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The Shoulder of Mutton clearly wished to attract railway passengers and added 'or Station Hotel' to its name.

Designed in 1924 by Clough Williams-Ellis, the architect of Portmeirion, they compete with Vanbrugh's 1721 Rotondo temple on the right.

In 1659, Southwold suffered a huge fire which destroyed a substantial part of the town.

Maisemore village stands on the west bank of the River Severn. It is prone to flooding - in 2000, the White Hart pub was completely surrounded with water.

This bustling view shows the bandstand on the left and the 'Scottish baronial style' Old Custom House of 1637 in the middle distance.

Since photograph No 56359 was taken, the shop on the corner in the middle of the picture has lost its tile-hanging, and its original timber frame has been exposed.

The provision of public utilities became increasingly important from the Victorian period onwards.

Not far from Evesham, South Littleton is a lovely old village of pretty cottages, a manor house built in 1721, though attached to an even more ancient building, and a church that originally dated back

The doorway is one of the oldest in Cheshire, and is famous for the zigzag patterns and beaked heads carved on the arch.

In years gone by, the river Parrett carried a large volume of traffic.

Our photographer is standing on the bridge we saw in No 33415. Barnstaple's premier hotel - The Imperial - is on the left, still in business today.

Consecrated in 1848, this was designed by George Gilbert Scott, the architect responsible for the restoration of St Mary's Church in Stafford and many others around the country.

The impressive Webb's Hotel is a well-known landmark on the south side of The Parade in Liskeard. Sad to say, it is no longer a hotel, and the garage on the right is now a food store.

Blue- and-white and green- and-white striped awnings cover the rows of stalls which threaten to overflow into the churchyard.

An ancient iron bloomery, or furnace, was discovered in St Paul's churchyard in 1912 when the church was being extended; this is very appropriate for the churchyard that is the last resting place

His brother Michael joined in 1953, going to work on Whipperley Ring school at Farley Hill. Like their father, they had trained at Regent Street Polytechnic.

It seems it is traditional to pose in front of the fountain in the large expanse that is the park. A delivery boy sits between two less interested young men.

The Monsal Head Hotel commands one of the finest and most photographed views in the Peak District, extending across the Monsal Dale Viaduct towards Fin Cop, and north towards Upperdale.

The school was originally located in premises opposite the parish church, but had moved to its present site to the south of the town by 1750; rebuilding began in 1809.

This impressive building was the Parkstone branch of the Wiltshire and Dorset Bank. The roads around Parkstone are much busier these days, encouraging journeys on foot or using public transport.

There are no smooth tarmac roads; few family cars dominate the gardens; there are no telephone poles, and above all no television aerials in this snapshot of post-war suburbia.

A short flight in this light aircraft, even just a few hundred feet up, would give the sightseeing holidaymaker a marvellous view of both the coastline and the Broads inland.

Part of Hastings' early success was due to the picturesque scenery beyond the town to the east, with rugged coastal scenery deep cut with glens, woodland walks and cliff paths.

In 1902, bumpers of sulphuric and chalybeate were dispensed here from seven o'clock in the morning onwards. After taking the first glass, a mild constitutional in Valley Gardens was recommended.