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Caption For Crowland, The Trinity Bridge C1965

The shop under the blind (left) is no longer a shop, but the white house (centre) is still there.

Caption For Sheffield, Fargate And Surrey Street 1893

We are at the heart of the city centre, and this is now all pedestrianised.

Caption For Worthing, The Beach 1890

The gap to the right between terraces is the end of the Steyne Gardens, laid out after 1807, and originally intended as the centre of the resort, but most development in fact went westward.

Caption For Ormskirk, Cottages And Car Park 2005

Archaeologists say that during the Dark Ages the village centre was north of the church, around what is now the car park opposite the Civic Hall.

Caption For Alloway, Robert Burns's Birthplace 1897

The pleasant village of Alloway is now the centre of pilgrimage for lovers of Burns's poetry.

Caption For Bedford, Newnham Bridge 1897

This chapter's tour of the river banks is now completed, and we return to the town centre for the next chapter.

Caption For Aylesbury, Parish Church 1897

Its churchyard, though, is a haven of tranquillity in the centre of this busy town.

Caption For Aylesbury, Ye Olde Dark Lantern C1955

To the right now is the east side of the vast Friars Square shopping centre.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Angel Hill C1955

The Athenaeum, or former Assembly House (centre), is little changed since 1802-4, except for the Victorian observatory on the roof.

Caption For Cambridge, Newnham College, Sedgewick Hall 1890

Newnham College was Cambridge's second college for women, and was built a lot closer to the centre than the first one at Girton.

Caption For Odiham, London And Farnham Roads 1908

Mr R W Kail, baker, grocer and confectioner (centre) was continuing in the same business which had operated in these premises since c1828.

Caption For Hemingford Abbots, Village C1955

One of the first buildings that the visitor will meet is the picturesque 15th-century thatched Axe and Compasses public house (centre).

Caption For Hemingford Grey, High Street C1955

The last white building is the Jubilee Reading Room and St James Parish Centre.

Caption For Runcorn, Transporter Bridge C1955

On the Widnes side of the bridge the world's first double- decker bus service was started in 1909 especially to meet passengers from the bridge and give them a ride into the centre of the town

Caption For Stow On The Wold, The Square C1950

This place was once a bustling wool centre, but it has not grown much since.

Caption For Norwich, Old Cow Tower And The River Wensum 1891

It was once a vital waterway for the carrying of fleeces and woollen produce, for Norwich was once one of the great weaving centres of medieval England.

Caption For East Hoathly, High Street C1965

Fortunately for the village, it is now by- passed by the busy A22, but until then traffic had to negotiate this very sharp bend, and the London to Eastbourne traffic made the centre of

Caption For Farley Green, The Village C1955

The hamlet is centred upon a long hour- glass-shaped green; this view was taken at its north end, with Shophouse Lane on the right and August Lane on the left.

Caption For Sheffield, Fargate And Surrey Street 1893

We are at the heart of the city centre, and this is now all pedestrianised.

Caption For Bridport, South Street 1897

This is looking northwards up South Street, to Stag House at the top end of West Street and the Town Hall (centre).

Caption For Eype, Village 1930

This is another view of Lower Eype from further to the south-west, closer to the cliff above Lyme Bay, looking inland to Mount Lane and St Peter`s Church (centre).

Caption For Tywyn, High Street, From The Station 1895

The entrance to the mainline station can be seen on the right, while the tower of St Cadfan's church is clearly visible in the centre of the picture.