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The coming of the Heads of the Valleys Road greatly changed the landscape of this area. Today this busy road is rarely as quiet as this.

Courtenay is the family name of the Earls of Devon, who were the major landowners in the area and responsible for much of the Victorian expansion of Newton Abbot.

An interesting mix of architectural styles characterises Braunston's High Street. Some of the houses are built of brick, some of stone.

In the 1920s the future looked very bright for Loughborough, but the Depression of the 1930s came as a cruel blow to the town.

The enormous proportions of the castle can be seen in this view of one of the three entrances to the castle, Constable's Tower. Today, the castle is in the care of English Heritage.

The waterfalls of Stock Ghyll Force have been a major attraction to visitors to Ambleside for well over a century; this is a very early photograph of them.

This jumble of stones, just to the north of St Thomas's Church, is all that remains of a priory so wealthy that it once lent money to the King.

This statue by Brock is of Edward of Woodstock, better known as the Black Prince on account of his black armour.

This statue by Brock is of Edward of Woodstock, better known as the Black Prince on account of his black armour.

The clothes of the traders may have changed, but Melton has been at the centre of the sheep farming industry for a number of centuries.

The Edinburgh Castle we see today is, with a few additions, that built by the Earl of Morton following the siege of 1572.

At the eastern extremity of the South Downs, the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse at the foot of Beachy Head warned shipping of the hazards of the chalk cliffs, which now lie under the sea.

This is one of the larger chalets with a garage at the side. Some of the much-loved deckchairs of the period are leaning against the wall, with bicycles for transport.

In the middle of the northern inner circle stands the Cove; it originally consisted of three stones, of which two now remain.

This row of cottages started life as one 15th-century house of the hall-and-wings type. It is now all one house again. St Michael`s Church is mainly early 14th- century.

At the top of Lantern Hill (centre right), 100 feet above sea level, stands the Chapel of St Nicholas, patron saint of sailors, fittingly enough, and also of scholars.

Beyond the line of bathing machines, waves crash against the beach in this turn-of-the-century photograph. Much of the town's architecture dating from this period survives today.

A local landowner, the Earl of Plymouth, encouraged the building of Barnt Green Station (on the left here) for the convenience of his tenant farmers.

Axmouth's harbour, a mile from the heart of the village, is as picturesque as when the Frith photographers took this series of photographs.

The weir is at the junction of the roads to Chatteris and Ramsey. The manor of Warboys was held by the Cromwell family until 1622, when it was sold to Sir John Leman, Lord Mayor of London in 1616.

The 16th-century tower of the church of St Nicholas and St Teilo rises above the rooftops of leafy Penally. The tree line follows the line of the Tenby Pembroke railway track.

The weathered steps of the ancient Market Cross at Middleham show the antiquity of this medieval township at the mouth of Wensleydale.

Boughton House lies about one and a half miles to the south-east of Geddington. Situated in its own magnificent parkland, the house has been described as the 'English Versailles'.

Sir Robert Peel called it ‘one of the finest sites in Europe’.