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since the 17th century, but it has been settled for many centuries and has a claim to be the legendary Ictis which traded tin with the Phoenicians; this history is also claimed by other sites on the south

The £8 million suspension bridge was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in September 1966 to carry the new M4 motorway from England across the Severn Estuary to South Wales.

The paddle-tug 'Boston' was built at South Shields in 1875 for the Boston Steam Tug Co. She had a wooden clinker- built hull and was powered by a grasshopper engine.

The London and South West Railway passed near here in 1860; but Talaton would have remained some distance from a station, had not the Sidmouth branch been built in the 1870s.

Britford is a tiny village just outside Salisbury to the south east.

It sits by an entrance on the south of the estate.

This view is from the south just downstream on the Berkshire bank.

By the 1960s, only craft drawing less than 21 ins of water could attempt the river north of Stourport, and even then their passage into Bewdley was blocked by a shoal about one mile south of the town.

During the first half of the 19th century, a number of churches were built to meet the needs of South Shields' growing population. The Presbyterian Church, Frederick Street, was built in 1847.

The site today may be approached by public footpath, about a mile south-west of Stamford.

South Street is to the left, with the Golden Lion and North Street to the right.

Malmesbury Abbey`s unique south porch, dating from the mid 12th century and built in the Romanesque style, is decorated with thirty-eight fine sculptures depicting detailed and elaborate images, some

Harnham Bridge crossed the Hampshire Avon just south of Salisbury between the twin hamlets of East and West Harnham. The former was a parish in its own right.

The shops on the south side of the Market Place included (on the left) the tiny Caxton Bookshop. Brent and Collins expanded into the next two shops and offered the latest young men's fashions.

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Situated eight miles south-west of Cardiff, Barry was the last of the great Welsh coal ports to be developed.

It was extensively rebuilt in the 13th century with a shell keep, bailey wall, and a strong gatehouse on the south-west side.

Just south-east of Stopham Bridge is the confluence of the Arun and its most important tributary, the Western Rother, previously known as the Turning Stream or Westwater, which extended to Fittleworth,

Situated a few hundred yards to the south of the observatory, Bidston Mill was built at the beginning of the 19th century and was in full operation until 1875.

A popular promenade on the River Towy is an embankment, called the Bulwark, extending for about a mile on the south side of the river.

This photograph, looking south from the Market Place in the opposite direction from photograph No 64302, and taken 15 years later, shows a very different scene.

The castle was to the south of these cottages; its outer bailey was bisected by the later Castle Lane.

The tree-lined B4017, running south to north, bisects a village green that is reputed to be one of the finest in the county.

Consecrated in August 1830, St Peterís church is built in brick and stone; it consists of chancel, nave, north and south porches, and an eastern tower with a spire containing a clock and six bells