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In the north-east corner of Dartmoor, in open country, is one of the finest stone rings, Scorhill. It once consisted of 36 stones erected without any shaping.

This view from the church tower was taken looking towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.

Before the golden age of granite, brick was often used for gables, even in a building right in the middle of the city. This is a very early form of flats, possibly built about 1775.

A depressing series of small-scale shops line the main road, which is soon to sweep in more peaceful mode under Bardon Hill.

Burton Street refers to the former leper hospital of St Mary and St Lazarus established about 1150 by Robert de Mowbray, to the south of the town; it can only be seen now as a series of earthworks to the

Victorian enthusiasm for railways soon ensured that all the major tourist centres of the Isle of Wight could be reached by the Permanent Way.

The pretty village of Calbourne lies among the downlands of the Isle of Wight. Its lovely Early English church boasts many fine monuments and is among the oldest on the island.

This former ancient tide mill, sited to the south of Dell Quay and at the head of the Bosham Channel, today stands alongside the Bosham Yacht Club quay, and is the haunt of many yachtsmen who enjoy the

The porch of the Three Crowns was the scene in 1643 of the shooting during a skirmish with Parliamentarian forces of the Royalist poet Sidney Godolphin, described by a contemporary as 'perfect

A bridge crossed the head of the Kingsbridge estuary as early as 962, though the surviving bridges in the area are medieval in origin.

This view of Northbrook Street shows the façade of Newbury's famous department store, Camp Hopson, established in 1921.

An earlier view of the entrance to Dovedale, again showing the donkeys, and the slopes of Butser Hill rising to the left of the photograph, with the crags of Thorpe Cloud to the right.

The North Yorkshire village of Ampleforth is perhaps best known for its Roman Catholic boys' school situated to the east of the village, but this view shows the Main Street of the village itself, which

These two photographs of the village High Street give some indication of the constantly-flowing stream of traffic which passes the small, half-timbered Black Horse pub with its adjacent wine merchant and

This picture fits the description of Rochdale that appears in the 1906 Baedecker guide: 'a town of over 90,000 inhab., situated on the Roche, and is one of the chief seats of the flannel and woollen industry

The west side of the bay comprises Scarlett Point, which has outcrops of lava and volcanic ash, while the stack is columnar basalt. The east side of the bay features the flat rocks of Langness Point.

We are looking south down the length of Windermere from Todd Crag, a southern outlier of Loughrigg Fell above the hamlet of Clappersgate.

Here we see the back of the great tithe barn, which was built in about 1413. It was claimed to be one of the largest in the country at 276ft long.

MANY MORE people know the name of Loughborough than know the town itself, or even where it is. That name is read, said and rings out across the world. Loughborough is unique.

In the distance on the left is the Plume of Feathers and, comparing with photograph 51329, a change can be seen.

The council paid £139,000 for the park in 1872, it being one of a number of acquisitions by the authority over the previous 20 years.

The River Ouse flows past the embattled rear of the fifteenth century Guildhall, built in 1446.

On the stony Stanton Road, Domesday Scepecote (meaning 'shelter for sheep') was home to the powerful Bassett family.

A fascinating picture of a suburban street. On the extreme left is Palmers, with John Bull tyres and cycle lamp batteries on display in the window.