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According to a directory of 1899, it then consisted of a post office, a blacksmith, a grocery shop, a bakery-cum-beer shop, and a few farms.

Looking north-westwards from Lower Yonderover Farm, with hay-bales in Mill House paddock (foreground) and the sign for the Star Inn (centre), the River Brit skirts the edge of the meadow

The international aspect of the town's trade can be seen by the sign outside Joseph Hird's grocery in the centre of the picture. It advertises him as a 'French and Italian Warehouseman'.

The old Forrest Stores building frontage gives the north side of the Square a comfortable enduring appearance. Woolworths and Boots still snuggle side by side on the left of this photograph.

One of the college's more interesting pupils was Joseph Wright who had begun working at Salt's Mill, Saltaire when he was just seven years old.

Some consider the Talbot Inn to be the best, in architectural terms, in the whole of the country, and even the finest in England.

King's Norton, 'a praty uplandyshe towne', according to the topographer Leland, lies a few miles south of Birmingham, to which city - rather than Worcestershire - it now belongs.

The lake at Crookes Valley Park is in fact one of Sheffield's older reservoirs, converted for use as a boating lake and for fishing.

Even though Dorchester is the county town, there is little doubt that Bridport is the capital of West Dorset.

Alkham is an attractive little village nestling in the valley of the river Dour between Folkestone and Dover.

St Anne's has been described as 'a town built on golf', and this is epitomised in this splendid building.

The A30 through Mitchell became a bottleneck known to thousands of summer holiday makers; but now that it has been by-passed, we may be thankful that the village has returned to this

Buried in the Cathedral is Izaak Walton, author of 'The Compleat Angler', who died at his son-in-law's house in the Cathedral Close in 1683.

Built in the 1860s, the railway viaduct crosses three waterways - the old course of the River Weaver, the Weaver Navigation and the River Dane.

Though similar to Bodiam Castle in shape, and designed with a well-defended entrance that featured no less than five doorways and a portcullis at either end, Bolton's principal function appears to have

Storms in that year destroyed most of their equipment, and they were unable to afford replacements. After the 1914-18 war the local council took over and charged 6d for tents and cabins.

This ancient public house stands on the edge of level salt marshes that run for miles along this part of the coast, which is known for wildfowl and other bird life.

Fully upholstered comfort was provided for the passenger on this splendid early motorised tricycle in the centre of the picture, and it was probably needed on the un-metalled roads of the time.

An ancient village recorded in the Domesday Book as Penictune, it has a stream flowing through it like Downham has, and it also lies at the foot of Pendle Hill.

Rochester is one of the smallest English cathedrals, measuring 23,300 square feet in area.

In the days when the Forest of Dean was a Royal hunting ground, St Briavels was its administrative center; the legacy of this former importance continues to the present time.

Ranksborough, to the west of Langham, is the most famous of the Cottesmore hunt coverts, looking out over the choicest pastures and flying-fences.

Named after the 17th-century London pleasure gardens, Ranelagh Street provides an important link between Lime Street and the now pedestrianised shopping centre to the north of Hanover Street.

Although the old Island Hotel on Eel Pie Island has long gone, the musical traditions of the town remain strong with many local pubs and wine bars offering live music.