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The crowds came in greater numbers after the Snowdon Mountain Railway opened in 1896, which provided easy access to the summit for hundreds of holidaymakers.

Here was the beginning of the canal: the boats are moored just above No 1 lock, the first of 27 needed to reach Lough Neagh.

The Battle of Waterloo partly financed this church. Under the terms of the Million Act of 1818, Austria had to pay £1 million in compensation.

New Road was part of an old turnpike road, where a wagon drawn by five horses was charged 1/6d.

Previously, under the provisions of the Highways Act 1535, every householder had to give four days labour per year, and every ploughland held by a farmer attracted a levy of four days a year for

Longhole is the name given to a curiously-shaped channel, bordered by the north-easterly arm of the North Breakwater, which leads inland towards the central pier.

Its market was thriving and very active; this photograph was probably taken just before the arrival of the livestock - boys always made their extra pocket money helping the farmers and drovers control

There is more than one way to catch a fish; onlookers must be amused at the antics of the unsuccessful fishermen.

The centre of Staines, like that of many other towns in the vicinity of London, has been rebuilt during the last century.

Wales's oldest university is located here; it was established in 1822, and has brought a cosmopolitan complexion to this ancient and most distant of towns.

Wartling is another parish like Herstmonceux, with its parish church and part of the village over a mile south of the main road and on the edge of the Pevensey Levels.

It has a medieval parish church in the western part of the village, but all is not as it seems in this view from the east.

This small green is at the north end of the village - the Bull's Head pub stands on the left out of the picture.

Until the mid 19th century, Abingdon grew little beyond its Tudor limits, but in the 1860s an estate of villas around a public park was set out to the north of Ock Street.

The church is dedicated to St Wilfrid, the Archbishop of York in the 660s. Wilfrid is a northern dedication, and usually denotes an ancient church.

The Town Hall and the Market Hall stand out at the centre; the large building to the right of the Market Hall is Samuel H Facey & Son's brewery, which opened in 1862.

Situated in Rockingham Road, this grand building soon became a major landmark of the nascent industrial town when it appeared on the scene in 1936.

One of the very finest fortresses in England, Dover Castle dominates the town and harbour below, with the top of the keep standing 465 feet above sea level.

There was increasing concern over the state of the Mansion, which, despite being a listed building, was allowed to fall into dangerous disrepair.

This is the classic view of Golden Cap (centre), literally gold when its sandy top catches the sun; at 618ft above sea level it is the highest cliff on the south coast.

In Victorian and Edwardian times, Queen's Road was home to a number of institutions.

The shelter of the Barograph Memorial has a pyramidal roof and a wrought iron weather vane.

The first chapter starts, fittingly, with a portrait of the county town, the city of Nottingham, in the 1950s. We start in the heart of the city in Old Market Square.

The history of Christ College falls into three unequal periods. For 300 years it was a Dominican friary; then in 1541 Henry VIII founded a school by Royal Charter.