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The rural nature of this scene is emphasised by the cart just visible inside the barn, and the boy with his barrow about to cross the road.

Evidence of damage has been found to the fabric of the abbey, which is possibly due to this storage.

Leeds was one of the pioneers of segregated tracks, keeping trams and other vehicles apart.

Along with Woodhouse Moor to the north, the park was considered the chief lung of the city, where for a few hours at the weekend factory workers had an opportunity to get away from the dust

Elgar was a true son of Worcestershire, and much of his music was inspired by his regular walks around the Malvern Hills.

The airport`s beginnings were before the First World War, when one of the large fields belonging to Cudham Hall Farm was used for landing early aircraft.

This photographs shows the waterfall, and above that the T-rocker viaduct of the Lady Isabella.

On this section of the Kennet & Avon Canal, the river Avon is crossed twice. This aqueduct at Avoncliffe is the first.

The Victorian pier was built in 1896 and juts out 1,500 feet into the turbulent waters of the Menai Strait, stretching two-thirds of the distance to Anglesey.

The busy little port of Appledore is now home to just a few fishing boats. The quay has been straightened and raised, but the houses behind are substantially unchanged.

Just north of Leyburn is this fine village complete with a large green.

A photograph like this would be impossible to take in the 21st century, but this band of troupers provided many happy hours of innocent enjoyment for residents and visitors alike.

A good study of a 1950s beach. There are no shadows, and most of the holidaymakers are well wrapped up. The chap in the braces (left) does not look particularly warm.

Once this was the most important village of many locally; today it has itself been surrounded by the growing town of Widnes.

Along with Frodsham, Halton was of strategic importance. These castles commanded the southern shore of the Mersey estuary and controlled vital river crossing points at Runcorn and Hale.

The village school in Old Newton, just north of Stowmarket. This was an era when every village had its school - now of course, much consolidation has taken place.

Another turn-of-the-century view of Newland Street, looking towards the Collingwood Road junction, bustling with pedestrians.A few onlookers, including two dogs, watch the photographer at work.

Once a lonely hamlet in the Forest, beloved of smugglers and witches, Burley's residents were once said to depend on the annual crop of 'akermast' - acorns and mast.

On a crowded summer's day, sunbathers enjoy the warmth on Abbey sands. Modesty dictated that bathers should get changed in one of the long line of changing tents.

The earliest recorded church on this site was the church of the Blessed Mary in 1140. Here stands the tomb of Robert Raikes. Also buried here is the eccentric banking millionaire Jemmy Wood.

The Edith Cavell Memorial of 1918 was originally erected in the middle of Tombland. It was moved in 1992 to a plot beside the cathedral precinct's Erpingham Gate, presumably for its own safety.

This stunning panorama looks south-east over the battlements and roofs of London's most celebrated building and towards the river and Tower Bridge.

Industrial housing is dominated by the tall chimney stack and circular kiln complex of the Plymouth Brickworks at North Dimson. Fire bricks were produced here in the second half of the 19th century.

Originally granted to the monks of St Michel in Normandy, Otterton's priory remained an important religious house until Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries.