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The Town Hall was designed by Christopher Kempster, who was probably advised by Sir Christopher Wren, as Kempster was one of the masons he used in rebuilding London after the Great Fire of 1666.

At the extreme end of the `ring` is the Ferry Boat Inn. The Ferry Boat claims to be one of the oldest inns in Britain.

The frontage of the Swan Hotel hides its 15th- and 16th-century origins.

Punch and Judy hold the attention of the formally-dressed crowd of holidaymakers in the South Bay.

Later this was to become the 'end of the line' for trams from Birmingham.

This famous vista, taken from Bankside, shows the glorious dome of St Paul’s rising over the roofs of London.The river is edged not with the anonymous and monumental office blocks we see today but

Situated at the corner with Donegall Street, and very near the parish church, the academy was in a pleasant enough part of the town.

The block at the corner is one of the latest boarding houses, and has clearly pushed back some older buildings.

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks - quite a bargain!

West of Long Sutton and east of Spalding, Holbeach is another of Lincolnshire's numerous small market towns. It received its first market charter in 1252.

Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the War Office commandeered part of the grounds of Woodcote Park for training purposes and erected a large encampment.

The broad street of the village, with its grass verges, is lined with brick and weatherboarded houses.

The clock turret of Moreton's most prominent building displays the date of its construction as 1887, and on the south wall is the coat of arms of the Redesdale family of Batsford Park who

Bright yellow bands of geological strata known as the Bridport Sands make Burton Cliff one of the most distinctive landforms of the Dorset coast.

The old tracks from the neighbouring village of Uplyme are the original routes into the town before the construction of the present road along the coast.

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks—quite a bargain!

We are in a marshy area—Amberley Wild Brooks, beside the tidal and navigable River Arun.The castle was a fortified manor of the Bishops of Chichester; it was crenellated c1377 to defend the coastal

This detail from R84037 (page 34) is a reminder of how our streets were once filled with a profusion of tobacco advertisements - Capstan, Player's, St Julien, St Bruno, Gold Flake, Senior Service - hardly

Moulton is a village of narrow winding lanes, lined by stone-built cottages and houses, nowadays with traffic calming and one-way systems.

One of Kent's oldest townships, Charing was taken from Canterbury by the King of Mercia in 757 and assigned to some of his favourites.

The coming of the railways put Helensburgh into the Glasgow commuter belt, whilst its steamer connections helped it to develop as a holiday centre.

This famous vista, taken from Bankside, shows the glorious dome of St Paul's rising over the roofs of London.The river is edged not with the anonymous and monumental office blocks we see today but

Built on the site of an early Saxon church, the present St Mary's has elements dating back to the 12th century.

The parish church of St James is thought to date back to the reign of either Henry II or Richard I, though it was heavily rebuilt about a hundred years after its original construction.