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The old market place, on which the vehicles are parked, is a reminder of Battle's former identity as a market town.

This is a classic view of the market town of Bakewell, seen from the steeply climbing Station Road.

From the sands it is possible to appreciate fully the outstanding position of the houses and hotels high on the Esplanade.

War Memorial Gardens were laid out to the north of Memorial Avenue between it and the Canch, as this stretch of the River Ryton is known.

St Luke's Church would appear to be made of stone and brick, but in fact the main body of the church is timber, encased in brick outside and plaster within.

It was once said of the village that 'Puddington is singularly quiet; it is so quiet that it has never yet reached the fame of a picture postcard'.

The grand scale and decorated gables of the Institute are a visible reminder of a wealthier town; here the iron-works acted as a magnet which drew workers in high numbers.

This photograph shows the great arch at the eastern end of the abbey. It formed part of the structure above which was built the lantern tower and spire.

Around 1955 these three shops provided locals with all manner of things; meat, groceries, sweets, cigarettes, toys and hardware; there was even a lending library.

The mill seen here on the right is of considerable antiquity, even in this village of old buildings. A little further up the road is Stanford Court, once the home of the Winnington family.

The tomb (right) contains the remains of Gertrude, Marchioness of Exeter (died 1558), whose husband, Henry Courtenay, was a grandson of Edward IV and Commissioner at the trial of Anne Boleyn.

Traffic was still so light in the 1920s that the Mall was not treated as a major artery of even a short cut.

The bronze bust of Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert and Sullivan fame was erected in Victoria Embankment Gardens in 1903.

This village got its name because it was once part of the endowment of Tavistock Abbey. Since the Reformation, the land hereabouts has been owned by the dukes of Bedford.

This attractive small town sits on a hilltop overlooking the valley of the LIttle Dart.

The original parish church was at Astbury, but the building of this one in the 1740s reflected the growth of importance of Congleton as a result of its silk industry at that period.

The Town Hall is the tall building with the clock tower in the centre of the photograph; it was built in 1864 by E W Godwin at a cost of £8,000.

Kelvedon lies on the site of the Roman town of Canonium, about midway between Chelmsford and Colchester.

With a new century and a population nearing 165,000 the town increasingly gains the trappings of modernity.

tends to be overshadowed by its famous Dorset neighbour Lyme Regis, though in past times the latter was known as Nether Lyme to distinguish it from the village higher up the valley of

Once just a hamlet of fishermen's cottages, Budleigh grew as a town and watering place in the first half of the 19th century, when a number of well-heeled society figures took up residence.

This is a classic view of Tarn Hows, near Hawkshead, with the peaks of the Langdale Pikes in the centre background.

This small village, 3 miles north of Barnsley, is in the heart of the coal mining country. This view is hardly changed, except for a new retail development out of the picture on the left.

A large number of country houses, many of which were called castles by their owners, have either been demolished or are shadows of their former selves.