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The long main street of Dorchester probably established its present line at the time of the Romans, and has been used by travellers since.

This view shows the bridge over the Cam Beck at the top end of Ketttlewell, a charming village in the heart of Upper Wharfedale.

The elegant Abbey Crescent was built in 1858 in anticipation of the opening of the nearby railway station the following year.

Thirteen years before this photograph of Sandhurst was taken, the village police station was completed in memory of some of Sandhurst's older residents.

The cobbled surface is clearly visible with the rails of the horse tram curving away sharply to the left. The large scale of many of Belfast's buildings is also apparent.

A splendid variety of architecture, ranging from medieval through Georgian to Victorian, greets the visitor to Dorchester.

Also situated north of the town and at one time also called the Lions' Den, these sandstone caves were once a feature of The Plot, an area of common grazing land.

Thirteen years before this photograph of Sandhurst was taken, the village police station was completed in memory of some of Sandhurst's older residents.

East of Marlow, where the river bends south, Townsend's and Shaw's boatyards and their wharves were a focus of boating activity in the heyday of the late Victorian and Edwardian boating boom.

Roger de Berkeley, the first tenant after the Conquest, was probably responsible for the construction of the first castle on the site, and we know that Henry II was entertained here over Easter in 1121

The popularity of the north coast beaches and the advent of mass tourism led to the stretch of coastline between Rhyl and Colwyn Bay being almost totally occupied with caravan sites, amusement arcades,

This somewhat featureless shopping centre has developed to the north of the Tally Ho pub and Tally Ho corner, which can be seen as a multi-gabled vista stopper in this photograph.

This high-powered, very low frequency telegraph transmitter is capable of world-wide range. Erection of the masts commenced in 1924 on a site chosen by the Air Ministry and the War Office.

Above the cliffs we can just see the Park Hotel, built as a terrace of three houses, part of a larger development of North Cliff which never materialised.

Today, we feel that when Louis de Soissions designed the layout of the Garden City, he underestimated the impact of the motor car.

The Priory stands on the banks of the River Hiz (from which the town of Hitchin gets its name), and dates back to the time of King Edward II.

By the end of the 18th century, the Severn north of Bewdley was becoming increasingly difficult to keep open for navigation, and groups of men had to be employed to bow-haul craft between Bewdley and Coalbrookdale

Lumley Avenue, with its chestnut trees and wide verges and roadway, is typical of the streets comprising the original grid layout of the Earl of Scarbrough's 1870s town plan.

Built during the reign of Elizabeth I, Dockacre House is the oldest home in Launceston.

The Zulu vessel shown in the photograph is considered to be one of the finest fore- and mizzen-rigged luggers ever designed for the North Atlantic waters.

The village of Palnackie is set in a region of wooded hills and streams.

Within two years 1,000 houses were built, and by 1954 an average of ten new residents were moving into Hemel Hempstead every day.

Market House was built in 1698 to house the local wool market by Philip Sheppard, whose ancestor Samuel had bought the manor of Minchinhampton in 1651.

On the left is the post office, run by Fred Maplesden, who was also printer and publisher of the East Grinstead Household Almanack.