Search Results

Known today for the nearby open prison situated on an old RAF camp, Eastchurch's claim to fame in earlier days was that it was the site of the first British airfield.

The Market House, seen here on the left, was built in 1772 and has fulfilled a variety of roles since.

A nostalgic scene of tiny Dooega, a cluster of cottages on the south western seaboard of Achill. Fishing nets are left out to dry on the cobbles at the top of the beach.

The date on this photograph is the year in which the Duke of Bedford opened Woburn Abbey to visitors in the truly commercial sense.

The rebuilding took nearly twenty years, and the craftsmen tried to put only the best and finest materials back into Manchester's chief house of God. 192 new traceried panels were fitted to the ancient

At the western end of Westgate, we see very clearly how the trees planted at either side of the road created a very attractive avenue effect when entering the town in this direction.

A couple of miles to the north lies the tiny hamlet of Kettleness, or rather what is left of it. During a violent storm in 1829, the cliff fell into the sea, taking most of Kettleness with it.

Paignton's beaches and coves give a combined sea-frontage of over two miles; this led to the growth of the town's satellite villages of Preston and Goodrington.

The historic heart of old Winchester, once the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Wessex, is seen here from the heights of St Giles hill.

A further view of the Working Men's Convalescent Home, showing the sunken gardens, laid out on the dry bed of the former lagoon of the Belle Vue Hotel, which can be seen in the centre of the

This photograph shows the dovecote at the end of the Abbot's garden, the wall of which is undergoing repairs at the time of the picture.

This was yet another popular spot with smugglers, who often ensured the silence of the local parson with the odd cask of brandy.

In the one hundred years following the building of the Peak Forest Canal in 1801 the population of Romiley tripled.

The pride of the stationmaster at Burry Port is typical of the time - it was considered the stationmaster's duty to make the platform as attractive as possible.

The waterfalls of Stock Ghyll Force have been a major attraction to visitors to Ambleside for well over a century, but this is a very early photograph of them.

An Old Yard off Stricklandgate 1914. One of the most engaging characteristics of Kendal is its multitude of charming side alleys and yards, such as this off the main thoroughfare of Stricklandgate.

The sign on the left of the picture indicates a free car park.

Kenilworth began its transformation from bleak fortress to luxurious palace in the 1360s when it became the property of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.

Designed by Thomas Hopper and Edward Haycock for C R Mansel-Talbot, Margam is featured in some of Fox-Talbot's earliest photographs.

A local landowner, the Earl of Plymouth, encouraged the building of Barnt Green Station (on the left here) for the convenience of his tenant farmers.

The chain-ferry at Reedham is one of the last survivals of its kind: it is a raft hauled across the river by means of a wheel pulling on a chain.

Village shop and parish church form the heart of this cliff-top village. Walls and houses are built of whole flints.

Its gauche exterior, however, belies the superb auditorium of this self-proclaimed 'National Concert Hall of Wales'.

Despite 80 years of Anglican disestablishment the cathedral remains a religious focal point for Cardiffians.