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There had been a large crypt in the church where over 2,500 of Manchester's citizens were laid to rest, because there was no graveyard.

The commanding view of the town led to number of schemes to erect a monument: the first was to have been the Victoria Prospect Tower in 1849.

Fairford is situated on the River Coln a few miles from the Thames in Gloucestershire. It is noted for fishing, and for a fine old mill dating from a long-time dependency on wool.

The previous estate manager had been his father James Fair, who had had the task of laying out the streets, making wider access roads and building cottages.

(The song 'Flowers of the Forest' is a lament mourning the many Scottish dead who fell at that battle).

We are at the top of Main Street, looking back down through the village from the bus station.

One longstanding local commented: 'On a summer's evening, I can now hear the steam trains on the Watercress Line - you couldn't when the A31 was here.'

The shops behind the big lamp in the centre of the road are interesting.

In the centre of the town is the 1728 brick-built Old Town Hall, with an open arcaded ground floor.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel built the famous Box Tunnel in 1841 as part of his ambitious Great Western Railway link between London's Paddington station and Bristol's Temple Meads.

In this beautiful photograph we see the ferry boat setting out across the broad, placid waters of Lake Windermere with two horse-drawn carts on board.

The university was an amalgamation of three earlier institutions, the Sheffield School of Medicine, the Firth College and the Technical School.

Since the 1820s Runcorn has been a centre for the chemical industry, with factories producing a wide range of products.

Carlisle and Sons' delivery van waits at the level crossing near Silecroft Station on the west coast route between Barrow and Workington, which opened to traffic in 1848.

This view, taken from Folly Bridge at the south end of St Aldate's Street, is of an earlier Eights Week with the Christchurch Meadow bank lined with the College Barges.

Half a mile from Lyndhurst and yet located within the parish lies the scattered hamlet of Emery Down, surrounded by peaceful forest glades and countryside.

Policemen directing traffic at the top of the High Street in this late 1920s photograph. The George Hotel, on the left, was demolished in the 1950s to facilitate a road-widening scheme.

The former Peninsula Barracks stand on the site of a medieval castle which was destroyed after the Civil War.

Under the right-hand section of the bridge, the swivelling mechanism can be seen. This opens the bridge to river traffic, now but a shadow of what it was.

Cheriton's original parish church is of considerable antiquity – it contains some stonework dating from the Norman conquest.

All is tranquil a couple of miles up-river of Barnstaple. The L&SW railway follows the river almost from the water- shed at Copplestone near Crediton, 30 miles away.

This small market town on the banks of the Sow was entitled to hold four annual fairs, mainly for the buying and selling of horses and cattle.

This view shows the foot of Mere Street, close by Diss Mere. On the left is West's Garage, offering Shell petrol and BP car batteries.

On the left, just down from the bank, is the Guildhall, which was built in 1839 on the site of the old market house.