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Prestatyn's station on the Chester and Holyhead section of the L & NWR meant that it became increasingly popular with holidaymakers, especially with those from the Liverpool area.

It has a history of mining. The limestone from the hills is used to build the farm cottages of this peaceful part of Yorkshire.

Some time during the second half of the 19th century, Bracknell became a town, helped by the coming of the railway in 1856 and the development of market gardening and brick-making.

It was a reminder of the much- missed old travelling fairs that travelled through the area during the summer months, giving the townsfolk an excuse to enjoy themselves.

It was worth awaiting, as it is a splendid edifice, decorated with portraits of the Stuart kings and the one tragic Queen of Scots and topped by a long column with, at its summit, the unicorn, holding

At this time, views such as these could be replicated a hundred times throughout the county of Devon. Thatch, unsurfaced road and total absence of traffic was the norm.

Victoria Park lies to the east of Newbury town centre.

The precinct is typical of a style that dominated redevelopment and new town schemes of the late 1950s and 1960s. Examples can be seen throughout the UK, many of them now looking the worse for wear.

The covered walkway of The Pentice was created when the upper floor of its houses was extended in the 16th century. Until 1279 a Royal Mint of the Norman and Angevin kings stood on the site.

This fine old building houses a large water-mill, which like most of Norfolk's water-mills has a hidden undershot wheel.

Aylsham is a pleasant market town steeped in the history of woollen manufacture. Back in the days of Edward II, it was the principal town in the region for making fine linen.

No longer England's second port, Bristol was still busy handling imports for the west of England.

We are looking from the start of the High Street towards the green.

The castellated entrance to Townley Hall, on the A671 Todmorden Road at Burnley Wood, was photographed when it was still a private estate.

Stanhill is a small community on one of the B-roads between Oswaldtwistle and Blackburn. It was in this building in 1764 that James Hargreaves lived when he invented the Spinning Jenny.

Ancestral home of the Marquesses of Bath, and sometimes described as the first true Renaissance house in England, Longleat was built by Sir John Thynne between 1547 and 1580.

St Mary's Church 1907 Moving north-east to the western end of the Sussex Weald, we reach the town of Horsham, which expanded greatly after the railway arrived in 1848.

This rather posed picture shows the lower part of the village. The two men, one holding the horse and one with his dog, are everything a photographer could want in a village scene.

The views here concentrate on the historic core of the market town.

Given the Earl of Scarbrough's family name, Lumley Road is a straight road with the old High Street winding along south of it, diverging to the left of the trees to meet again at Lumley Square in front

The 13th-century church of St Nicholas is one of several of its kind presiding over the villages of east Kent.

At the pier entrance, near the bandstand and car park, there was a first aid post (right) on the edge of the remaining sand dunes.

Gwithian Towans, the three-mile stretch of sandhills in which the village stands, was from 1889-1920 the home of the National Explosives works, which produced much of the cordite used in artillery shells

The weavers' cottages (right) are reminiscent of Kersey and Lavenham. They were restored in about 1960, when seven dwellings were reduced to three.