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This view from the nave looking east into the chancel is not exciting, nor is it enhanced by the solid fuel heating pipes to left and right.

Return tickets to Bangor could be used by the holder to return to Belfast by rail. To increase the attraction of a pier to the casual pedestrian, a band stand stood at the seaward end.

At the time of our photograph, it contained the equestrian statues of Prince Albert (1866) and Queen Victoria (1870), and the four lions (1860) designed by the man who put the finishing touches to the

The road bridge had taken four years to build, and was very much needed by the time it opened. Sunday and holiday traffic heading to and from North Wales could take up to two hours to cross.

It was the home of the dowager lady of the Tempest family; it was bought by the Girl Guide Association in 1928.

In 1997 a statue of William Webb Ellis was unveiled by the rugby player Jeremy Guscott in front of the New Quad building.

Resplendent in her Victorian livery of black hull, white upperworks, yellow ochre masts and funnel, she was built at Poplar in 1878, engined by Maudsley and purchased by the Admiralty for £240,000

From the numbering system used by the Frith archive, it appears that this picture was taken on the same visit to Kingstown as photograph No 31311.

The number had doubled by the 13th century, and the coming of the railway in 1853 brought new employment to the village that suffered, like many others, during the agricultural depression

On the right, Knowles bakery has become a Chinese take-away, and the nearest foreground building is occupied by the St Neots Motor Cycle Company.

This view shows Caerphilly following the restoration both of its fabric and its water defences by the Marquis of Bute.

By the mid 1980s, most of the mines had shut, with dire consequences for the communities here. However, all that was still to come at the time when this photograph was taken.

The canal opened up trade between the two counties, and was used extensively by the lead mines in the Dales. A cotton mill stood here until 1932, and a sawmill was also driven by water power.

Sixty years and two world wars on from the photograph of 1906, the late 18th-century house on Church Hill has been demolished and replaced by the War Memorial Building, designed by Sir Herbert Baker in

Rivalled and outlived by the Gaumont, which closed in 1983, the Odeon was demolished a few years later, in 1963, to make way for a supermarket.

The landlord hired out boats by the hour, as well as providing trips up and down the river. He had the unfortunate name of Mr Crook.

By the 19th century the mansion was in ruins, and the estate was bought by Peter Locke King in 1861. The pillars were acquired by a Mr Ward, who bought Clinton House and land opposite in 1882.

The churchyard was full by the 1870s, so additional cemetery space was bought and chapels erected in Brooklands Lane in 1876.

Some years later the couple were revisiting the spa when the expected invasion by Napoleon was signalled throughout much of the North by the lighting of beacons.

They could share something of what went on by the arrival of a picture postcard. Better still, a search among the novelty shops would find just the right gift to take back.

By the 1830s over thirty miles of canal had been constructed, which was used to transport 50,000 tons of sea sand a year from the north Cornwall coast for use as fertiliser on inland farms.

These artisan terraces still line the Ford Road, their view terminated by the Roman Catholic cathedral of St Philip Neri, giving the town on its ridge a distinctly French character in distant views

The Beresford family tombs are in the churchyard, overlooked by the gargoyles on the tower and the groups of yew trees.

The Lincoln Co-op (extreme left) has gone, to be replaced by the Job Centre and a Cycle Centre. The small J Corby shop opposite is now Las Vegas Amusements.