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On a dull day this large broad can appear a threatening expanse of rough, grey water, but it provides opportunities for excellent sailing.

Each side bears a single uplifting word to describe the attributes of the soldiers of Finedon who died in World War I – 'prowess', 'cheerfulness', 'courage' and 'endurance'.

The Promenade 1892 It was one man, Thomas Owen, a land and property speculator, who developed this part of Portsea Island, transforming it into a residential suburb of Portsmouth.

This view looks south down Trumpington Street, with the Front Court of Pembroke College on the left with its distinctive classically designed Wren Chapel.

Typical of the suburban development along the coast between Littlehampton and Worthing, Willowhayne Avenue, although labelled Angmering-on-Sea, is actually in East Preston: presumably a name with more

Decimus Burton's impressive arch is topped by a decorative frieze depicting horsemen, the design imitated from the Elgin Marbles which were on display in the British Museum.

This church is built of coursed brown rubble and has a south-west tower with spire.

Shropshire towns have long had a reputation for their displays of hanging baskets and window boxes, a fashion that the rest of the country seems only recently to have followed.

Thatched cottages are comparatively rare in this part of Derbyshire; to see Baslow's examples, you have to follow the signposted path for Chatsworth, which starts at the car park.

This view, this time from the boathouse side of the canal, shows Frimhurst Lodge, with Frimhurst behind the trees in the background.

Below Church Hill and the main street, Victoria Road provides us with our first glimpse of the sea and of the Moot Hall.

Details are difficult to make out in this pre-restoration photograph, but in front of the gateway tower is the ruined barbican, and in front of that is the much overgrown octagonal island, which at one

Construction of Colchester Castle is thought to have started around 1080, and in 1101 it was granted to Eudo the Steward by Henry I.

It is thought that the name Knot came from the sea bird, as there used to be flocks of them here—Knott End assumed the extra 't' only in recent years.

Sixty years after No 24920 was taken, the proliferation of the motor vehicle occupying the kerbs is noticeable.

They lived in a cluster of mud-daubed cottages built of wreck timber close to the walls of the church - hence Church Town.

The south-west side of Ware High Street changed drastically when it was decided to build a new Tesco Store in 1960.

Heysham Tower was built by T J Knowles in about 1837, and it was the home of the Cawthra family.

The small section with the bell tower is the only remaining part of the old Freeston High School; it was built in 1592 with an endowment from John Freeston, who lived at Altofts Hall.

This view shows Peveril Point, eastwards to its lookout and fort (far left), which with a semaphore mounted on Round Down, operated as a Royal Navy signal station during the Napoleonic Wars

Farther downstream from here on the other side of the bridge were the premises of the Wye Fisheries, Stuart House.

We can also see St Luke's Church at the top of the street. This church was designed in 1802 by John Foster Senior.

Situated at the edge of a wild tract of limestone country, the town was generally called Skipton-in-Craven.

The foundation stone was laid on 29 October 1852 by Joseph Fielden, but it was 30 October 1856 before it opened.