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This photograph shows the old lighthouse of 1831 in the background. The fishermen are checking their lobster pots, the 'inkwell' shape of which has not changed to this day.

This tranquil spot was once a hive of industrial activity. Today this view is much the same. A bridge crosses the canal just to the left of the picture.

Apart from the proximity of the railway station which saw the arrival of Royal visitors on their way to Sandringham, Wolferton was and is now a quiet little village.

The panelled room is in one of the apartments that have been furnished as part of the museum. It shows urban life from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

In the heyday of Taunton market there were some twenty inns in this area of the town.

This rubber factory was built between 1947 and 1953; it was thought to be a visionary building, not least for its roof made up of nine rectangular domes with windows on each of their sides.

There were continual public fears about the purity of London’s water supply.

Launceston Castle is of the classic motte and bailey design: a high central tower stands on a mound surrounded by the bailey defences.

Two ancient churches occupy sites in the Old Town: St Mary's in nearby Lowgate, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, shown here with its attendant market stalls.

Wollaston expanded farther after World War II and this view is of former council housing, part of an estate built in the south-east of the town.

The Grand Union was created in the 1920s from a network of independent canals linking London with the industrial towns of the West and East Midlands.

Kendal—the 'Auld Grey Town' on the River Kent—was founded on wealth won from the wool of Lakeland sheep. Stricklandgate, the northern extension of Highgate, is one of Kendal's main thoroughfares.

Wasdale and Wastwater can be said to have seen the birth of the sport of rock climbing, and climbers from all over Britain have stayed at the local hostelries such as the Victoria Hotel.

The building on the right of the bridge was called the Custom House Hotel at this date - it was later named the Dolphin. The original Custom House was in Sandgate on the other side of the road.

Lanhydrock House, once the seat of the Robartes family, is now one of the National Trust's best-loved Cornish properties.

A member of the local constabulary is on point duty in Lord Street.

A panoramic view taken from Shakespeare Cliff shows to advantage the sweep of this famous harbour.

Dalgleish Way is part of the later 1950s and early 1960s village expansion.

This is a mid 18th-century symmetrical brick building of quality, two and a half storeys high and five bays wide.

We are a few miles out of Bingley between Harden and Cullingworth. Gone these days are the bridge, the rustic seat and the picnic table, but the tranquillity of this beauty spot remains.

The church of St John the Evangelist was consecrated in 1634 and retains its oaken interior and a great screen which is considered to be one of the finest of its type in England.

This tiny settlement is set in a remote area of the Broads, where willows and reed beds thrust out into the waters narrowing the passage.

The castle, much enlarged by the Dukes of Norfolk, along with their Roman Catholic cathedral, dominates this picturesque hill town, giving it a distinctly French character in distant views.The bridge over

His sermons were by Victorian standards blessedly brief, on account of his hunting horse usually being saddled and waiting in the churchyard.