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Once an important market town, Blandford remains a busy shopping centre, enlivened by the presence of troops from the nearby military camps.

Salt springs were discovered at Stoke Prior in 1828, and were developed by the Georgian entrepreneur John Corbett. The canal was used to facilitate the transportation of salt all around Britain.

The castle was built by the new Norman lord of the manor of Halton, Nigel Fitzwilliam, in around 1071.

BY THE START OF the new millennium, Twickenham had evolved a long way from the idyllic Arcadian village of the 18th century with its elegant riverside mansions and villas set in sylvan grounds.

Judging by the high fashions on display aboard, cruising the river was a popular event, even in those days.

It was built by the Pennant family on the proceeds of their huge Penrhyn slate quarries at Bethesda.

Judging by the extended television aerials, the scenery also appears to have a deleterious effect on the picture reception!

This street, broad and uncluttered by traffic, is lined with Georgian and Victorian houses, and dominated by the splendid Victorian clock tower at the far end.

The pond is on the right, hidden by the trees.

Elm Hill was rescued from slum clearance by the Norwich Society in 1927 and beautifully restored. To those who see it now, the intended vandalism is difficult to comprehend.

The fully restored and working windmill here in the centre of Skidby is now a museum and tea-rooms, both of which are owned by the East Riding council.

This view is now obscured by the trees, which were newly-planted then, but have now matured.

The view shows the main entrance gates, presented by the late Councillor Joseph Duxbury.

Rightly regarded with pride by local people, the Lanes was voted best shopping centre in Britain by the British Council of Shopping Centres and now attracts millions of visits a year.

Wycombe Abbey School's first architect, was commissioned by the school to build boarding houses, classroom blocks and dormitories, which were mostly built between 1898 and 1902, with the chapel following

East Mill stood on the north side of East Road and was powered by the River Asker. This view, dating from 1904, looks eastwards from the north bank and duplicates picture 43865.

High Street c1955 Wootton has one of the oldest churches on the Isle of Wight, being built originally by the Lisle family who took their name - De L'ile - from their island residence.

Some time during the second half of the 19th century, Bracknell became a town, helped by the coming of the railway in 1856 and the development of market gardening and brick-making.

Other distractions were provided by the Pavilion and the camera obscura.

Owned and restored by the Sussex Archeological Society, Parsonage Row, a 15th-century Wealden house, is part of a village that retained its identity, despite being swamped by Worthing's northward expansion

This bridge linked long-established footpaths crossing Dogmersfield Park to Odiham Common; they had become divided by the construction of the Basingstoke Canal.

This church was built by the Vivian family of Singleton Abbey in 1850, with several later additions.

This possibly romantic view of rural England is balanced by the Hungerford Almshouses, built during the Jacobean period in 1668, which were charitable institutions to house the poor, and which overlook

By the 1830s there were 44 cotton mills in the Craven district, the main centres being Skipton, Settle and Barnoldswick.