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Amble was little more than a hamlet until the construction of Warkworth Harbour in the late 1830s.

Situated on one of the main crossing points of the Tyne, Corbridge was occupied by the Scots in 1138 and burnt by them on at least three occasions; by William Wallace in 1296; by the Bruce in 1312;

It is a quiet morning in this pleasant small town, situated on a gentle hill a few miles west of Sevenoaks.

One clear change in this photograph from previous views is the loss of the ornate iron railings around the whole area. They disappeared during the Second World War to be melted down for munitions.

This is recalled in the name of The Hundred Stationers. This square was once busy with the sounds and smells of a cattle market, but now it has been marked out for parking.

There has been an inn on this site since the 12th century; it was originally a cider house, part of an orchard. It now has a caravan park and a restaurant.

Here we see an excellent example of glaciations and a remnant of a bygone age. In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII ordered a change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.

Bridgwater was an important port, with railway docks and the terminus of the Taunton and Bridgwater Canal.

All the way north from Burnham to Brean Down, the six miles of road behind the sand dunes and beaches has a string of bungalows, chalets, shops, caravan parks, amusement parks and holiday camps, as well

One suspects that Frith's photos of the river shown on these pages may have been commissioned by Mr Leroy to sell to his customers - he appears in this one too, in a Canadian canoe, fashionable at

It was to this western corner of Sidmouth that the Duke of Kent brought his baby daughter Alexandrina Victoria in 1819.

It is culverted under the main road, and collects in a large lake, which lies between Broadwaters Lane and the estate of houses.

We are looking from the second floor of the Victoria Hotel. Manchester Exchange Station (technically in Salford) is on the left, the Cathedral on the right.

Trafford Park, and Trafford Hall in the park, was the family home of the Traffords and later the de Traffords from 1770 until 1870.

Much that can be seen to the left and right in this photograph was swept away in redevelopment during the 1960s, with the exception of St Edmund's Church and the buildings adjoining it.

High on the 600ft cliff and looking towards Robin Hood's Bay is the Raven Hall Hotel, once the site of a Roman signal station.

The Standard Vanguard and the police motorcycle stand outside what is now the Roman Catholic Church of St Augustine and the junction with Charlton Way.

This has to be one of the most attractive roof lines in England, and with snow would make a perfect Christmas card.

By 1941 planning was well under way to rebuild the shattered heart of Coventry.

The Benedictine Priory, founded in 1043, grew to become one of the wealthiest in the midlands, and the sheer bulk of its buildings must have made an imposing sight on the Coventry skyline.The complex

Knowle, one mile south-east of Solihull, contains several interesting old buildings, including the medieval Chester House, and the heavily restored 17th-century Red Lion.

‘The newest fashion newspaper and the oldest-style tavern still jostle each other now as they did a century or more ago.’This bustling street was once the home of the British press.The working day

This latest set of modifications included the installation of the seven-bay arcade between nave and aisle pictured here, a new stained glass window above the altar and new floor tiles.

A magnificent photograph of a trading wherry, with its square black sail and tall mast, on the Bure near Stokesby.