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This is the top of Knowle Locks, an impressive flight of five wide locks built in 1932 to replace six narrow ones, the remains of which can still be seen.

It was right on the edge of the Black Country, and it had almost the air of a rural market town.

Opened in 1874, on the site of a disused quarry on the edge of the town centre, the Arboretum is a surprisingly peaceful park where fat, contented ducks loaf around a pool.

Bridlington Quay is one of the less pretentious neighbours of Scarborough, sharing its advantages of situation and climate, but without its rather expensive gaieties.

Long buried by the shifting dunes of Penhale Sands, the ruin of an early Christian oratory was discovered in the 19th century.

Weymouth's beach has gently sloping sands and is mostly sheltered from the storms and swells of the English Channel, making it suitable for the youngest and most inexperienced of bathers.

A view of the spire of St Michael's church, with the remains of the famous Shire Oak, which has a girth of 29 ft. Taylor's Drug Store signboard is almost as big as the shop premises.

Bishopsteignton was once a rich manor belonging to the Bishops of Exeter; in the 19th century it was producing thousands of tons of ball clay (so called because when dug it tends to ball up like ice cream

Note the hay rake, coal-scuttles and assortment of pip- ing and rope adorning the window of the local iron- mongers in the centre of Lyndhurst.

This picture gives a wonderful impression of the beautiful location of this venerable building, home of the Duke of Rutland.

The imposing bulk of Nos 1-3 Middle Row, with its lower floor adapted as the new premises of the London Joint City and Midland Bank.

This five-arched granite structure was constructed in 1827 from the designs of John Rennie. Its excessive cost was once the talk of the city.

A collegiate church was founded here by the Neville family of nearby Raby Castle in 1410.

The variety of boats and number of boatsheds indicate the importance of Wroxham as a centre for holidaymakers.

Until 1771, the North Gate of Oxford spanned the Cornmarket, adjacent to the tower of St Michael's Church. This was also the site of the Bocardo prison, where the Oxford martyrs were held.

South of Kettering, the village of Isham's best parts lie east of the main Wellingborough Road. Here we look along Middle Street with Little Thatches on the left, its windows now painted white.

A damaging fire in 1974 has altered the appearance of the Imperial Hotel since this photograph was taken.

One of the lasting impressions of Bolton that many a visitor has is of the grand Town Hall, with its portico of Corinthian columns and tower topped off with a French cap.

We are close to the centre of the village. The Ship Inn can be seen on the left.

In this view of the reconstructed gatehouse, remnants of the original medieval stonework can still be seen - a reminder of the old Norman castle.

Slater's Directory of 1876 lists this lovely Tudor mansion as Ferns Hall; it was supposed to date from 1557, but the earliest visible datestone over the porch is of 1696.

Thorpe is two miles east of Norwich; it became a popular spot for Sunday outings from the mid 19th century, despite the disapproval of some church authorities in the city.

Its size indicates the former status of the produce belonging to the church that was stored there, harvested from land once owned by the bishopric of Worcester.

One of the most important cross- village links, Gores Lane appears under one guise or another on all the oldest maps of Formby.