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Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), the famous philosopher, was born in Malmesbury in a house near Westport church, which is no longer extant.

Lancaster's first dispensary opened in 1781, established by Dr Campbell; there had been a small dispensary and a convalescent house in Lancaster before this.

Beyond is a 17th-century manor house, now known as the Rookery.

Beyond are two of the big houses that line the north end of the High Street, mostly late Georgian and earlier 19th-century.

In this view, looking west along the millstream cut towards the Thames in the distance, the village gardens are on the left; nowadays the trees are less dense, so the houses can be seen.

The older houses are mostly along the High Street, Church Lane and Abingdon Road. Church Lane runs north from the High Street towards its eastern end, with St Peter's Church a short way along it.

The last view in Marcham was taken from the parish church tower looking south-east towards Parkside, a large estate of 1950s former council houses.

Many of the houses date from the 17th century, after the Civil War; trade in the town increased dramatically once the Keighley to Kendal turnpike road opened, making Settle a premier coaching route

It now houses a museum of country and domestic life, the tourist information office and a dance studio. Beyond is the Roundhouse, or Lockup, built in 1779 for £23.

Once a significant inland port, it has some fine houses and a Guildhall of 1733. Uphill, the town's east gate survives, with a chapel over it.

She still managed to upset strait-laced locals by her antics at her house, Barrells Park, which lies in ruins after a fire in 1933 and is said to be haunted by her ghost.

The trees (right) obscure stucco-fronted houses dating from about 1840.

The whitewashed cottage is Craven Cottage and is little changed today, but 1960s housing has appeared where the tall trees previously grew on the right.

The shop under the blind (left) is no longer a shop, but the white house (centre) is still there. We may be glad that the ugly power line post has also gone.

The Tivoli Tavern can be seen to the left, but Albert Gait has been replaced by the Alliance and Leicester (the gabled building, centre left), and Citi Financial is installed in Pinbox House (centre).

Shugborough Hall, Lord Lichfield's house, is behind the trees to the left; the small building on the towing path is now a craft shop.

The Town House extends from there to the taller tower, built about 1870. The statue is of George, fifth and last Duke of Gordon, as the inscription on the plinth poignantly explains.

To the right of this picture can be seen houses in Archer's Road, part of the development of Newtown in c1910.

It looks in this view more like a dovecote, and was converted to a house in 1934. The miller's wagon poses proudly in front of the mill.

Beyond are 1880s houses, one with a shop window, now demolished.

The photograph looks south-east along the culverted stream bordering Station Road, with housing of the 1920s and 30s on the extreme right.

Along the Tring Road, the late 19th century saw the arrival of factories and the cemetery seen in earlier views, and also housing developments such as the Edwardian Queen's Park or the 1890s Victoria Park

A public bath house was also part of the block; as well as serving the people of the back streets around Piccadilly, it meant that patients could be given a bath before entering hospital.

The next morning as he prepared to depart, Lady Ingilby made it perfectly plain that had Cromwell not behaved peaceably he would not have been leaving the house alive.