Search Results

Situated to the east of Acock’s Green, and four miles from the city centre,Yardley is one of the parishes absorbed by Birmingham in 1911.

Here we see the east front of Chatsworth from the French Gardens, now with pillars removed and known as the Rose Garden.

This is a good study of the stark angularity favoured by 1960s architects. The children's clothing, too, is characteristic of the time.

Prior to the late-Victorian development on this part of the seafront, it would have been possible to see Castle Mona, the residence built in 1804 for Governor James Murray (later Fourth Duke of Atholl)

The overhanging first-floor jetties of the whitewashed houses add to the medieval charm of the village, which is a favourite of the many visitors to the Lake District.

Southampton Airport lies to the south of Eastleigh town centre and it was from here that the first Spitfire began her maiden flight in 1936.

Selling is a pretty village of orchards, oasts and timbered houses set amongst hills. It summons up the essence of the old county of Kent with its hop gardens and orchards.

Along Hall Quay are clustered craft of every kind: flat-bottomed barges, wherries and fishing boats - it is still the age of the sail.

This long view of the beach is seen here from a vantage point above the Alexandra Gardens.

Lowestoft is very much a mixture of fishing port and seaside resort, the latter the result of the arrival of the railway in the mid 19th century.

The main facade of Trinity College stands on the right with its statues by Foley of famous alumni Edmund Burke and Oliver Goldsmith, while on the left is the Bank of Ireland.

This north side of the green was known as Beaux Walk in the 19th century because of its numerous gentlemen's clubs, several of which still exist.

Sitting up on the moors, nine miles southwest of Whitby, is the village of Goathland. It became involved in the hydropathic movement with the opening of the Goathland Hydropathic Establishment.

A view of the ordnance depot of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

Dominating its rather mundane surroundings, Holy Rood Church, built between 1883-90, was the inspiration of J F Bentley, later to be the architect of London's Westminster Cathedral, and its brickwork

This fine Gothic archway was erected by subscription to the memory of Humphrey Millett Grylls in 1834; it is built in granite ashlar with four tall octagonal pillars.

This idyllic scene hides a darker truth: Devon fell prey to an agricultural depression in the 1880s, and grain prices fell, causing thousands of acres of hitherto cultivated land to revert to grazing.

The Victorian development of Torquay was definitely the province of the well-heeled, with sumptuous villas built along carefully contoured roads.

The Rev W H Thornton, vicar of North Bovey in the latter half of the 19th century, was initially less than impressed with his flock: 'My new parishioners were very turbulent people ... the women were awful

An auction notice on the left of the picture advertises a sale of five hundred sheets of corrugated iron and imported timber.

This view of Bamford's Main Road is largely unchanged today - the rows of semi-detached villas still line the street as it climbs up towards the parish church, hidden in the trees to the right.

The post office at Cadnam certainly has plenty of stock and a variety of advertisements. A Calor Gas stockist, the shop also boasts Brooke Bond and Walls ice cream.

Taking its name from its position downstream, this is the pretty sister of the twin Slaughters.

A pair of ramblers (right) heading for the hills stride out purposefully past the Rayburne Hotel and cafe in the centre of Coniston village.The lack of traffic in the main street is in sharp contrast