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Mills and rows of cheap housing were swept away during the development of Marlowes in the new town of Hemel Hempstead.

The Urban District Council of 1895 needed a home, and in 1899 the council offices were built and occupied. In 1928 it was decided to add a town hall and modify the western end of the building.

With the arrival of the Piccadilly Line came an influx of commuters, and with this influx came the promise of commercial profits.

The appointed King, Godrich, Earl of Cornwall, takes care of Goldborough, and promises to fulfil the dead King's wish - to marry Goldborough to the strongest man in England when she is of age.

The famous Roman Catholic seminary of Ushaw College is the main centre in the north of England for the training of Roman Catholic priests.

A castle at Dudley is first mentioned following the arrival of 'a great and powerful prince of the Kingdom of Mercia' called Dudd, Dodo or Dudo c700.

Goring is a riverside village lying between the beech-clad hills of the Chilterns and the windswept slopes of the Berkshire Downs.

The cemetery reportedly has a gravestone dedicated to a lady described as 'a weak and sinful worm, the vilest of her race'!

Shop signs beyond the Three Cups Hotel include those of a Co-op store, the Tudor Cafe, and the Nook.

By the gate leading into the churchyard are the overhanging eaves of the old priest's house, later to become the centre of the local Girl Guides troop.

Originally called Dunstable Street, there is no available record of the reason for the change of name apart from the coincidence of the accession to the throne of King George V.

It was at the northern end of High Street that the unfortunate Duke of Monmouth was declared king in 1685.

Being on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Loftus is surrounded by some lovely countryside and the woods on the outskirts of the town have long provided a place of peace and tranquillity

A unit of the Majestic class of nine battleships completed between 1895 and 1898 at a cost of approximately £1 million each.

Here we see the south transept of the abbey before the restoration had taken place, with the spire of St Paul`s in the background.

Few buildings remain which pre-date the Enclosure Acts, effectively extinguishing the ties within rural communi- ties in much of Leicestershire, and indeed the Midland counties.

The high viewpoint emphasises the rich woodland of the vale, with the prominent solid block of the present Rydal Hall, built in the 17th century, and the church of 1824.

In traffic-congestion terms much closer to the Southport of today, this photograph was taken at the height of the summer season.

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

A little more than one mile to the west of Leith is the small fishing village of Newhaven. It was here that James IV founded a royal dockyard where he could build his navy.

Gatehouse of Fleet is situated near the mouth of the Water of Fleet, a few miles north-west of Kirkcudbright.

Standing further back from the College, we can see part of the grounds in front of the building.

During its first year of operations the MSC handled exports totalling 299,407 tons and imports of 386,751 tons; in 1897 the figures rose to 494,862 tons and 1,053,637 tons respectively.

Towards the end of the 20th century, the population of Droitwich increased when the town took some of the overspill from Birmingham.