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In 1913, the castle was overrun with actors rather than sheep as Marten`s Tower and the Main Gatehouse looked down on the making of the film Ivanhoe.

At first this view looks typical of many streets in small towns all over the country; and yet just behind the buildings on the left is Alsager Mere, which is most attractive.

This village in the valley of the River Stour has, in fact, two greens: a large open space before the church, and behind it, a small triangular green forming the heart of this rural community round which

In the late 17th century the local freeholders and copyholders were happy to accept enclosure of their open-field system, and came to a private arrangement with Robert Williams of Balderton manor.

One of the few places on the north coast with access to a fine sandy beach and increasingly popular with surfers, Porthtowan is seen here in its early years of development and is hardly recognisable today

This working port is at the centre of the sweep of Mount's Bay.

This busy shopping street reveals a wealth of fine old wooden shopfronts.

The boat is just starting out from the north end of the Waterway, with the Figure 8 Switchback, the tennis courts, and the 1930s concrete 'castle ruins' in the background.

We can see the horse carriage gently manoeuvring out of Brook Street, only pausing for a few solitary cars.

In 1934 Leeds City Council embarked on a programme to clear 30,000 slums.

Not something that would happen today with any degree of safety, a gentleman poses for the camera in the middle of the street.

Salcombe is a small port at the mouth of the Kingsbridge estuary. It is so sheltered and mild that even oranges have been known to grow there.

Yealmpton, always pronounced Yampton, stands on the River Yealm near to the end of its short journey from Dartmoor to the sea.

Situated at Barbourne, the tower originally formed a vital component of the waterworks, built in 1770. A waterwheel lifted water from the Severn to a storage tank at the top of the tower.

Belvoir Castle is picturesquely situated some six miles to the west of Grantham, at the foot of a narrow spur jutting up between Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.

This view of the Broadway shows the clock tower, with its three faces.

Set on the banks of the River Yare, Cantley is dominated by its sugar refinery, which was built to process local beet.

This is the most northerly of all the photographs in our book. The Hall lies in a crook of the River Hodder, with a stream called Barn Gill and its waterfall in the Hall grounds.

With just a sprinkling of snow, this delightful scene could very easily make a traditional Christmas card!

The quay at Appledore, built in 1846, still stands; but these coastal trading schooners, once the lifeblood of trading along this north Devon coast, are now only memories, superseded by motor transport

The hillside town of Ruthin retains its medieval origins, although the aggressively black and white mock-Tudor half-timbering of the bank and outfitters' buildings on the left is perhaps a little over

The Victorian Town Hall in the centre of the Market Place was built by the Watts-Russell family; today it is occupied by local businesses.

The buildings on the left survive, now with large shops built out at ground floor level, but the corner building on the north side of Lumley Road, to the left of the Clock Tower, has been (badly) replaced

The buildings on the right, formerly the Town School, were known as Maryport Chambers; they comprised the Ministry of Food and Labour, Devizes County Court Office and the Women's Voluntary Service.