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This 1890 bronze statue of General Gordon of Khartoum on camel-back was the work of E Onslow Ford, and commemorates his illustrious career. It was erected five years after the general's death.

The place name dates back to the 11th century, but the original village fell into disuse and no trace of it remains today.

The midships wheel, lying fore and aft, was used to make easier the back-breaking task of hoisting sails.

The parkland of 18th-century Welton Place sweeps south to the north bank of the Grand Union Canal, in its cutting leading to the east portal of the Braunston Tunnel.

The bank is now the Nat West, and beyond the right-hand buildings is the modern Fernbank Shopping Centre.

This is East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (far right), looking eastwards from the north bank of the River Asker.

This photograph looks eastwards along East Street from the southern pavement, with the Midland Bank opposite (left).

Few national brands were to be seen on the main street, apart from Lipton's grocery and the Westminster Bank visible in this photograph; the remainder are locally owned and managed businesses.

Kinmel Hall stands on a site said to date back to 1311, but this present country house emerged from the ashes of a former mansion destroyed by fire in 1848.

The Assheton Arms, an old coaching inn, is at the bottom of Long Street, with the Williams Deacons and Salford Bank, designed by Edgar Wood, to its right.

Opposite is the Central Hotel and Barclays Bank. The White Hart is shown on a town map of 1839 and is likely to be 15th-century in origin.

It contains Tudor murals and painted texts on its walls, and its parish registers go back to the same period.Hawkshead is one of the prettiest Lakeland villages; it stands at the head of Esthwaite

It has trap doors for direct loading into the narrow barges, or 'cuckoos' as they were known, and a crane on the canal bank. It is now part of the Lock Tavern, which fronts the road.

This building, a fine example of a Georgian town house, is now Barclays Bank.

A public bath house was also part of the block; as well as serving the people of the back streets around Piccadilly, it meant that patients could be given a bath before entering hospital.

The gentleman proudly escorts three elegant ladies dressed in white; other people further back are intrigued by the crab boats, which were probably made by Leonard Lown or his son Henry.

The earthen banks of several protective blast-barriers still pockmark the site. They were no help, sadly, to the three men who died in an explosion here in 1913.

This is one of two mills on the north bank of the Wharfe.

By the early 1930s the building had deteriorated, and in 1935 Mr C J M Welsh bought it for £600 and set about careful restoration to bring it back as near as possible to its original condition.

Hest Bank remains the starting point for Guide Cedric Robinson to lead groups safely across the treacherous quicksands of Morecambe Bay.

Here we see the Market Hall (or House) from the rear, and the back of the Town Hall; its 20ft-high wall guards a courtyard.

There was a corn market in Accrington as far back as the 16th century.This Market Hall was opened on 23 October 1868 by Samuel Dugdale, Chairman of the local Board of Health.

From the mid 20th century the Thames was used less for industry, with fewer barges and tugs and fewer wharves for industry on its banks, giving ample room for sailing and pleasure boats.

Further downstream and opposite Hampton Court, Molesey Lock is photographed from Riverbank, the busy A3050 along the Surrey bank of the River Thames.