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We are standing on Winckford Bridge across the Chelmer - described by Peter Muilman in his 1769 'History of Essex' as “a handsome bridge built of wood, painted.”

On the River Erewash, close to the confluence of the Trent with Leicestershire's River Soar, this Derbyshire town was bisected by the Erewash Canal in 1779 and made readily accessible by

Caravan camps have become much more sophisticated since the 1950s, but they also had lots of fun in those days, you can be sure of that!

Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe, one of Britain's first aviators, is buried in this partly Norman church.

The port was able to send twenty ships to Calais in 1347, thanks to the financial success of the wool trade, but its privileges were curtailed by Henry VIII in favour of Poole, and the

A tranquil scene in the quiet little village of Bawdsey. Some thirty years later, Bawdsey was to play a vital part in the defence of Britain against the Luftwaffe.

The big Greek portico of the General Post Office of 1818 is prominent in the centre of the picture. It played a central part in the Easter Rising in 1916.

Trinity College was founded in 1592 by Elizabeth I, and this picture of the main quadrangle looks towards the oldest extant college buildings, the red brick 'Rubrics', of about 1700, where Oliver Goldsmith

A fine view of a house whose gardens were compared by John Aubrey with 'the kingdom of heaven'.

Wildersmouth Bay was the original bathing beach of the town; those beaches to the west only became accessible after the drafting in of Welsh miners to dig the tunnels by which they are now reached.

It was in a dungeon below one of these towers that Lady Margaret de Pomeroy starved to death after being imprisoned by her elder sister Eleanor as the result of a dispute over a suitor.

In a period when just about every fine building in the county was owned by a wool or cloth merchant, this house reminds us of the importance of the legal profession to the wealth of Ludlow

In 1881, the population of Clydebank was 1,600 people, most of whom depended upon the shipyard.

Moreover, a line drawn through it is said to separate the London of pleasure and fashion from that of work and business.The railway station occupies the ground floor of the prestigious company-owned

Seventy years before there was a timber quay under the walls of the Tower, with tall-masted sailing ships edging through the raised bascules of Tower Bridge.The river here was thick with islands

Sir Frank Markham believed it was the 'benevolent socialism' of members of the LNWR Company Board who felt a protective responsibility towards employees and their families; they 'really cared

During the reign of Henry V (1413-22), several pools were constructed, probably for the Earl of Warwick, in what was later to become Sutton Park.

A steep hill leads away from the estuary to the top of Kingsbridge town.

This view shows the rear of the Assize Court. The whole area has changed almost beyond recognition. The castle walls to the right of the view are now demolished.

West Street was originally part of the main route through Sompting, linking it to Broadwater and North Lancing.

The newly installed railway connection serving the Weald of Kent had no doubt dropped many of these workers off to start work in the hop fields.

Nestling in the borough of Maidstone, this village is made up of three main streets.

The four roads which meet at the Cross are Moss Grove, Market Street, High Street, and Summer Hill, which are part of the main roads linking Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge and Wolverhampton.

Until 1964, Mill Lane was a picturesque street of brick and half-timbered cottages, some of them medieval.