Search Results

Several of the mid and later 19th-century stucco terrace buildings remain, interspersed with garish work like the Electric Avenue 1990s revamp. Further east is The Kursaal of 1902 with a big dome.

Beyond the scrum of pleasure boats for hire in this view looking downstream from Richmond Bridge is the three-storeyed White Cross pub.

East of Southend, the Thames meets the North Sea at Shoeburyness and its long journey ends.

The unusual octagonal screen around the base of the spire was added later in 1860. The pub has an 18th-century frontage, but is based on an earlier tower house.

The attractive church stands in a wide open space in this pleasant village on the edge of the Weald. In centuries past, Rolvenden was by the sea, but it is now well inland.

Rolle Quay was the industrial area of Barnstaple, located on the seaward side of the river Yeo. Even in 1936, some trade is still in evidence.

Beauchief is now a northern suburb of Sheffield, but it was once part of Derbyshire.

This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years.

There was a castle here, which was besieged by King Stephen in 1138, but its keep has long gone; only its outline is marked on the grass of its hill at the end of Bailey Street.

Longridge stands about six miles from Preston on the Clitheroe Road. It still shows many of the signs of a country village, and is complete with its Market Square, as our photograph shows.

This view looks from in front of Exchequer Gate towards the Castle.

At the left is the corner of John Carr of York's Georgian County Gaol of 1787: no attempt here to match the castle's Gothic architecture.

At the left is the corner of John Carr of York's Georgian County Gaol of 1787: no attempt here to match the castle's Gothic architecture.

The foundations of the 10th-century church of St Bertelin are laid out adjoining St Mary's behind the middle bench.

The houses on the right are Nos 18 and 20 Downs Road, formerly called Fanfare Road when built on the northern slopes of Farthing Down.

A fine panoramic view of east Coulsdon shows the extent of the development in the late 1920s and 1930s in Marlpit Lane, Bradmore Way and neighbouring roads.

This photograph must have been taken when the bridge was still very new, as it was opened in April of that same year (1923).

This view from Caversham Heights, north-west of the village centre, gives a good impression of the scale of Reading in the Edwardian period and before Caversham itself expanded far to its north and

The 'new' University College building which opened in October 1909 was the fruition of ten years' concerted fundraising aided by the Corporation's gift of five acres of building land.

Prior to the advent of mass car ownership cycling to the park was an even more popular option than today. With so many bicycles present this busy scene is more reminiscent of Oxford or Cambridge.

This church opened in 1900, replacing St Mary's Church, which formerly stood in the centre of Flookburgh.

The Church of Our Lady and St Hubert, Great Harwood was consecrated in 1859.

The Oxford Canal, one of Britain's earliest inland waterways, took 20 years to complete and was finished in 1790.

There was a castle here in the 12th century; the Bruce family were once lords of the manor. The present castle is a battlemented house dating from around 1800, and the seat of the Wharton family.