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Canon Sir James Philipps, rector from 1859 to 1897, paid Blomfield to renew the church of St Denys in 1887- 89.

'The newest fashion newspaper and the oldest-style tavern still jostle each other now as they did a century or more ago.'

The church on the left is St John's, the tower of which is topped off with a small spirelet and dates from the 13th and 14th centuries.

This view shows some of the well-laid-out flower-beds that Bridlington had a reputation for producing.

Nine miles from York on the road to Leeds, Tadcaster was once the Roman outpost of Calcaria.

The shops on the left bring back many memories, and F W Woolworth is there as well. Chorley Town Hall, with its clock and spire, show up (right) at the north end of the street.

The pubs on the corners of this cross-roads reflect the canal, with names like the Packet Boat, the Bridgewater, and the Navigation.

Spanning the narrow street of this hilltop village, which rests high on the chalk uplands overlooking the River Nar, is this monumental arch, the ancient gateway to the castle, which lies in ruins close

The chalets were spartan, but there was the certainty of meeting new friends, as well as a plethora of free activities. A good time was assured for all.

In 1886 the resident cavalry regiment was the 3rd Hussars, some of whom are seen here at sabre practice.

This hotel was originally known as the Rose and Crown, but changed its name in 1840 after the Dowager Queen Adelaide, widow of William IV, convalesced here while touring in the north of England.

The nearest this long, straggling village has to a market square is a broadening of the Norwich to North Walsham road, beside which the War Memorial stands under chestnut trees.

A small brass recalls that in 1899 five sons of the village carved the splendid pulpit 'for the love of the church'.

The van (left) is coming out of Stanhope Avenue. Woodhall Spa is really a holiday town in the middle of Lincolnshire for people dedicated to golf.

The old 'charas' now graced by the name of coaches brought many day trippers to our old port.

This photograph hardly does justice to the most magnificent of all British hillforts. Sir Mortimer Wheeler excavated it between 1934-38.

Beyond the nave and the crossing is the medieval choir and sanctuary, the oldest part of the church, dating from the 12th to the 14th century. It is crowned by an 18th-century vaulted ceiling.

This quaint old house sits on a corner in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

On 15 August 1819, Henry Hunt, a leading advocate for Parliamentary reform, stopped here on his way to address a meeting in Manchester.

Downstream, past Weybridge, the Desborough Cut of 1935 by-passes a winding loop, to reach Walton-on-Thames.

The refined and somewhat austere rusticated three-arch bridge of 1829-32 by John Rennie, the architect of old Waterloo Bridge, has been marred by a widening in 1958 in which footways were cantilevered

This was just one lock in the long climb from the west edge of London up the Chilterns: 25 miles and 42 locks on the Grand Junction Canal (later to become part of the Grand Union), the original main transport

Here we have a second view of the loaded boats we saw in photograph L122053. Now, the name of the butty can be distinguished: 'Marjorie'.

This shows the fine Palladian Guildhall of 1825 with its Regency cupola and clock. The cupola was removed in 1904 as the roof was sagging.