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The unsupported front of the Blue Star Garage was quite a feature when it was first erected.

The waters of the Exe estuary once lapped the edge of what is now a pleasant town centre park.

His choice of site was deliberate: here was the royal hall of Llywelyn the Great and the Cistercian Abbey of St Mary where he lay buried.

The Normans established their 'new castle' in 1080 on the site of a Roman fort. In the foreground is the Black Gate, originally constructed in 1247 when the castle's defences were upgraded.

For a start, two of the buildings in the background are no longer imposing town houses; one is now the offices of the Phoenix Assurance Co, and the other, Warwick house and former home of brewer Samuel

As well as retail outlets and the main post office, there were a number of buildings along Queen Street which dated from the earlier decades of the 19th century, including the Mechanics’ Institute

At the left is the corner of John Carr of York’s Georgian County Gaol of 1787: no attempt here to match the castle’s Gothic architecture.

This photograph demonstrates the rugged beauty of the stones.

As with many seaside resorts, one of the popular attractions was a trip in a boat.

The balconied St Germans Hut was a shooting box belonging to the Earl of St Germans, set high on the cliffs about a mile east of Downderry.

We are looking up the hill from the centre of town towards Camborne.

The enormous piles of white stone are actually piles of china clay from Cornwall awaiting trans-shipment onto narrow boats so they can be taken to the china factories in Stoke-on-Trent.

The second highest part of Bodmin Moor is Rough Tor, at 1311 feet.

The village is at the north end of a magnificent two-mile long sandy beach. Until the 1800s this stretch of coast was remote, its splendours familiar only to Ilfracombe fishermen.

In a scene that has changed little in 100 years, the tranquil surface of the River Avon gently reflects the majesty of the Cathedral and its magnificent 404 ft spire, the highest in England.

Here we see the terminus of the Swansea to Mumbles railway. The pier was essential for the recreation of Victorian and Edwardian visitors to this part of the seaside.

This attractive boat house is set at the foot of a steep cliff alongside the River Taf with its 'heron-priested' shore.

During the siege of York it is thought that guns were placed on the roof here, but there is some controversy about this.

At the beginning of the 20th century Leeds had four theatres, including the Grand, which is featured on the right-hand side of the picture.

An office block has replaced those quaint shops, but the Duke of York survives, now minus its covered porch, at the junction with the Frimley Road.

Barrow Corporation purchased Biggar Bank on Walney in 1881 to serve as a public recreation ground for the people of the expanding town of Barrow.

The cross stands in front of Dalton Castle at the top of the town.

The late-15th century tower of Holy Trinity church is one of the finest in Cornwall; its west side has carved figures depicting the Trinity, the Annunciation and the Resurrection.

The New Shambles, off Finkle Street, was built in 1803.