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This must be one of the smallest and one of the most recently created greens in the country.

Numerous buildings, including the church, the Royal Oak dining rooms, the Union Hotel and the Alexandra Hotel, indicate the importance of Ramsey harbour as the second largest in the Isle of Man.

Margate is today a bustling seaside resort on the Isle of Thanet, with many miles of sandy beaches, and typical seaside attractions.

Almost at once something went wrong - there was no lack of teaching skills, but the managerial expertise needed was not there.

In the distance is the tower of the parish church, St Lawrence.

Cricklade, ten miles from the Thames source, is an ancient town with evidence of Anglo-Saxon town walls as well as of Roman occupation.

The town is also the birthplace of Daniel Gooch; having served his apprenticeship at Robert Stephenson's works, he was only 21 years old when he was appointed Locomotive Superintendent of the Great

In this picture the late 19th-century skyline of Newcastle is dominated by the 15th-century tower and spire of St Nicholas' Cathedral and the imposing bulk of the castle keep.

Except for the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the distance, this scene is very different today.

Three tall ships are visible; the one on the far left is just setting sail. The town relied on the sea for employment, and it was once an important rival of Holyhead for the Irish ferry.

Subsequently, a road was built linking The Strand with the end of High Street. The raised bank followed the Taw from Castle Quay and turned right to follow the Yeo to Braunton Bridge.

Cregneish lies between Port St Mary and the Calf of Man. When this picture was taken, most of the villagers would have earned their living from agriculture or fishing, or both.

Rather unkindly, Jerome K Jerome of 'Three Men in a Boat' fame, and our constant companion along the river from Oxford to Kingston, described Abingdon as 'quiet, eminently respectable, clean and desperately

Dating from 1899, Clacton's bandstand had recently been relocated to this new sunken pavilion as part of a 'general beautifying programme'.

Debenham, with its attractive tree-lined street, lies close to the source of the River Deben.

The village is part of the Holnicote Estate, the gift of the Acland family to the National Trust, to which many of the village's thatched cottages now belong. Their preservation is thus assured.

A contemporary guide book extolled Bournemouth's climate: 'it is perhaps most beneficial to invalids during the fall of the year and the early spring, when it will compare favourably with many of the Mediterranean

The famous spring was discovered on the banks of the Wharfe by labourer John Shires on 4 June 1744. From then on, visitors flocked to the town to enjoy the benefits of its health-inducing treatments.

This was the original site of the huge cattle market.

The New Shambles, off Finkle Street, were built in 1803. The word 'shambles' comes from the Old English 'sceamol', which originally meant a bench for the sale of meat.

The hotel at Buttermere, formerly known as the Fish Hotel, was the scene in 1802 of a great scandal: the landlord's daughter, Mary Robinson or 'the Maid of Buttermere', was seduced and bigamously married

The Promenade of Saltburn is dominated by the impressive edifice of the Zetland Hotel.

Demolition took its toll on the left side of this picture.

Swanbridge and Sully Island, once the haunt of wreckers and pirates, would play host to an equally enthusiastic yet more peaceful group of invaders each summer!