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A further example of the Victorians restoring and re-erecting an old Celtic cross, perhaps inventing a suitable fanciful nickname for it too!

One of Kenilworth's prisoners was the deposed Edward II, who was held here prior to his transfer to Berkeley Castle where he was murdered with a red-hot poker.

First his coffin was lost in the sands of the bay, but it was subsequently recovered.

Five golfers on the municipal golf course at Lower Towneley. The photograph looks in the direction of Causeway End and Todmorden Road.

Children enjoy playing in the harbour whilst the huge mass of the Nab behind them gives a fascinating reflection into the water.

Thirty years can do a lot of damage, even to a statue. The statue is now discoloured, and the surrounding area overgrown.

The ancient parish church of Holy Trinity dates from the 13th to the 15th centuries and has an unusual brick-built chancel.

These impressive caves, their interiors hewn out of the limestone rock, were later to be used to house the wartime 'bouncing bomb'.

Perhaps the flowerbeds in the foreground are a taste of things to come. In 1968 Ryton won the Britain in Bloom trophy.

Looking west along the High Street, we see buildings which are characteristic of North Norfolk: flints set in mortar, with brick facings.

It is surrounded by six massive buttresses capable of withstanding cannon and battering ram attacks.

Steamer trips from the pier were highlights of many seaside holidays all over England. The'Lady Rowena' was a well known paddle steamer.

Beauchief Abbey lies four miles south of Sheffield. The abbey was founded in 1175; all that now remains is the west tower.

On the right is the Town Hall in all its Gothic splendour, which was completed in 1873 at a cost of £100,000.

Beauchief Abbey lies four miles south of Sheffield. The abbey was founded in 1175; all that now remains is the west tower.

The view of teh back garden across the moat, the Georgian chapel on the left and the Malt House on the right.

Skinningrove has long been popular with fishermen and in this delightful view we see a group of fishing boats and the jetty.

Here we see newer housing in a location on top of the Downs, amongst gorse bushes. Wooden sheds stand in the gardens.

A close-up of St Peter's Church, which dates from Norman times, although it is mostly medieval. In the foreground is a stair-turret to the rood-loft.

Looking across the River Medway to the tower of All Saints' Church. The church originally had a spire, but this was struck by lightning and destroyed in 1730.

Seen here nearly sixty years after photograph No 41268, this close-up reveals the delicate trellis work which makes the bridge such an attractive feature of the town.

Note the pots on the table, all of the same design - was this an early 'production line'?

It comprised 775 acres, including woodlands, lakes and a manor house, part of which was turned into refreshment rooms.

In the distance is the parish church of St Wilfred's, which is noted for its Norse hog-back gravestones and a Norse font dating from the 11th century.