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This picture was taken at the junction of London Road and Kingston Road. The coach appears to be a revival of the great days of the coach era when many such 'equipages' used to pass through here.

A magnificent oak tree dominates the common land and the pleasant nearby houses of this little hamlet on the southern outskirts of Rickmansworth, where, on land to the south-west, the famous Croxley

The photographer is looking east towards Poole Head, at the end of the long high cliff of Poole Bay which includes Bournemouth. To the left, Banks Road runs alongside Poole Harbour.

This photograph was taken at the top of this main thoroughfare where it levels out and widens into Bore Street.

This turn of the century view shows the broad and spacious high street. In the centre is the former town hall, later a masonic hall, which dates from 1775.

Victoria Street passes in front of the cathedral. We can see a part of the white North Porch at the side of the tower.

Market stalls huddle around the 90ft obelisk raised in 1781 to commemorate William Aislabie's 60-year stint in the House of Commons as the local Member of Parliament.

The area at the top of Staithes is known as Bank Top and here, in 1929, we see two recently- completed bay-fronted detached bungalows (right of view) which have been carefully positioned to take full

The High Street of Skelton is dominated by the tower of the parish church.

Here are kept the seals of office used by John Bradshaw, who became Lord President of the High Court and took part in the trial of Charles I.

The single remaining tower of the Priory church can be seen across the creek and parkland in this turn-of-the-century view. The church was restored and rededicated in 1932.

The art of thatching is still much in demand throughout Dorset. Local thatch was originally made of wheat, rye or barley straw, but now longer- lasting reed is often used.

Great Haywood lies at the junction of the Trent & Mersey with the Staffs & Worcestershire canals.

A view looking north west, past the tower and along the east wall of the harbour, to Ireland's Eye.

We are looking north-west across Towan Beach towards the harbour, one of the more sheltered on this exposed coast, built in the lee of Towan Head which protects it from the brunt of the ferocious Atlantic

At the bottom of Fore Street - down by the harbour and therefore handy for the maritime fraternity - are two pubs, the George and the Prince of Wales, both of which claim to be the oldest hostelry in

This view shows the late Norman arches of the cloisters. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536-9) it became the property of Thomas Cromwell and soon fell into disrepair.

Bladon is situated outside the southern boundary of Blenheim Park. Blenheim Palace is the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.

The road drops down into the Broadway with an array of modest but attractive late 19th- and early 20th-century buildings. What can be said in defence of the intruder on the right of the photograph?

A panoramic view of the town with the Priory ruins in the foreground and the tower of the church of St Thomas à Becket on the hill to the left. The Castle can be seen in the centre.

Thirteen years before this photograph of Sandhurst was taken, the village police station was completed in memory of some of Sandhurst's older residents.

Clifton College became the most famous of all Bristol's schools. Founded in 1860 and opened in 1862, Charles Hanson designed the original buildings, including the Great Hall.

This view was taken from the Infirmary end of the square, looking towards the junction with Bradshawgate.

Sherborne Abbey is the burial place of two Saxon kings, Ethelbald and Ethelbert, the two elder brothers of Alfred the Great.