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Another popular place in the winter months was George Scott's blacksmiths shop.

The year this picture was taken a cruel winter was about to strike, leaving many new owners of a motor car relying on horses to pull them free from snow-laden roads.

Train services are often suspended in winter months when things are at their worst.

This marvellously atmospheric view along the High Street looks across towards Lincoln's great medieval minster church which dominates the city and the countryside for miles around – the beautiful central

Monk Bar is one of the finest gates in the city walls and the closest to the Minster on Goodramgate.

The nave is the oldest part of the minster church, dating from the mid 12th century.

below: MINSTER-IN-THANET

Again, the pinnacled twin western towers of the Minster can be seen in the background.

Lying three miles north east of the Trent, the Minster was founded by the Archbishop of York in the early 12th century and is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful Norman buildings in England.

This view is along Eastgate, east of the crossroads with Northgate ('gate' being Danish for street, rather than gate) and Minster Yard.

Here we have a fine view over the Winter Gardens, an indoor facility for tourists.

The isolated village of Skinningrove lies behind the camera – it is a community used to hardships and exposed to fierce winter weather.

The covered way at the side of J Todd's Grocer and Tea Dealer was built for the vicars-choral, so that they could cross from where they lived in Bedern to the Minster Yard without being molested.

There is no disputing the claim that the Minster is one of Europe's most beautiful and finest churches.

In 1418-19 John Glasman of Rugeley sent glass to York Minster, and recent excavations nearby have revealed the remains of several glass furnaces dating from the 14th and the 16th centuries.

Originally one of four market crosses, the Poultry Cross, at the junction of Butcher Row and Minster Street, is the only one to survive.

In the 16th century Robert Redhead, a gaoler, wanted to demolish the tower, but the people of York and the Corporation decided it should be kept as a treasure second only to the Minster.

Late morning concerts were held at both the Crescent and the Winter Gardens.

At one time sheep from Romney Marsh in Kent were wintered here on the relatively dry sandy Surrey Hills.

Lime trees (left) have been pruned into mop-head lollipops, confirming that this is a winter photo, which also explains the heavy clothing.

The church of St Mary is glorious with snowdrops in winter.

This nutrient-rich harvest would provide winter fodder for these hard-working draught animals and others in the months ahead.

York Minster was undergoing repairs at the time of this photograph.

This splendidly atmospheric view along the High Street looks across towards the great medieval minster church which dominates the city and the countryside for miles around.