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Newerne Street is Lydney's main shopping area; it has undergone a great deal of redevelopment since this photograph was taken.

Now known as the Bear of Rodborough, this has been a stopping place for centuries, and played an important part as a collecting point for carrier services in this area of steep hills.

Blakeney only really began to become popular as a tourist and holiday destination from the mid 1920s.

The steamer 'Swift', launched in 1900 as the then largest boat on the lake, sits at the end of the pier, whilst a cluster of yachts, possibly racing, passes between the boat station and

Below the memorial inscription over the main arch, the Royal Engineers' motto 'Ubique' ('Everywhere'), flanks the Latin inscription 'Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducant' ('Whither Right and Glory Lead').

In 1933, 70 acres of chalk downland were acquired by Chatham and Gillingham councils to create this beautiful open countryside nature reserve between the two towns.

Wollaston Road leads off The Strand to the left. Next to it is the Boatman's Reading Room, the Strand Boot Stores, and the Walmer Stores.

This lane leads down to the Flatford Mill complex, now owned by the National Trust.

Arthur Mee was impressed by this church, and in his King's England series he wrote that the spire is 'a striking spectacle with three bands of panelling round it' and marvelled at its 'embattled

The gardener is busy at work in this small garden beside the main road in the middle of the village, which contains a memorial to those of the village who lost their lives in two world wars

The post office, the Green Dragon and, opposite, the New Inn, overlook the cross-roads at the centre of the village. Galgate's inns once played a part in nominating the village 'mayor'.

Horndon has historical footnotes to make it both proud and ashamed. Firstly, the Shaa family, who owned land here, produced two Mayors of London.

This church stands in an area with a long-standing Christian heritage: it is recorded that in 314 the Bishop of Caerleon was present at the Synod of Arles, the first general council of western Christianity

Close by stands Lickey Grange, the former home of Lord Austin (1866-1941), who founded the nearby Longbridge car factory in 1905.

This bridge over the River Rib was built by Charles Gray in October 1852 at a cost of £95. In 1994, it was found to be unsafe and was totally rebuilt.

Since the 1960s this village has grown quite substantially, mainly to accommodate workers from Banbury, 3½ miles away.

This is part of the riverside group of medieval buildings which also includes the Witch and the Wardrobe, which is next door.

Rose-clad cottages line the road in Burnsall, lying in the heart of Wharfedale where the drystone walls spread like a net over the fells, as we can just see in the background.

Water power played an important role in the development of the factory system, for it was harnessed to drive machinery in cotton and woollen mills alike.

The intended junction for the Staffs & Worcs Canal and the River Severn was to have been at Bewdley, but the locals objected.

The property on the left is of particular interest, because in about 1970 a large section of the older central Middlesbrough buildings was flattened to create the first major shopping mall - the Cleveland

Grappenhall, or 'Gropenhale' (as it was then called), has the distinction of being recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086.

Lady Daresbury took great pride in developing botanical gardens at Walton with specimen planting in the style of Kew; thousands of local people enjoyed visiting them on annual open days.

Just behind the road sign is an entrance to the Feathers Hotel, once an important coaching inn linking the town with Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester and on to London.