Search Results

Here we see West Row; East Row is on the right by the second stream. The spectacular coastal railway from Whitby to Loftus ran here between 1883 to 1958.

Fiddle Bridge, a large stone, formed a way across the water – it is now overgrown. Devil's Bridge was used for packhorses. Post Office Row (right) is remembered for Ellen Haworth, a diminutive lady.

Rowing boats are drawn up, and mothers and children are enjoying a paddle in the sea.

The pump and its unique cover dominates the Green, with the cottages known as Pilgrim's Row behind. They are named after Samuel Pilgrim, who built them early in the early 1700s.

By now, the High Street was crammed with houses: all the plots had been filled.

Note the row of bathing machines on the edge of the

The half-timbered village hall, with its adjacent rows of almshouses, overlooks this peaceful scene with its curiously maternal architecture.

Inside the market, stalls were laid out in regular rows, with clothing, material and footwear stalls to the middle and foodstuffs to the outside.

Inside the market, stalls were laid out in regular rows, with clothing, material and footwear stalls to the middle and foodstuffs to the outside.

Rowing boats are drawn up on the small shingle beach on the west side of Charlestown harbour, with the Polmear Island rock behind.

The recreational river: this view shows the bustling Undercliff Walk, with rowing boats for hire. A trip on the river was particularly popular at this time.

The building in the centre of the row, at the end of Bancks Street, was all that remained of the older buildings. Then a bank, it is now an estate agents.

This old view gives a fine impression of how long the cathedral is.The magnificent row of arched openings nearer the camera is the ruined priory infirmary.

Rowing and sailing boats on the reed-fringed River Bure make a typical scene of Broadland tranquillity. In the background the church tower rises among the leafy summer trees.

This old view gives a fine impression of how long the cathedral is.The magnificent row of arched openings nearer the camera is the ruined priory infirmary.

Behind is a row of bathing machines.

The ferry across the Dee has been consigned to history, and motor cruisers have replaced the sturdy well-built rowing-boats.

Clearly, the prospects for rowing here look good.

It shows the little harbour wall and a rather full rowing boat setting out on an excursion.

Here we see an almost deserted Queen's Park, with just one customer for a rowing boat on the park's lake.The park opened on 20 June 1887 in Queen Victoria's Jubilee year.

A long line of rowing boats waiting for their customers stretch around the bay at Waterhead, near Ambleside. In the distance, Todd Crag and Loughrigg Fell fill in the left background.

With its fine views across the harbour, Poole Park became a popular gathering ground for tourists who wanted to walk, row boats or just sit in the sunshine.

Recently renewed, the thatch on this row of cottages is exquisitely neat and tidy. Thatch is not a common roofing material in these areas; stone or slate tiles are much more usual.

This was built in 1855, along with Butchers Row. Again, the man responsible was R D Gould. Designed for traders to display their wares in panniers, the building is essentially unchanged today.