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A holidaying family does a bit of window shopping at the Sea View Stores on the front at Reighton, while a dog watches curiously on to the left.

The small tower at the far end of the church served as a mark for sailors heading for the port: it used to carry a beacon at night.

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre. It is thought to have been built between 1000BC–2000BC.

In the 1970s Derbyshire CCC temporarily ceased playing at Derby and the club gave serious consideration to a permanent move to Chesterfield.

In days gone by, steamers from the resorts of Swanage, Weymouth and Bournemouth would call in at Lulworth Cove, landing passengers either by a plank bridge - as seen here - or by rowing boat, depending

The Shepherd & Dog (right) is a 300-year-old pub at the top of the hill. The petrol station still exists in an expanded form.

The village street at Bothenhampton (middle distance, left to right), with suburbia beyond, seen from the vicinity of Quarry Farm with an apple orchard and thatched cottages above the stream

Despite being an ancient settlement, Maltby was still little more than a village at the beginning of the 20th century. Then things changed.

North of the old windmill is the Manor House in mid seventeenth-century brick, which retains its original cross windows.

Most of the buildings are timber-framed, although it is only at the far end that they retain their original appearance.

It is now part of the Manchester Metropolitan University, and it is still linked with the campus at Alsager, as well as with five other campus sites in the Manchester area.

At the centre of the photograph stands the then new College building.

Less than a century ago, sailing ships still dominate the quays at Poole. Ships' chandlers and coal merchants line the waterside, and a coal cart stands idle at the side of the road.

This gateway entrance to the City at the west end of Fleet Street was designed by Christopher Wren. The figures in the niches are James I and Charles I.

One stop short of the terminus at Cockfosters, Oakwood Station is one of the jewels along this northern stretch of the Piccadilly line, which also includes Southgate, Arnos Grove and Cockfosters.

Around the beginning of the 20th century there was little difference in the cost of accommodation at either the Victoria, the Prince of Wales, or the Royal, though eating at the latter was slightly more

An overview of Ludham from the tower of St Catherine's Church shows the well-wooded, rich agricultural land surrounding the village before many of the hedges had been removed.

The statue of John Bright MP stands in front of Charles Kershaw`s Central Corn Mill.

There were ten locks at the end of the Bridgewater Canal linking it with the docks below; figures for 1883 show that in that year alone 60,300 craft passed up and down.

One mile inland is the church of St Mary, which includes the nave of the Augustinian priory founded here in 1119 by Walter de Gant.

The Tamesis has had a premier role in the development of dinghy racing on the River Thames.

This picture is taken at the top of old Harnham Road, looking back down towards the bridge.The cottages on the right are still there today, but much else has changed—and not many people would sit

This picture was taken before the building of the bus station.

Set on one of the picturesque creeks branching off the Fowey estuary, Lerryn is seen at its best when the tide is high. At low tide there is nothing but mud in this creek.