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Beyond are the hipped roofs of Abbey Road, former UDC housing of the 1950s.

There are dewponds alongside the road by the Beacon.

The gardens in the foreground are at the corner of Mansfield Road close to the Lodge.

These, and the Fossil Depot (right), were demolished for a road- widening project in 1913.

Oblong in plan, with the church at its southern end and the A47 to the north, the village is entered by long-abandoned medieval roads from Cold Newton to the north, itself a shrunken village, and from

In 1800, this was a small village bisected by one turnpike road. Within a few decades, the face of Cleckheaton had changed beyond recognition with the establishment of machine manufacturing.

The trees and wall on the right disappeared in widening the road in the 1950s. Francis Frith's Sussex A Century Ago

The view shows the centre of Anstey, as the road drops down from the heights of Bradgate Park, enclosed out of Charnwood Forest c1200 as a hunting park.

There are few cars other than those parked between the Cromwell statue and the war memorial, and people are able to pass the time of day in the middle of the road. J

Leeds and Liverpool canal which brought about the growth of Burnley, and there is a large piece of that canal history alive and well at the Weaver's Triangle on the Burnley Wharf, Manchester Road

Parallel to Stratford Road and to the south of it is one of the grid of streets that were laid out for the town from the 1840s, starting at the east and then expanding westward as land was released

Buildings, most of them built of locally-quarried limestone, grew up along this road, and a number of former coaching inns can be seen to this day.

The site was originally part of the large gardens of Arnolds, a private residence accessed from the adjacent Church Road. The original proprietor was Edward (Ted) Hoadley.

The policeman is paying no attention to the driverless Ford Prefect in the middle of the road to his left (perhaps it belongs to him or his uniformed companion).

The donkeys have a long walk every day from their field just below the Abbey House, down the donkey path, along Church Street, over the bridge and down Pier Road to the sands.

At the end of the road you can see the signal box on the far side of the railway, beyond the Station Hotel, now the Crossing Gates pub.

Moving northwards from the church along the Hollow, the path crosses Main Street into Sapley Road. It is difficult today to imagine that this is the sight that would have greeted travellers.

In the grounds is a stone statue of a First World War soldier, given by the Normanton Central Liberal Club - it can be seen from the road. This monument is now listed.

The road with no entry signs (right) is Wote Street, home to the Haymarket Theatre.

These barracks in Fulford Road were built in 1795 as part of William Pitt's defence programme. They covered 19 acres, including seven for a nursery garden.

The empty roads were typical of the day - at this time, cars and garages had not yet become an important factor in the new estates.

Further down the road are Johnson and Smith's Staines Ironworks; such local foundries were not uncommon in larger towns at this period.

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. At the top of the hill is the mainly 14th-century church of the Holy Trinity.

At the time this picture was taken, Parkstone was being compared to Menton in the south of France; there is also a Mentone Road.