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The drive of the former Harris family home, which was built c1870, gave access to the Harris Welfare Association Woodlands Club House, which was established in the former woollen mill to the

To the right at 27 Market Place is the post office. In July 1965 this was transformed into the Westminster Bank, where Mr Gambrill was the manager - he had been with the bank for 31 years.

The public pump (left) stands in front of the Crown pub - it was built in 1690 and extensively restored in 1993. The cover was built by F J Robinson to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

This view looks along Foregate Street; the bridge carrying the Great Western Railway lines to Hereford and South Wales can be seen in the background.

This lovely building is at the southern end of the High Street, in the former market place where the High Street meets Worcester Road and St John's Street.

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul was attached to a nunnery founded by the abbot of Ramsey in c1006 and dissolved in 1537.

The picturesque building below the cathedral (see 30730, above) is the old fulling mill, standing beside its weir.

Another interesting scene of the town taken from the steps in Hill Lane looking towards the castle.

A fishing settlement existed here from early times, the town being burnt by French raiders during the reign of Richard II.

Here we have an unusual sight: the stern line leading aft of the brigantine, moored alongside the quay to the far side of the harbour, is stretching across open water, a potential hazard, particularly

Following the armistice in 1918, war memorials were erected by many parishes throughout the British Isles, either close to the church, or in a public place, as a symbol of a shared grief,

The not unlovely village of Saxelby is situated about a mile north of industrial Asfordby, and on a stream which empties into the River Wreake.

The only set of traffic lights in Kettering coped with a trickle of traffic.

This photograph and 72302 (left) show the bustling main street of Stamford at a time when people could still safely share the road with the traffic of the day.

From the start in 1895, successive councils have sought to provide facilities for recreation.

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Staithes was a fishing port of some standing, a centre for cod, haddock and mackerel, but it fell into decline with the development of steam trawlers, which tended

Much has changed in this view looking downhill northwards towards the station and the High Street, with the house on the left replaced by a Shell garage.

Hothfield Place was the seat of the Tufton family, but was pulled down after the Second World War. In the 16th century Sir John Tufton entertained Queen Elizabeth I over two days.

Barrow-in-Furness sprang from a tiny hamlet in the 19th century to become the world's largest producer of iron and steel, and a major force in the world of shipbuilding.

Formerly the Kingston Arms coaching inn, the Clinton Arms has connections with Lord Byron, who stayed here whilst his first book of poems, 'Fugitive Pieces', was being printed at the local firm of S &

Battenhall lies off London Road and was first recorded in Norman times, when the Poer family held the manor for the annual rent of one lamprey.

When Harlech was built, the sea lapped around the base of the rocky crag upon which it stands. At sea level there was the water gate, which allowed the fortress to be reinforced or supplied by ship.

Because the curtain walls were so high, there were large areas of dead ground around the fortress that the defenders were unable to fire to into with any accuracy.

There has been a fortification of one sort or another at Inverness since the time of King Brude in the 6th century.