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When one looks at this inviting cavern, it is no wonder that after the copper mining itself finished West Mine became a magnet for explorers despite, or perhaps because of, the dangers of going underground

This photograph was taken from under the arch of the gateway leading to Malmesbury Abbey, looking out towards the market cross.

A scattered village on a hilltop in the centre of Sussex.

In September 1906 the tramway announced record takings for the year of £70,295 and the following year the record was broken again with takings of £73,514.

A view of Leeds Mechanics's Institute.This imposing Italianate building, with its lofty round-arched windows, was built by Cuthbert Brodrick in the late 1860s. It later became the Civic Theatre.

From peaceful Arlington our route passes Arlington Reservoir before heading south to cross the A27 to Drusilla's Park, one of Sussex's major tourist attractions.

Built at No 65 Oxford Road, the church was opened in 1964 after years of fund- raising.

In 1709 the foundation stone of St Ann's was laid; the church was a gift to the town from Lady Ann Bland.

However, a few months later the Archbishop of York ordered the scheme abandoned on the grounds that 'it would not be desirable to proceed for some years to come'.

On the left a woman stands in the door of the Post Office, which in 1895 also acted as a money order and telegraph office. Just beyond a carpenter is at work.

Flimwell is centred on a crossroads near the Kent border. Its church, St Augustine's, was built in 1873.

All the company's cigarettes were made in Nottingham and, such was the productivity at the time of this photograph, they were paying tobacco duty at the rate of over £1m per day.

The church of St Andrew was built by the monks of Bridlington Priory over 900 years ago. The original font was rediscovered and replaced in the 19th century.

This has nothing to do with the Anglo-Saxon king, of course: it was built by Henry Hoare of Stourhead in the 1760s as an eye-catcher, a function its 150 feet serve well, as it can be seen from miles

John Wesley visited Dorking in January 1764 on one of many visits that he made to the town.

The Ministry of Works had the moat dug out again in 1909-10, and discovered Henry VIII's bridge.

Viewed from the raised footpath, the summit of Perrymount Road merges into the Broadway.

The card shop and Susan Starr are now occupied by Abbey and Martyn James (butcher`s), whilst Bond & Sherwill and Stead & Simpson maintain the presence of an estate agent and a shoe shop.

The earliest surviving remains date from around 1140, but most of the present church dates from much later.

When the Domesday survey was carried out in 1086, Budworth was listed as one of the largest parishes in all England.

The posters on the wall advertise 'Pinders Big Zoo Circus', a flower show at nearby Helsby, and a British Legion 'Flower and Vegetable Show and Gala'.

This photograph shows the western end of the Square. There are few genuinely old buildings in Nantwich, because most were destroyed in a severe fire during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

Built in 1956-61 to accomodate the enormous increase in road traffic, the roadway hangs from a single steel arch, the top of which is 306 feet above the high-watermark level.

Now, houses occupy the slope in front of the camera. On the left we can see the long, steeply pitched roof of the Methodist church on Kents Bank Road.