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The Georgian Town Hall of 1810 regularly holds antiques auctions and the town is well-known as an antiques centre with plenty of shops in which to browse.

At the annual Clipping ceremony, parishioners hold hands and form a ring round the church while singing hymns, continuing a local tradition that is centuries old.

Kendal was granted the right to hold a market as early as 1189, when it was also made a barony.The Market Place had been enclosed on four sides until 1909, when it was opened to Stricklandgate,

On the south wall is Diana Warburton's monument; it is unusual in that she is depicted as a skeleton holding her winding sheet upon which is written her obituary.

The essence of the village still holds firm, with some delightful cottages. Note the Swithland slate roof, small upper rooms and window shutters in this photograph.

At the ceremony villagers gather in the churchyard, hold hands, and form a circle round the church while singing hymns.

The window shows him dressed in brown and golden robes with one of his hands holding a cross and the other raised in blessing.

As the reign of Queen Victoria receded, a slightly more laid-back atmosphere was staring to take hold. The Great War - only a year away - would change things for ever.

A carved wooden Indian holding a cigar still stands silent guard above one of the shop fronts in this street; it was once used to symbolise to the illiterate that the shop was a tobacconist.

The old market cross on the village green at Great Longstone has stood there since medieval times, when the village was granted the right to hold a weekly market.

As the reign of Queen Victoria receded, a slightly more laid-back atmosphere was starting to take hold. The Great War – only a year away – would change things for ever.

The window shows him dressed in brown and golden robes with one of his hands holding a cross and the other raised in blessing.

Tradition holds that St Aidan preached here in 651 and erected a cross, from which its name derives, 'the place of the cross'.

photograph, show little indication of the enormous weight of motor traffic which this section of the main High Street had to bear; the construction of a by-pass brought an end to the regular bottlenecks and hold-ups

Its most recognisable feature was its distinctive 125ft-high water tower holding 200,000 gallons (right); nicknamed 'the onion', it is still regarded as a local landmark.

The crane on a mobile gantry, although restricted to its tracks, allows greater access by reaching more deeply into a ship's holds. Folkestone

As practically the west-end of Portsmouth, Southsea holds a unique position among watering-places.

A plague had prevented the Court from holding the trial in London.

Edward I was renowned for his military strong- holds, especially in North Wales.

This is summer: awnings give shade to the shops on one side of the street, and one of the boys holds a cricket bat.

Such was the concern in 1791, that two beacons were erected, illuminated by lanterns holding many candles; one became the lighthouse, and another stood about 400 yards north of Cart Gap.

Later, after becoming widowed, she married him, and Swarthmoor Hall still holds some of their possessions.

It was Roger de Swinnerton, Lord of the Manor, who obtained a charter from Edward I to hold a market here every Wednesday and an annual fair on the feast day of Our Lady's assumption.The manor later

It was Roger de Swinnerton, Lord of the Manor, who obtained a charter from Edward I to hold a market here every Wednesday and an annual fair on the feast day of Our Lady's assumption.