilgate Forest, part of the woodlands that comprise St Leonards, Tilgate and Worth Forests; they run in a swathe from Horsham

Dunstable Street housed most of the 'household' shops in 1955 - the situation has considerably altered since then as the town has expanded its boundaries.

Once tree-lined, the pavement edge to the right of the photograph has given itself up to signage and lighting standards.

The outside face of the clock was replaced after 1824 with one set of hours instead of two. Compare this photograph with photograph 55156: the clock has obviously been restored since 1906.

Fern Pit, at the mouth of the Gannel, was owned by generations of Northeys, who also ran the ferry to Crantock, which is in the background on the other side of Crantock Beach.

Melcombe Bingham's manor house dates back to the time of the Plantagenet kings, though much of the present building is Tudor.

Canford bears all the hallmarks of the manorial village that it was, for most of the older houses are of a similar and approved pattern.

Newmarket is the world's capital of horse racing.

In 1086 King's Norton belonged to the Royal Manor of Bromsgrove, remaining in the possession of the Crown until the beginning of the 19th century.

This castle was reputedly part of the dowry of Princess Nest, the bride of Gerald of Windsor in 1100.

THE CURRENT fortification on this site can be traced back to around 1160. This was during the reign of Henry II, first of the Plantagenet kings.

Portsmouth's magnificent Guildhall, one of Hampshire's stateliest civic buildings, was opened in 1890 by the Prince of Wales on behalf of his mother Queen Victoria, who was said to be alarmed by the endless