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The River Cuckmere, whose Saxon name means 'flowing water', rises in the Weald and meanders southwards past Alfriston to enter the sea at Cuckmere Haven between Seaford Head and the Seven Sisters.

Much of the downland around Findon, at the southern end of the same 'wind-gap' in the South Downs, was for centuries an open sheep-walk.

Red Hill is one of the pleasantest streets in Stourbridge, created centuries ago by cutting through the red sandstone which outcrops locally.

Dr Boddington was a local man; in 1840 he wrote a pioneering paper on the treatment of TB, then known as pulmonary consumption.

The original George Hotel was Walsall's chief coaching inn during the era when the town was served by at least a dozen coaches daily.

Known as Wood Green High School today, the former boys' school was founded in 1924 at Wood Green Lodge, on a site which is now overshadowed by the M6 motorway.

The names of the hotels—the Imperial, the Majestic and the Grand - indicate that the resort could attract a cosmopolitan and wealthy clientele.

This view from the west shows John Smedley's massive Hydro on the opposite side of the valley, which brought spa town prosperity to the town after its erection in 1853.

Horses and carts no longer park outside the Wheatsheaf public house, however; but the spire of the parish church can still be seen in the background at the end of Burlington Street, which like the High

We can just see the Ladybower Dam at the end of the reservoir in this view from the Snake Road. The noble escarpment in the left background is Bamford Edge.

Bursledon consists of two distinct halves - the new and the old.

Note the sign on the telegraph pole on the right - 'telegrams may be telephoned.' Upper Clatford lies at the confluence of the River Anton and the Pillhill brook.

Just four miles west of Scarborough travellers were tempted to stop for refreshments at the Derwent Cafe. The cafe is now in the back part of the building, while the front is a general store.

At the end of Main Street is the entrance to Sewerby Hall, now a fine museum officially opened in June 1936 by the Hull-born aviator Amy Johnson (1903-41).

The ship on the beach is typical of the two-masted coastal schooners that plied their trade in the days before motor vehicles came to be used for the moving of commodities.

The cliff on the right now has a row of houses at the top.

Stone from Waddington Fell was used to rebuild the church of St Helen in 1901. Only the tower of the old church remains - it dates back to c1500. That too was built from Waddington Fell stone.

Looking up Millgate towards the same three-storey building that we see in 65469 (behind the horse and cart), on a day when the children were not at school.

Looking up Millgate towards the same three-storey building that we see in 65469 (behind the horse and cart), on a day when the children were not at school.

In the middle distance to the right are ships anchored in the Hamoaze, which turns north up the Tamar to Devonport Dockyard.

At this time, Easington was one of six large pits situated along the coast of County Durham; the others were Wearmouth, Vane Tempest, Dawdon, Seaham and Horden.

Gainford is noted for its 13th-century church, Georgian houses, narrow streets and one of the finest village greens in the southern part of the county.

The hedge at the right belongs to the churchyard of Holy Trinity, a somewhat unattractive Neo-Norman church of 1843.

The Ship Hotel on the immediate left, with its decorated signboard and the golden cockerel trademark of Courage's brewery, was originally an Elizabethan hostelry.