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Little can be usefully gleaned from the remains shown here, but it is known that Dorchester was a centre for a school of mosaicists in the 3rd and 4th centuries.

Looking through the gate, the Crown Hotel, now no longer in existence, can be seen on the left of the High Street.The dormer windows on the right sit uneasily with the older overhanging bay window

Here inmates of Pegwell's Working Men's Convalescent Home stroll with their families.The home was noted for its sunken garden on reclaimed land, seen on the left below the sea wall.

The road is now called the London Road, and most of the cottages in this picture are still there today.

At the bottom of Vicarage Lane we come to London Road, Blackwater. This is the scene looking towards Camberley. The old Barley Mow public house was based in the last building on the left.

So many towns and villages in Worcestershire are beautifully set on the banks of the county's rivers - as Wyre Piddle is on the Avon.

Yates's map of 1786 shows that there was a toll booth between the road junctions.

Note the array of chimney pots on the houses behind the shelters.

It was built as a consequence of the trams, which were established by Ilford Urban District Council in 1903. The first two shops are a draper's called Hone, and J Young, a confectioner.

Library Gardens survives as part of a larger park behind the Churchill Theatre, which incorporates the modern library.

In this view we can clearly see the old fishing village at the water's edge and the later developments associated with the resort of Port Erin.

This attractive waterside village was the home of the novelist and poet Sylvia Townsend Warner for over forty years.

Sherborne is famous for its public schools, and on most days in term time pupils can be seen threading their way around the old town.

On the edge of Reading, a rowing boat hangs on as the lock keeper drains the lock to allow it entry. To the left, a fisherman tries his luck in the turbulent water.

When the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Canal was modernised in the early 1980s, several locks were re-sited and enlarged, and this was one of them.

Bennett is renowned for his novels based on The Potteries, and Mitchell was the designer of the legendary Spitfire fighter.

The Big Wheel can be seen in the playground to the right of the picture, with The Golden Hind to the left. Southend

This view was taken from the Tower Pier of Tower Bridge, with busy Butler's Wharf behind. To the right we can see Courage's brewery, dating from 1789; it closed in 1982.

This view of the Thames illustrates Cookham's potential for picnicking and relaxing by the water's edge.

The war memorial, on the other hand, occupies the site of a horse-trough and a urinal.

Founded by Sir William Turner with accommodation for both elderly men and women, this beautiful building, which survives almost unchanged to this day, comprises two wings of almshouses

Here, Allithwaite is decorated for the Coronation of 1953. This broader area by the village pub is The Square. Street lighting has not yet arrived here.

Here, Allithwaite is decorated for the Coronation of 1953. This broader area by the village pub is The Square. Street lighting has not yet arrived here.

The numbered boat in the foreground is one of many for hire.