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The hotel later provided another service for travellers – BP petrol from the three tall cylinders by the door (left). The building looks the same today, but it has fewer chimneys.

The postmistress, Miss Jisbella Lyth, was a personal friend, and considered it an honour to deal with his voluminous mail.

Fifteen children have been neatly assembled by the photographer in front of the brick and half-timber cottages that comprised this small village, originally called Clandon Abbots.

This clock was originally a project by the Redcar Urban District Council to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902.

Parker Almshouses, founded by Robert Parker in 1706, were later replaced by the ones we see here, which are built around a square.

The turning for Glebe Road is by the double-fronted house in the centre, and the National Provincial Bank was later built on the opposite corner.

South of the A39, we climb from lush pastures towards Exmoor and the well-wooded Holnicote Estate and Dunkery Hill, much of which are owned by the National Trust.

track, was looking for residents to commute to work in Burnley, Manchester or other towns.The town stands on the young River Irwell, in the Rossendale Valley—the name Bacup means 'in the valley by the

They were purchased and presented to the abbey by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire in 1914.

By the early 18th century, enclosed Cloth Halls in other parts of the county were stealing business from Leeds.A hall for white cloths was opened in Kirkgate in 1711, then replaced by a larger one

The bridges were almost certainly constructed by the monks of nearby Waverley Abbey, which was built in 1128. It was the first Cistercian abbey in England, and was dissolved in 1536.

Progress was hindered by the hostile attitude between the GWR and the Midland Railway, but eventually a ceremony to cut the first sod of the W & GR was performed on 1 July 1865 by the Countess of

It was captured by the English in January 1283 following the death of Llywelyn the Last.

A large-scale reconstruction was begun by the second William de Camville and continued by his son, the second Geoffrey. During this period the gatehouse was remodelled to become a keep.

Much of the best part is now owned by the National Trust, who also own a fair amount of Cookham Dean's open space. Here we see a car toiling up the hill from the Cookham direction.

In later years the staircase had to be supported with columns owing to a substantial increase in downward weight caused by the building of an additional room on the top storey.

Following the move of the gaol and assizes to Bodmin in 1842, the grounds were landscaped and turned into a pleasure park by the Duke of Northumberland.

St Margaret's, built on land given to the town by the local Stanhope family, is constructed in the Early English style and contains twenty interior arches. The spire was added in 1901.

That Worthing has a milder climate than its neighbours is shown by the large quantities of fruit and vegetables which it sends to Covent Garden.

Built in 1826 to designs of Samuel Beazley, the architect of the Theatre Royal in Dublin, they were needlessly demolished by the Council in 1947.

The town of Calne boasts a stunning and attractive Perpendicular church, which was funded by the once- prosperous local cloth trade.

By the 1860s it was causing considerable traffic congestion and there were heated debates in the press about its future. It was finally removed in 1878 and re-erected at Waltham Cross.

Allhallows is in the hundred of Hoo, close by the Thames.

The village also had a well-known post-type windmill, which was sited by the main road. The 14th-century Blackboys Inn has been recently restored after fire damage.