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Reference has already been made to the rapid expansion of Sheffield's east end - Brightside, Attercliffe and Darnall - to accommodate the tens of thousands of new workers in the heavy steel industry

The main street of Allington village (bottom left) leads into this panorama of Bridport, looking south-east from the town's open country, with St Swithun's Church the prominent building (centre right).

Consisting of little more than one long street running east to west, Glanton enjoyed a reputation for the healing properties of the water from the Keppin or Keppie Well situated behind the old school

The town-village grew up where the Roman Stane Street crossed the River Arun.

This view was taken looking east from Bridge Street past the bridge across the mill stream (the river itself is out of shot a hundred yards away to the right), which was dug for the abbey in the 10th century

The Village 1923 Once back to the A39, continue east, and about a mile west of Minehead, turn left to descend into Bratton, a tucked- away village with an excellent 15th- century manor house,

It takes its name from the adjacent Stile Path through the bushes (top left) from Pound Street to the Cobb. It was the home in Victorian times of Frank Morris.

It stands on the east side of Duck Street at its junction with Mill Lane. Renovations in the 1990s revealed a 'witch bottle' containing liquid that was probably urine concealed inside the chimney.

Looking east from the western end of the village, we can see the road junction beside what has become a single Burwell Cottage (centre). Rectory Lane used to be called Duck Street.

Leaving the town centre we move along Church Street to the Missenden Road, just past the junction with Pednor Road and Wey Lane.

This picturesque Cotswold town in Oxfordshire lies on the slope of a steep hill above the Windrush valley about 20 miles east of Cheltenham.

A couple of miles north-east of Ticehurst, Flimwell is a small village bisected by the London to Hastings road, now the A21, which crosses the foreground of this view.

At the west end of the High Street, London Road curves away north-west downhill.

North-east of Guildford and now by-passed by the A3, Ripley has a long wide High Street and was full of coaching inns in earlier days.

On the right, Gordon Thoday, with branches throughout East Anglia, sold dress fabrics.

We are looking downhill from the east, and the entrance to D H Lawrence's Victoria Street can be seen half-way down on the right by the white building.

We are looking downhill from the east, and the entrance to D H Lawrence's Victoria Street can be seen half-way down on the right by the white building.

The Sir Frederick Milner School was built as a secondary modern school in the south- east of the town, amid a maze of narrow streets.

This looks Southwards along South Street to St Mary`s parish church (centre).

Moving east we reach Coleshill, a mile south of Amersham.

Harrow Park winds away to the east of the High Street, past one or two rather grand houses, to arrive at Deynecourt at the foot of the hill.

Looking North-East This view was taken slightly further from the south-west than photograph W171036 (previous page).

This is the south side of West Street, from the north-east. W Frost, bookseller and publisher of the ' Bridport News', was next door to the Sun Hotel, where the landlord was William Kingman.

The nearby Sheffield Park estate built the modern mock half-timbered houses seen at the far end of the street.