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Not only was he an avid believer in property sharing, but he also believed that the well-being of the community went hand-in-hand with its success.

St Illtyd's is built in the Decorated style and dates from the early 14th century; the nave was rebuilt and a north aisle added in 1849 at a cost of £1,200.

It covered ten acres, and contained well over one million gallons of water.

Randell House was previously called All Saints' Home; it housed young homeless children from London slums until 1937, when it became a house of rest and prayer for ladies.

The buildings here have not changed much, although the garage on the right is no longer there. There is a Maserati car dealership at the end of the High Street.

Next to the thatched cottage in the centre, the houses show a good example of limestone banding in ironstone.

The Southport & Lytham Tramroad Co came up with a proposal to construct a transporter bridge due south of Hesketh Bank at a cost of £183,500.

In September 1906 the tramway announced record takings for the year of £70,295 and the following year the record was broken again with takings of £73,514.

Tower Bridge has become a virtual symbol of London, and it is certainly a very striking and remarkable structure.

Ospringe was once a pilgrims' stop on the way to Canterbury. The half-timbered house stands on the site of a hospital founded by Henry III in 1234.

A Roman basilica once occupied the site of the Green. The quay is in the foreground, with fishermen sitting around and tending their boats.

Lord Donegall was quite willing, since he had just built the new Belfast Castle on the Antrim side of the town.

The ducks still paddle on the river beside the main road, but the Post Office and Stores (centre) is just a house now.

An Eiffel Tower at New Brighton was part of the original dream of James Atherton as he planned his new holiday resort. It was started in 1896 and opened in 1898.

Apart from the castle, this is the highest part of Clitheroe, 300ft above sea level.

This is a lovely full frontal view of Manchester Town Hall as it was over a century ago. The Albert Memorial in the middle of our photograph has a elaborate history, which is often told wrongly.

On the other side of the road the Great George has its familiar and rather curious two-sided sign— it has George Bernard Shaw and George Washington on it.

How many of these men came back wounded to be cared for at Frensham Military Hospital, based at a large mansion, Frensham Heights? How many were to return alive by the end of the following year?

However, it was also one of the earliest seaside resorts in the country. When the first train arrived here in July 1845, it brought with it huge numbers of day-trippers.

Cars and buses are no longer allowed to park among the weird and wonderful gritstone formations of Brimham Rocks, near Pateley Bridge in Nidderdale, as they were when this photograph was taken.

This view was taken looking across White Cross Bay to the northern end of the lake.

In this area the canal was used for the transportation of fustian, a form of rough cotton known as 'poor man's velvet' that was produced locally.

This picturesque village is celebrated for the Eleanor Cross, built in 1294 as a memorial to Queen Eleanor, the wife of King Edward I.

Yorkshire Street was one of the main shopping streets in the town. Along here could be found McDonnell's store, which was the place to go for fresh Irish eggs and home-cured Irish ham.