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The slightly overlarge Italianate Town Hall, along with the French Renaissance bank building of 1891, dominate an otherwise well-ordered street scene.

The waxed straw hat of the man stooping in attendance on his open rowing boat provided waterproof protection against the elements.

Just a handful of people and two bathing machines can be seen in this late-Victorian photograph of Stokes Bay.

The splendid church of St Cross was built between 1170 and 1230 for the poor brethren and is a fine architectur- al mix of Norman and Early English.

Sheaves of wheat are heaped in wind-blown stooks. A white-bearded old farmer, resplendent in smock and battered hat, poses with his granddaughter.

Much of the surrounding countryside is at or below sea level. Here a cottage squats just a few feet above the level of the waters.

The post office is on the left with its sign outside.

The archway to this bar dates from the 11th century; this is the oldest of York's gates.

Following the passing of the Technical Act of 1889, the Corporation began this fine building in Hopwood Lane; it was completed in 1895.

It was one of the many buildings which symbolised Glasgow's industrial and economic status. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, only one Scot in twenty lived in Glasgow.

The photographer is now positioned east of Franklin's Outfitters, since demolished.

This is a general view of Chesterfield, Derbyshire's second largest town, from the east.

The magnificent parish church of St John the Baptist at Tideswell has justly earned the epithet 'the Cathedral of the Peak'.

This was one of Britain's major naval shipbuilding centres in the 18th and 19th centuries. For 500 years, oaks here were used in the building of some of Britain's greatest ships.

Two hundred years ago, convicts departed from here en route to Australia, while for many naval officers this famous gateway represented one of their last views of England before setting off to some distant

A mile to the west of Praa Sands is Prussia Cove, a narrow inlet which takes its name from John Carter, an 18th-century smuggler whose nickname was the King of Prussia.

Gillan Creek, just south of the mouth of the Helford River, is remote enough for smuggling to have been carried on here into the late 19th century, long after the crackdown in the aftermath of the Napoleonic

Major T Reynolds was headmaster of Amesbury School, Hindhead, which was attended by David, the son of Field Marshal Montgomery.

We travel back to the London Road, and at the entrance to the Staff College, we find the War Memorial, erected in 1922 at a cost of £433.

I wonder what the photographer promised the children if they struck a jaunty pose to add interest to his picture? Perhaps he said they would become a permanent record of Romford's past?

Some parts of Victoria Park were left as woodland, and bracken, silver birch and oak thrive. It would be difficult to guess from the photograph that this was in the centre of a town.

By the rules of the foundation, for eight centuries travellers have been given bread and ale on demand—the Wayfarers Dole.

In the beautiful valley which lies between Guisborough and Saltburn, we find the hamlet of Upleatham and this delightful tiny church.

The lonely grandeur of the Snowdonia mountains is emphasised in stark monochrome in this lake set high above the village on the flank of the Conwy Valley.