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Another open area of Newton Abbot is Decoy, to the south of town. With playing fields, a recreation area, a lake and woodlands, it is very popular with the local townspeople.

The industrial landscape of Burslem was dominated by bottle kilns and slag heaps.At this time, the Staffordshire potteries were employing about 60,000 workers.

At the turn of the 20th century, late Victorians enjoy a walk above the water on West End Pier.

From the avenue lined with lime trees the eye is drawn eastwards to the 162-foot high tower of St John the Baptist's, the tallest tower in Gloucestershire, containing a ring of twelve bells with the

This delightful sunken lane is one of Chipstead`s secrets, linking Vincent's Green with Coulsdon Lane. The flint wall on the left, now dismantled, is probably marking the entrance to Keepers.

There is a spring in the step of the young soldiers who have just been dropped off at the bus station.

A number 9 bus from Ashton has just arrived on the left. Buses and their shelters have become an important feature of the centre; other traffic is still relatively light.

The road on the right had an extremely steep gradient and was the old roadway before the Heads of the Valleys Road.

The houses on the left are extremely old. The Monkey Puzzle tree is a symbol of good luck and a sign of wealth.

The collier 'Similarity' was something of a fixture, making 257 visits to Kingswear before the advent of natural gas killed the trade.

The front of the chapel has been redeveloped; it now stands back from the road and provides pleasant housing.

Over the years there have been several businesses with premises near the station - W Ivey, brick making and farming, Charles Archer, coals, John Hutchins, builder, Dukes, sellers of dairy cake and chicken

Leland the traveller recorded that only one tower and a little stonework from the castle remained at the time of his visit.

The settlement was once the centre of a local iron-working industry, and the white-painted Gun Inn with its swinging signboard was where John Browne, the local ironmaster, designed ordnance for the navies

In the centre of the photograph we can see the 64ft, red brick lighthouse on the Brush Wharf, built at a cost of £400.

On the right is the truly remarkable red-brick tower of St Nicholas church, built in 1735 by Lord Petre of nearby Thorndon Hall.

On the right-hand corner with Dalton Road is Saxone Shoes, now Thomas Cook.

This dramatic rock formation lies just south of Whitby, on the Cleveland way, along the old railway track.

A rustic scene in the centre of the village, southwards along Duck Street, with the Swiss Cottage contributing its flamboyantly flowing thatch (left).

In the grounds of Greyfriars are the Bank Lane arches. Previously, this part of Greyfriars had been used to house cattle and other farm animals awaiting market.

The town is also a very fine one, with much of its medieval street plan intact. Indeed, many of the Georgian and 19th-century facades in the town conceal medieval timber-framed buildings.

This scene is timeless, except for the lack of traffic!

Penrice castle stands on the site of an earthwork and timber fortification; the present structure was built over a period of some fifty years, with work beginning in c1250.

Alderholt is a pleasant place to visit, surrounded as it is by the woods and heaths of the old hunting ground of Cranborne Chase. An ancient chapel once stood here, used by huntsman in Stuart times.