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Maiden Newton stands on the high road between Dorchester and Crewkerne, probably on a very old route between Dorset and Somerset.

The new entertainment venue quickly eclipsed the other small halls around the town, offering a variety of plays all the year round to an audience of up to 1100 people.

Many famous personalities, such as Lawrence of Arabia, came here to pay homage to the grand old man of English letters. The poet and novelist died here in 1928.

Puddletown is the 'Weatherbury' of Thomas Hardy's 'Far From the Madding Crowd'. This area is rich in Hardy associations.

Liphook had begun to expand by the time this photograph was taken; its streets were characterised by neat rows of Victorian and Edwardian houses.

'England expects every man to do his duty'- Nelson's immortal words adorn the side of this stone plinth upon which stands the original anchor of HMS 'Victory'.

There was once a Shirwell Hundred - that ancient administrative division of English counties that was supposed to contain a hundred families or freemen.

Chipping Norton - or 'Chippy' as the locals call it - prospered as a result of the wool trade.

The downs to the west of the Arun are notably more wooded than those to the east, which are remarkably open and treeless.

Swiss Cottage Lodge was part of Squire Clifton's property. The drive became a favourite walk: tree-shaded, it rang with bird song, and hundreds of snowdrops pushed up in February.

Here we see a typical shopping parade of the 1950s. It includes two banks, a newsagent's and a garage. The Midland Bank, on the corner of the row, now bears the name HSBC.

This schooner may well have been unloading limestone, which was shipped from South Wales to be fired in the lime-kiln that still stands at the side of the beach.

Another ex-mining settlement, Porthtowan became a popular destination for day-trippers from Redruth around the turn of the century.

Here we have another view of the bridge. On the right is the post office; near here is the point that the Ordnance Survey declared was the centre of the British Isles.

Swalecliffe is two miles east of Whitstable and a popular area for holidaymakers. Here campers queue up at the camp shop for their daily newspaper, milk, bread and so on.

Kidwelly lies due south of Carmarthen. The borough is one of the oldest in the principality; it received its first Charter under Henry VIII.

Across the broad expanse of the High Street is the portico of the Town Hall, which was rebuilt in 1790.

East of Ashford, and now subsumed by it, the little village of Willesborough possesses two landmark structures.

This building is now slightly shorter, and has been restored as a single cottage rather than the row of up to four dwellings pictured here.

By the time this photograph was taken, Bournemouth was at the height of its popularity as this view of the town centre shows.

St Andrew's Church sits on an unspoilt headland to the south-west of Clevedon. Buried here is Arthur Hallam (1811-1833), the son of historian Henry Hallam (1777-1859).

Note the bollards in the centre of the road - an early form of traffic calming - which were subsequently removed. Local inhabitants have requested their return for safety reasons.

Many of the townís older houses in London Road can be seen in this view from Mount Ephraim.

The photograph could have been taken around 12 May, the date of the coronation of George VI.