Search Results

The vicar of St George's envisaged a need for a hospital, and so in 1866 he set up a hospital in a house on the corner of Cross Street and Albert Street - it became known as St George's Hospital.

At 127 miles, this is the longest canal in Britain, and creates a vital trans-Pennine crossing between the mill towns of Yorkshire and the seaports of the Mersey.

Men an Tol means 'stone of the hole'; this most famous of Cornish landmarks may belong to the Neolithic or the Bronze Age period.

The dome of the Infirmary is on the left, and Lewis's tower is in the centre.

Lympne is a very ancient place indeed, and stands on a hilly scarp overlooking Romney Marsh. The Victorian art critic John Ruskin loved to walk the breezy heights here.

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

This is another exceptional little town, set in its own south-facing timbered valley just east of the escarpment between Stroud and Gloucester. It is a place that makes grey look very good.

About five miles east of Haywards Heath (and halfway to Lewes) is Chailey, a scattered village whose centre is shown in the photographs.

The huge 1919 wing of Harris's factory contrasts with the one-storey Carnegie Library. The library was built in 1904-05 with £1200 donated by Andrew Carnegie, the American philanthropist.

St Peter's Church is all that remains of the older Winchcombe Abbey, and dates from the 15th century.

Bournemouth's Square stands at the very heart of the town astride the River Bourne.

The wide main streets of Bridport were originally designed to be highways, market venues and workshops.

Built around 1750, Stonebridgehouse Farmhouse is situated close to the site of the original stone bridge built by the monks from Bradwell Abbey c1350.

The building was once the HQ of the 4th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment.

The name Coverack variously translates as 'wreck cove' or 'hideaway' - appropriate in view of the occupations of residents in past centuries.

Four of the units were taken by Keymarket supermarket (right), which proved popular with locals. Phase Two had just been completed at the time of this photograph.

Most if not all of these cars would have been made in Britain, and may have been purchased through one of the town`s car dealerships, Caffyns, Wadham Stringer or Dinnages.

The lychgate was constructed in 1907 in memory of Major and Mrs Holt of Farnborough Grange.

Pershore is an old market town of considerable charm on the right bank of the River Avon.

St Giles Cripplegate Church survived severe Second World War bombing to stand in the centre of development which was completed in the early 1980s.

Characterised by its granite steps, Romney Lock lies on a reach of the Thames renowned for its close proximity to the playing fields of Eton.

Moreton lies amid the remnants of the wild countryside that Thomas Hardy portrayed as Egdon Heath in his novels.

Note the old RAC logo on the front of the Wheatsheaf Hotel. The Wheatsheaf is still trading today, though no longer as a hotel. Next door are the premises of a pastry cook and confectioner.

Water and water power have had a strong influence on the development of the town, which is hardly surprising, as it stands at the confluence of three rivers, the Thames, the Coln and the Leach.