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A more recent picture of the main harbour. Smaller fishing boats, now powered by internal combustion rather than wind, are tied up alongside the west pier to discharge their catch.

Built in 1719 on the site of earlier fire- signal stations, the Beacon stands almost 1,000ft above sea-level, commanding views of the Lakeland, Pennine and Shap Fells and Scottish mountains

This 1893 view of the Catherine Wheel, an inn by 1499, shows it just before it took over the two Georgian brick houses beyond.

The added floors of the General Hospital stand head and shoulders above the scene, which includes a mixed assortment of vehicles.

This peaceful scene was taken just off the Middlesbrough to Redcar trunk road, with the buildings of the former Stapylton School in the background on the right.

This photograph shows the Great Hall as it was originally intended - displaying a collection of armour and weapons, just as a castle should.

Five miles south-west of Bridgend, this 19th-century crenellated mansion was built on the site of a former medieval fortress for Thomas Wyndham MP between 1802 and 1806.

Highcliffe is the most easterly parish in modern Dorset, famous for its views towards the Isle of Wight.

The lovely ruins of the early 13th-century abbey - in the tranquil valley of the river Teiser on the Kent/Sussex bor- der - are shown in this picture in their Victorian ivy-clad state.

Workington, on the mouth of the River Derwent, owes its growth mainly to the coal and steel industries, but it has always been slightly overshadowed by the larger town of Whitehaven to the south.

Here we see the half-timbered gatehouse of the Hospital of St John, founded by Archbishop Lanfranc in 1084 and the second oldest medieval almshouse in England, which stands in Northgate Street, outside

A fragment of the medieval Town Wall, this postern gate allowed the townsfolk to obtain drinking water from springs at the Greyfriars.

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

One hundred feet above sea level, and with commanding views of the Sound and the English Channel, the Hoe is where Sir Francis Drake is reputed to have played his famous game of bowls while waiting for

The Bedford Hotel later became Bateman's Opticians, with a giant pair of spectacles that many local people still remember.

This church was one of a number of parish churches built to cater for the expanding town. Designed by Alfred Strong, a London architect, it was built in 1882.

This wide triangle of grass forms the centre of this straggling village, which stretches for almost four miles.

A view down the hill towards the fine tower of the Parish Church of St Ia. The first building on the left was a Navigation School at the time.

This part of the Great Ouse has several mills at Eaton Socon, and also at St Neots.

Situated on the edge of the Fens, Wilingham is a typical example of the 'shoreline' villages that prospered through their access to better grazing for their sheep.

It was established as a theological college in 1882 as a memorial to George Augustus Selwyn, who was the first Bishop of New Zealand, and later Bishop of Lichfield.

Spanning the River Parrett, Bridgwater's present Town Bridge was built in 1883, on the site of earlier bridges. Downstream were the docks that at the time handled thousands of ships each year.

Following the end of the Second World War, a large number of returning servicemen and women opted for a university education, and by 1947 Sheffield university's student population had more than doubled

Dhoon Glen is now a Manx National Heritage site of special ecological importance, as there are plants here which are not found anywhere else on the island, and others that are rare in Man.