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All Saints' Church stands proudly at the top of a sharp double bend and hill on the A607 road going towards Lincoln from Grantham.

The fishermen of Brixham refined the technique of trawling for their catch close to the bottom of the sea; this technique mostly replaced the earlier drifting.

This is the monument to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, builder of Burghley House and perhaps the most famous member of the Cecil family.

The ungainly motor vehicle in the centre is still an unusual enough feature for it to be attracting the attention of bystanders.

This murky view looks west from the Pool of London towards what was to become one of the mechanical wonders of the late 19th century.

A random collection of cottages around a pair of lanes forms an oval.

Perhaps originally a retreat for the locals, being only a couple of miles from the town of St Austell, Porthpean had become a 'charming seaside resort, much frequented in the summer months as a boating

An old village on the Cheshire side of the Manchester Ship Canal, Flixton was developed as a residential suburb of Manchester.

On the left we have Porter & Sons, wholesale glass and china merchants, and the imposing bulk of the Guildhall with its porticoed entrance supported on Corinthian columns.

Rotherham Grammar School grew out of a free school that had been endowed through royal patronage.

The Lodore Hotel, at the southern end of Derwent Water, is a fine Victorian Gothic structure, built at the foot of the twin cascades known as the Lodore Falls, which were very popular in the Victorian

On the left is Leeds' oldest shop, which dates from 1613 and is receiving a face lift. Further along the street on the right stands the Empire Theatre.

A blacksmith's forge used to stand beside this packhorse bridge spanning Winn Brook, one of eight bridges boasted by this tiny village. It was at Winsford that Ernest Bevin was born in 1881.

Canals totally changed the transportation of goods around the country - in fact, once a string of boats started to move, it was possible for a single horse to pull up to 20 boats, each laden with up to

In the middle distance on the left are the masts of ships in the lee of Drake's Island.

Allington is a hamlet on the Medway just to the north of Maidstone. It is best known for its castle, situated hard by the River Medway. This view shows the excellent defensive site of the castle.

A typical Pennine farmstead, sheltered by a sycamore and standing on the edge of the moors, lies on the outskirts of Walsden.

The town has recovered its air of prosperity after the hardships and shortages of the war years, and its growing affluence is demonstrated by the number of cars parked beside the pavements.

Inside the largely 15th-century building, beside memorials to the lords of the manor, the Leghs of Adlington, there are early 18th-century wall paintings in the spandrels between the

In the centre a horse and cart stand by the pond; perhaps they have visited this spot so that the animal could have a drink of fresh water at Picklefoot Spring, which emerges here.

Wribbenhall is situated on the opposite bank of the river to Bewdley, and architecturally its streets are far more interesting than Severnside.

A nursemaid sits with her two charges enjoying the sun on Castle Hill. Behind, a seating area nestles in the remnants of some ancient building whose purpose is now unclear.

Although not a market day, there is still plenty of activity along the road.

Without the finials and pinnacles seen in earlier photographs of Christ Church it looks a much plainer building.