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It was the arrival of the railway that sounded the death knell for the old port of Haverfordwest. The South Wales Railway reached the town in 1854.

Northwood House was the home of Tennyson's friend William George Ward in the 19th century. The poet and Ward would often stroll around Northwood's exquisite gardens.

West Gate, at the top of Winchester's High Street, has stood on the line of the city wall for over 600 years.

Noss Mayo's church, seen in the middle distance, was built on the orders of Lord Revelstoke in 1882 in a beautiful setting above both the village and river.

One early visitor to Budleigh was the Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir John Everett Millais, who lived for some time at The Octagon at the western end of the parade.

Weymouth gained a reputation as a health resort quite early on in its history, particularly for the treatment of consumptives, some of whom would have stayed in this sanatorium.

The abbey played a part in the industrial development of Leeds, for it was here that iron forging first began in the district. Kirkstall was founded in 1152 as a daughter house of Fountains Abbey.

The flower market was no less frenetic.

Note the former Swan Inn of the late 17th century on the extreme right of the photograph.

Lloyds bank, on the left, provides a datum from which the quality of Loughborough's architecture can be measured. Apart from a few earlier buildings in the shot, all is rather mediocre.

From the wide basin at the foot of the locks the prospect of climbing the flight by narrow boat is daunting.

This picture shows the remains of the flint tower, which, as can be seen, needed substantial reinforcement with solid blocks of stone.

Charles Dickens was fond of Dawlish, and used it as the birthplace of Nicholas Nickelby, thus developing the town's literary heritage.

New shopping arcades were established along Low Street and North Street at the turn of the century, as the town's population continued to enjoy the fruits of the cotton boom years.

A number of beach huts and sales stalls served holidaymakers on Exmouth's sands in the heady days before the Second World War. Here we see a refreshment hut and a kiosk selling film.

This has been called 'the Queen of English watering-places'. The Victorians loved all sorts of entertainment, especially music. Travelling showmen were a common sight.

To the left is the splendid three-storey gatehouse built by the cathedral masons of Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln.

Three girls pose on the wooden bridge leading to the ivy-clad south-west towers.

A similar view to 33362, looking towards the old market square two years later, highlights the range of architecture in this fine ancient thoroughfare.

Ashburton lies in the valley of the River Ashburn, which joins the Dart at Buckfastleigh.

This 'convulsion of nature', close by Lynton, was highly popular with Victorian artists and writers, and other early seekers after the sublime and picturesque.

The main use of the harbour appears to be for recreation. A few fishing boats once worked in the area, but there are no signs of them in this photograph, just a small pleasure boat.

Parliament Street is paved with wooden blocks in front of the new Home Office. The far end, on the corner of Downing Street, is the Colonial Office.

He wrote of 'my landlady here at Selborne, who, while I am writing my notes, is getting me a rasher of bacon, and has already covered the table with a nice clean cloth.'