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

Here we see the stern exterior of Cliff College, with that most archetypal English game of croquet being played on the lawns.

A final view looking around the sweeping east pier of Howth harbour to the lighthouse.

Now part of a girls' school, the Abbot's Great Hall is its centrepiece, originally of the 15th century.

To the east of the village, the canalised river was heavily used for carrying stone, and waggon tipplers for loading up the boats can still be seen.

Hemmed in by a circle of hills and built on a gravel bank between the Thames Isis and the River Cherwell, Oxford creates the impression of sitting on an island.

The London, City & Midland Bank can be seen on the corner of busy Cornmarket Street and Carfax. Note the signs attached to the lamp standard, pointing to London and Gloucester.

The original church dates back to about 1480; it is thought to have been built by the monks of Abingdon Abbey.

Tilly Whim Caves 1894 Tilly Whim Caves, on the coast west of Swanage, are a strange mixture of quarrying and erosion.

Finely situated on the brow of a hill to the north-east of the village, the hydro offered guests the usual water treatments and dietary regimes.

There were hotels at or near most of the glens.

Grange is the hamlet at the foot of Borrowdale, where the River Derwent, seen on the left of this photograph, meanders through water meadows into mighty Derwent Water to the north.

An assortment of people are enjoying this wide open stretch of the river. The boat yard on the far bank - now under different ownership - offers 'Launches and Boats Built to Order'.

Only parts of the north and east wings remain; the great range of stables has gone. James II dined here in 1688, failed to raise support and fled to London and exile.

This view looks south-east across the Mawddach estuary saltings towards the village, which lies on the south shore. The great bulk of Cadair Idris rises behind it.

The pupils of the school line the railings looking at the man with the camera. Branston is just two miles south of Burton, and at one time belonged to Burton Abbey.

Here we have a range of hotels for those who could afford the comfort. The Grand was almost brand-new, and the Royal was rebuilding.

The slate-hung buildings are 11 and 13 High Street, two of the oldest in town.

The sign between the upper windows boasts that the shop was patronised by HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), the second son of Queen Victoria, who died before his mother.

As with so many other towns in the area, it was the Leeds and Liverpool canal which brought about the growth of Burnley, and there is a large piece of that canal history alive and well at the

In 1964 this beautiful and historic bridge, built in 1617, finally bent to the increase of traffic and was demolished and replaced with a modern concrete structure.

A little to the west of here, near the weir, is the old mill, also now luxury houses.

Opened in 1823, the Bude Canal served a large area of north Cornwall. The canal itself extended some 35 miles inland, though by the time this picture was taken much of it had already closed.

On the left of this scene we see R H and J Follett, a grocer's, and then Messrs Brown - notice the man in the plus-fours with his two dogs, and the window cleaner up the ladder.