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This, the northern gate, stands on the site of the Roman Porta Principalis, the gateway of Eboracum.

This and the following three photos, although from the same vantage point, span a period of 60 years.They show many changes in some of the buildings and in the mode of transport.Two horse-drawn vehicles

This is a splendid county town; we see awnings shooting over the shop fronts and a number of cars dotting the kerbs.

It would be nice to think of this as an early example of disability awareness, but the truth is more prosaic: a level promenade was more likely to attract the infirm and elderly and their carers,

There's a sign on the building on the left that reads 'National Health Dispensing Service'.

Hitchin Street formed part of the complex of parallel trackways which made up the Icknield Way.

In 1752 William Vick had left some money towards the eventual bridging of the Gorge.

A sign in the river warns of hidden dangers for swimmers and small boats, but ashore there were plenty of safe ways to enjoy a summer's day on this pleasant, green, riverside corridor

The original village, however, was at the bottom of the hill, centred on the church of St Peter, with the estuary of the Dee beyond.

Hunstanton's lighthouse was built in 1830, and crowns the chalk clifftop close by the ruins of St Edmund's chapel, where pilgrims offered their prayers and sought the healing powers of the town's efficacious

Not very far from this spot lies the Rufus Stone, which marks the spot where King William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, was accidentally killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrrell while out

A winged angel guards this tribute to the 'Honoured Memory of the Men of Lancaster Who Gave Their Lives in the Great War 1914-18'.

St Mary's contains a particularly fine group of sculptures, and is renowned for its collection of monumental brasses.

A big part of the old Wealden Ironworks was based here, and a man-made furnace pond was dug.

It has not been long since a horse or two trotted along this Edwardian street, as the evidence in the centre of the road reveals.

Moseley Hall was the medieval home of the Grevis family, but in 1891 the hall and its surrounding parkland became the property of the city.

This frail-looking bridge was one of a number spanning the River Wyre; it was frequently damaged when floods occurred.

Dominating the village is the 15th-century church of St Oswald's, its tower gifted by Robert Washington.

The terrace of shops stepping down the High Street, beyond the busy junction with Carshalton Road and William Pile Ltd (the stuccoed corner building), was erected in 1880.

This view looks east towards the High Street, past the Post Office on the right.

Our last view shows Dorney Reach with the Berkshire bank on the left.

A summer picture showing an image that characterises Bedford in the middle of the 20th century as bridge, river and church link under a summer sky.

The boathouse on the left was built in 1903.

Here we see the castle after its restoration by the Marquis of Bute.