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At the junction of Gold Street and Bridge Street, with The Drapery to the right, this view looks west from the end of Mercers Row.

It contains two special glass windows in memory of the Rev Charles Hudson, who lost his life in 1865 during the descent of the Matterhorn.

Dating from 1899, Clacton's bandstand had recently been relocated to this new sunken pavilion as part of a 'general beautifying programme'.

Debenham, with its attractive tree-lined street, lies close to the source of the River Deben.

The village is part of the Holnicote Estate, the gift of the Acland family to the National Trust, to which many of the village's thatched cottages now belong. Their preservation is thus assured.

A contemporary guide book extolled Bournemouth's climate: 'it is perhaps most beneficial to invalids during the fall of the year and the early spring, when it will compare favourably with many of the Mediterranean

The famous spring was discovered on the banks of the Wharfe by labourer John Shires on 4 June 1744. From then on, visitors flocked to the town to enjoy the benefits of its health-inducing treatments.

This was the original site of the huge cattle market.

The New Shambles, off Finkle Street, were built in 1803. The word 'shambles' comes from the Old English 'sceamol', which originally meant a bench for the sale of meat.

Picturesque Llansteffan, on a high bluff fronting the sea, was a favourite subject for the Romantic painters. It was built by the Normans in the 12th century to control the mouth of the River Towy.

Begun by William, Lord Hastings in 1489, and never finished, Kirby Muxloe is an early example of the use of brick in castle building.

Fore Street is in the Copperhouse district of Hayle, which takes its name from a copper works (later a foundry) of the 18th and 19th centuries.

The hotel at Buttermere, formerly known as the Fish Hotel, was the scene in 1802 of a great scandal: the landlord's daughter, Mary Robinson or 'the Maid of Buttermere', was seduced and bigamously married

The Promenade of Saltburn is dominated by the impressive edifice of the Zetland Hotel.

Demolition took its toll on the left side of this picture.

Swanbridge and Sully Island, once the haunt of wreckers and pirates, would play host to an equally enthusiastic yet more peaceful group of invaders each summer!

The names of the fallen are on plaques built into the gallery wall to the right of the obelisk, which simply states: 'Their name liveth for evermore'.

On the left is the Electra Cinema which occupied the ground floor of the defunct Market Hall.

A drawing board, a tee-square, a blank sheet of cartridge paper and a commission to create a lasting memorial to war: an almost impossible task.

Some of the right hand side is taken up by Jolly's, the famous Bath department store which had a most elaborate Victorian stone and granite shopfront of 1875 added to part of its frontage.

In 1984 Dacorum District Council, under the leadership of Councillor John Buteux, successfully petitioned the queen and borough status was awarded in May 1986.

Here some of the staff and patients are having a game of croquet on the front lawn while others look on, perhaps enjoying the benefits of a sunny day.

Nestling between Bradda and the lower slopes of Cronk-ny-Irree-Laa, Fleshwick Bay is less than two miles north of Port Erin and reached by way of Ballaglonney.

The IOMSPCo's 'Mona's Queen' eases out of Fleetwood on a summer sailing.