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The Broads have been called the pleasure grounds of Norfolk; they are the remains of a huge estuary that once spread over much of the eastern part of the county.

The famous church at Hawkshead sits on a little knoll above the village. William Wordsworth's 'snow white church upon her hill' lost its white rendering in 1876.

A lone carriage is parked on the other side of the street from the newly-built Red Lion Inn. Just beyond, down the road, is J J Bacon's Stores.

When this picture was taken, the town hall, with its 225 ft tower and spectacular frontage of giant columns and pilasters, was in desperate need of a good clean to rid it of decades of soot and grime.

The rest of the church is 15th-century with early 16th- century aisles - the north one was built by the Risdons of Bableigh, and the south by the Giffards of Halsbury.

This is not Isaac Newton's Woolsthorpe, but the village west of Grantham in rolling countryside right on the Leicestershire border; it has fine views of Belvoir Castle a mile away on its hill on the other

Wadhurst, a village about six miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells, was a centre of the iron industry during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The quaint old clock tower with the fire station in its base, which stood at the foot of Gravel Hill, was an early casualty of the town planners' ruthless remodelling of the town centre.

We are looking north down the slope to Station Way, and the bridge which dates from the opening of the railway in 1847.

The area known as Churchgate Street lies close to Old Harlow, and has the air of a quiet village.

St Michael's stands on the east side of Melton Road in the centre of the village.

This is the corner of the Bowness boating area which is used by rowing boats for hire, following the onset of mass tourism from the mid 19th century.

From the 12th century, the rearing of sheep for their wool became a major source of revenue for the monastic houses in the north of England.

The gateway was built in 1504 as the entrance to the Priory of St John of Jerusalem. The photogapher was standing in St John's Lane, which leads under the arch into St John's Square.

Hartlebury Castle has been the home of the bishops of Worcester for over a thousand years. Today, Worcestershire County Museum is housed in the north wing.

The wide main street of the village of Coxwold has not changed much since the days when Laurence Sterne, the author of Tristram Shandy, was vicar from 1760 until his death in 1768.

This was taken from the corner of the churchyard. The former Corn Exchange of 1857 is on the left, obscuring the Market Hill Chapel of 1839.

St Michael's stands on the east side of Melton Road in the centre of the village.

A policeman stands on point duty at the junction of Lansdown, King Street, the High Street, and Gloucester Street, with the Greyhound Inn, built by the Stroud brewery in 1904, on the extreme

Stanwell lies on the northern side of the Staines reservoirs, and is now under the flight path of Heathrow Airport. However, it still manages to retain much of its village atmosphere.

When this picture was taken, the town hall, with its 225ft tower and spectacular frontage of giant columns and pilasters, was in desperate need of a good clean to rid it of decades of soot and grime

The stretch of buildings on the other side of the station were once the original Company Shop (of the Rhymney Iron Company), which was set up and strictly run by Andrew Buchan - there was another similar

It is seventy-five years on from view 18148, and the scene is little changed other than a slight realignment of the track in the foreground, which leads to the centre of the village of Newton

In 1716 the parish church of St Andrew was found to be 'in a dangerous and ruinous condition'.