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A memorial stone at the entrance to Botley station recalls the murder in 1800 of one Thomas Webb.

This area is now the site of a bus station. Corn and Butler is presently the Tourist Information Centre.

Through-services to Blackpool began in 1897, and the route was via St Anne's, then along through the sand dunes of Clifton Drive, then to Squires Gate, and on to Station Road.

In the distance is Straight Point, a firing range much used by the Royal Marines, who are stationed at nearby Lympstone.

This photograph shows the busy junction at the top of Station Road and Northampton Road, which combine like an arrowhead opposite the Gardens. The Headlands stretches off to the left.

Even in wartime the strict dress code for Weymouth beach remained, though many of the soldiers and sailors stationed in the town would seek out lonely coves in the vicinity for a spot of

There have been recent alterations to this junction between Rake and Station Roads.

The fountains were sited near the harbour; this is now the site of the Lifeboat Station. On the right can be seen the gas works, which used to make the town's gas supply.

The colliery opened in July 1960; most of its output went by conveyor direct to nearby Rugeley, a power station. Lea Hall closed in December 1990.

The modest petrol station has now expanded and the houses on each side of the Esso sign have now gone.

Although Hynburn Council has not owned any buses since 1996, a new bus station was provided by the Council alongside the market development in 2003.

This straggling village has spent much of the last fifty years being dominated by a structure that proved to be as controversial - the Winfrith Atomic Energy Station.

This view of the path into Stamford from Station Road shows the old George Bridge over the River Welland before it was replaced in 1978.

This view of Waterhead shows the Waterhead Hotel, built to serve the increasing numbers of tourists who were arriving by train at the lakeside station at Bowness, and catching a steamer up the

Its station on the Great Western Railway helped to widen its appeal as a popular inland resort. The ancient Ridgeway passes close to Pangbourne.

The police station, seen here on the left, now serves as the Bromyard Youth Centre, with the library beside it. The timber building at the far end is known as the Bible House.

Prince of Wales Road was cut through the town in 1862 to provide a fittingly grand route from Thorpe Station. On the right, the old Crown Bank of 1866 became the post office.

The elegant Victorian life boat house with its round tower and conical roof, quite new at this time, has now gone, and a modern concrete life boat station replaces it further south-east, painted an attractive

Askrigg station is on the North Eastern Railway route between Northallerton and a conection with the Midland Railway at Hawes.

On the right is the lifeboat station, with the lifeboat slung on a wheeled cradle that could be hauled into the water, enabling the boat to float off.

The petrol station on the right is now a large self-service garage.

There was the 260-bed Imperial Hydro (telephone, 258) with garage space for fifty automobiles, the Grand (telephone, 55) and the Station.

Easingwold, on the busy A19 between York and Thirsk, was an important market town and coaching station on the Royal Mail run between York and Edinburgh.

The old lifeboat station at Runswick Bay on the North Sea coast is rather incongruously painted with black and white half-timbering in this photograph.