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By the time this photograph was taken, it had been reduced to nothing more than an ornamental roundabout for the traffic.

This picture gives another impression of the wonderful feeling of space engendered by the Peak District.

Leaving Winchester Street and looking back at Morris's building behind the policeman, this was designed as Barton's Hotel by the architect for A B Scott's shop.

The castle was stormed and wrecked by the Parliamentarians in the Civil War, in 1641. St Mary's House is a medieval timber-framed house open to visitors.

On parade days, the adjutant rides his horse up the steps and through the main doors, followed by the cadets who have completed their passing-out parade.

This bridge provided much-needed access to other parts of the town, which had only been accessible by the town bridge before.

Since its early days as a resort, Bournemouth has striven to be the 'garden city by the sea', and its lovely flower displays are a famous attraction for visitors.

This scene nowadays would be dominated by the A55 Expressway, but only a little over a hundred years ago many of the buildings in this photograph would only have recently been erected, built

The restoration of the castle was started in 1930 by the Ministry of Works. The central tower has an impressive vaulted ceiling.

Blakeney Point, a shingle peninsula owned by the National Trust, is a haven for wild birds and also the home of thousands of seals.

This bridge is owned by the Drainage Commissioners, and has been rebuilt to give the river two feet more room.

On the other hand, the earliest that Brierley Hill is known to have been inhabited is 1619, though by the mid 18th century it too was noted for its coal pits, nail-making, brickworks, forges and glass

The Tontine, overlooking the canal basin, offers traditional draught beers and food, but in 1788 it was owned by the Canal Company; the houses on each side of the original inn were used by hop merchants

On the left, by the Hillman Imp, we see the opening created by the demolition of cottages in the early 1960s to make way for the town's Register Office and Library.

Almost all the land in the village is part of the 20,000 acre Sandringham estate owned by the Queen.

It has been lived in by the Townley family since the 18th century, although the house itself dates back to around a century earlier.

Charabancs are drawn up by the clock tower to convey tourists around the island.

It was damaged in the 1960s by the IRA. Behind is the Carlisle Pier, the former mail boat terminal, together with its station.

By the time this photograph was taken trading wherries were extinct, but a few built for pleasure still sailed the Broadland waterways.

It has been lived in by the Townley family since the 18th century, although the house itself dates back to around a century earlier.

The town's first factory was in production by 1952; by the time this photograph was taken, the population had quadrupulated.

In the churchyard is the 1820s Mausoleum of the Traffords, the family of the long-demolished Wroxham Hall, whose gate lodge survives by the church.

Some Victorian topographers were most offended by the word 'Piddle' and earlier guidebooks transformed it to the politer 'Puddle'. Hence, we get 'Puddletrenthide' and 'Puddlehinton'.

A perfect natural harbour, Lulworth Cove has been hollowed out by the swirling waters of the English Channel into its present almost circular form, creating one of the most distinctive bays on