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At the time when this picture was taken, moorland walking had still to catch on; most walkers were ill-equipped, and ladies were expected to turn out in long dresses and totally inadequate footwear.

Ambleside is situated at the centre of the Lake District; this is now a haven for walkers, and a very busy place in the summer months. Here a lady negotiates the stepping stones with trepidation.

The bustling twice-weekly market was clearly a popular event at the turn of the century.

Grassington was at one time a centre for lead mining, but by 1900 it was once again reliant upon agriculture, athough there was still some quarrying in the locality.

The golf club was established in 1905, on parkland set high above Cardigan Bay.

One of the older kilns has been reconstructed at the National Folk Museum, St Fagans. A Benedictine priory was built here, on the site of an earlier church by monks from Gloucester Cathedral.

A motor dinghy carries a boatload of adults and children past the pumping mill at Martham Staithe.

The early tramway system suffered from heavy voltage loss due to inadequate insulation.

Here we see more late Victorian and Edwardian terraces and villas, mostly built of brick or roughcast. The road curves towards the town centre, passing the end of De Vere Road.

This is part of the riverside group of medieval buildings which also includes the Witch and the Wardrobe, which is next door.

For the 1920s, an assembly this size of private motorcars was unusual. I suspect that the reason was an event at the nearby Clifton Arms Hotel.

This shows a very deserted unmade road leading into town, more familiar to motorists today, who have to slow down at the top in order to join the Bath Road into Devizes.

The Plantation and Madeira Walk below The Beacon and Louisa Terrace are a delightful stretch of green wooded shelter on hot days.

Exmouth enjoyed live theatre quite early on, as seaside resorts go.

This view was taken in 1903, although it appears earlier. The timber colonnades are an unusual feature. The pump standing beneath the awning on the left was removed in 1960.

The first castle here is thought to have been built in the 1120s. Edward II was imprisoned here before his murder at Berkeley Castle.

Lyme Regis features a great deal in English literature, being the setting of Jane Austen's novel 'Persuasion' and John Fowles's 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'.

This ancient fortress has served as arsenal, prison and royal residence, and is comprised of an irregular mass of buildings erected at various periods down the centuries.

An inland view from Britwell Drive (foreground), looking northwards over the car park and a dozen coaches at the end of the B3070 in Lulworth Cove hamlet.

There is documentary evidence that the Ship Inn on the left dates from at least 1600, and its cobbled courtyard remains today thanks to a preservation order.

In AD 907, Edward, son of Alfred the Great, embarked on the building of a series of burhs, or fortified towns, as a defence against the Vikings.

This vast open Market Hall was constructed in 1875, and the roof, carried on elaborately decorated cast-iron pillars and supports, covers an area of some 3,500 square yards.

This picturesque village and cove has always attracted the eye of artist and photographer. One Victorian guide book writer described Beer as 'a rare subject for the pencil'.

After Wolverhampton, Walsall is the largest of the Black Country towns. Between 1801 and 1901 its population rose from 10,000 to 87,000—and it is considerably higher today at over 184,000.