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popularity; this led to the establishment of the Kentish hop gardens, mainly in a triangle formed by Maidstone, Tonbridge and Tenterden but with others around Sittingbourne and Canterbury.

Similar to others in almost every suburb, the Prince of Wales continues the theme, offering safe and comfortable drinking to new suburban man; a competently-designed exterior opens into a timbered bar

Lighters, such as the ones we see moored here in the foreground, were the workhorses on the Gloucester to Sharpness canal, which when it opened in 1827 was the longest in Britain.

This is red brick village Leicestershire at its best: nothing ostentatious in either the well- designed row of cottages (right) terminated by the Three Horseshoes pub, small and welcoming,

Along the north bank of the Canch is a footpath that leads east to Priorswell Road, with the Memorial Gardens on the right bank behind the trees that line it.

South of the town, beyond the modern A57 by-pass, accessed via a long avenue from the Netherton Road, is Worksop College.

It was delightfully but fancifully described by the 17th-century historian Habington as 'invironed with highe and mighty trees and able to terrifye a far-off ignorant enimy with a deceitful showe of an

Designed by Christopher Wren in 1672 as a triumphal arch, Temple Bar originally stood at the top of Fleet Street in London.

It is said that Jane Austen based Meryton, in 'Pride and Prejudice', on Hertford, and that Elizabeth Bennet met Mr Darcy at Shire Hall.

On the level ground to the south-west of the town stands the almost ploughed-out remains of an ancient double-ditched camp called The Aubreys.

All the buildings on the left have gone, to be replaced by more modern buildings and a car park for the doctor's surgery.

The long-time motto all along the front of the large road-side buildings was 'Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight', which is a quotation from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.

This view was taken looking south to the Bear Hotel at the top end of the car park. The new Bear Hotel was built some time after 1750 by John Provis, a painter, and leased out.

There are two tarns on the part of the moor by Ilkley shown in 45157A, pages 68-69, both within easy walking distance of the town.

The oldest part of the castle, which was founded by Sir William Sinclair, dates from the early 14th century.

Taken from the Westside, this picture reveals that a fair is taking place on Pitchcroft to accompany the Regatta.

It dates from the same era as St John's, thanks to Bishop Roger of Salisbury, who was a liberal churchman.

This prettily-posed group stand in the harbour, where a spritsail barge and her boat are moored on the right. On the left, colliers are unloaded.

We are looking at the choir screen and the organ above it from the main body of the church. The choir where the Bishop and church dignitaries sat was beyond the screen, cut off from the congregation.

Three years later a Manchester yarn merchant, Thomas Porter, offered an endowment fund of £50,000 to facilitate feeding and educating the children.

The houses on the right were soon turned into cafes to serve the ever-growing numbers of holidaymakers. They would advertise breakfasts bigger than each other, vying with each other for customers.

The tower of the Municipal Buildings on Dale Street dominates the sky-line to the left. At the time of our photograph, it cost 1s 6d for a car to go through the tunnel.

Bodinnick is a tiny village built on a steep hill on one side of Pont Creek, an estuary of the Fowey River. From here the ferryboats would take the passengers across the fast-flowing river to Fowey.

Bristol became a major centre for the importation of timber for use throughout the west of England. In 1870 it handled 105,000 tons, and by 1900 it was dealing with over 170,000 tons a year.