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Keay House—on the right—was home to Basildon Urban District Council from 1960 to 1965. It took its name from Sir Lancelot Keay, the first chairman of Basildon Development Corporation.

This restful scene of the village pond in the High Street with its magnificent trees, thatched cottages and elegant pair of swans, fell victim to the sweeping expansionism and development of the 20th century

Here we see a busy scene at the height of the tourist season.

Prestbury, close to Cheltenham Racecourse, has the reputation of being one of the most haunted villages in England.

This remarkable triangular building was erected for the Roman Catholic enthusiast Sir Thomas Tresham in the 1590s as a physical manifestation of the Holy Trinity.

There is no indication in this photograph of the dreadful conditions existing in the Queen Street area.

Felixstowe has of late years risen rapidly.

At the end of the 3rd century a disastrous fire brought the Palace to an end. It was not until 1960 that the laying of a water main brought about its discovery.

The ferry boats, one of which could take a horse and cart, were rowed across to Malpas Passage, a narrow peninsula at the confluence of the Tresillian and Truro Rivers, both long branches of the Fal estuary

Two prams represent the only traffic in St Austell's attractive shopping street in this scene, which is dominated by the richly carved tower of Holy Trinity church.

This tiny village straddles a steep slope above the east bank of the Fowey River. Down the slipway beyond the historic Ferry Inn, car ferries ply to and fro across the waters of the Fowey.

The site of the church is where Dittisham was first settled - by a Saxon called Dida in AD 765. St George's has been here since about 1180, and was rebuilt in the early 14th century.

Crockern Tor, a mile to the north, is the site of the Devon Stannary Parliament which sat from 1305 to 1749.

The advent of the motor carriage did not prevent the hotel advertising the stables at the back of this famous coaching hotel.

At the end of the 3rd century a disastrous fire brought the Palace to an end. It was not until 1960 that the laying of a water main brought about its discovery.

This quiet little corner is on the north side of Torquay and reached by way of a romantic wooded ravine.

Between the 14th and early 19th centuries, Bursledon was an important centre for naval shipbuilding, with the wooded slopes of the River Hamble providing much of the timber.

This elegant Elizabethan mansion was originally built for the Secretary of the Council of the North in 1568.The hall changed hands many times over the following centuries before being almost rebuilt

The need for Cottage Hospitals was great a century ago, but with the advent of more advanced equipment and specialised nursing, these cottage hospitals, like the isolation hospitals, closed down.

Most of them appear to have arrived on bicycles, as there are a number of machines parked up.

Opened by the Prince of Wales on 3 May 1887, the exhibition ran for six months and attracted 4.75million visitors.

Between the 14th and early 19th centuries, Bursledon was an important centre for naval shipbuilding, with the wooded slopes of the River Hamble providing much of the timber.

The Bank c1955 The village of Whitburn lies between South Shields and Sunderland. On the north side of the village green is this raised terrace.

From 1586 an Elizabethan inn thrived here as one of Andover's larger coaching inns, but now, through the arch, only the Georgian rebuild of the hotel remains, with hardly a yard and nothing of