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Consequently, it was one of the first Roman-British towns to have complete city walls.

Twenty years after photograph No 30484 was taken, the coach and horses in the centre of Ambleside have been replaced by open motor cars and charabancs.

Donkeys and ponies stood for hire on each side of the Pullover, which was later to be Tower Esplanade. Note the child's wickerwork saddle hanging on the fence.

On the corner with St Stephens Lane stands the Ancient House, a remarkable building which is probably the best surviving example of medieval pargetting - decorative plasterwork - in Britain.

Cranham lies on the other side of Coopers Hill. It is a small village that today is located close to Prinknash Abbey, where monks still live and work.

Situated in a deep ravine on the estuary of the River Esk, Whitby once earned its living from the sea, either by whaling, fishing, coastal trading or shipbuilding.

Another view of this fine building, as it was when it was still covered with climbing vegetation. The two-storey porch probably dates from the late 14th century.

A view of this remote village, the largest settlement on Achill. Behind is Croaghaun, almost 2,200 ft high, which on the far side drops precipitously to the Atlantic.

There is some activity around the base of the statue - are the two ladies selling flowers and button-holes?

A rather choleric lion sits on top of a strangely classical island memorial cum clock tower. The total street scene exudes 1900, with typical shops and corner pub.

Four years earlier, an Aldeburgh lifeboat suffered its worst disaster, capsizing with the loss of seven lives.

This fine study of the castle shows the vast curtain wall and the medieval Castle Keep. It was built by Henry II and is the main residential building.

The huge proportions and the nobility of the architecture are still breathtaking, almost 600 years later.

Here we see a delightful grouping of children enjoying a paddle in the sea. In this timeless scene, the guardian white cliffs can be seen in the background.

It comprised 775 acres, including woodlands, lakes and a manor house, part of which was turned into refreshment rooms.

This half-timbered building with its thatched porch and gateway is one of the oldest in Little Comberton.

The old thatched cottage in the centre of the earlier picture was replaced by a modern house in the late 1970s, and the neighbouring house has been extended.

Along with Great Haywood, this village was where the inhabitants of Shugborough were relocated, as their own village was gradually absorbed into the parkland surround- ing Shugborough Hall.

By the late 1920s, not a bathing machine graces the water's edge in this view of the crowded Margate Sands, looking towards the Harbour with the Pierhead Lighthouse.

The town was well laid-out, and there were plenty of opulent villas available for those merchants and industrialists who preferred to live by the sea and commute.

In this charming view, taken a little further along the Promenade from the view above, a liveried chauffeur appears to be attending to the needs of his passengers.

A view showing clearly how Staithes stands on two sides of a beck, that to the right being in Cleveland and that to the left in North Yorkshire.

The colours and memorials of the Wiltshire Regiment are displayed in the army corner, right in picture.

This schooner was registered out of Plymouth. Note the ballast stone waiting to be loaded, and the warehouses in the background. An early catamaran lies alongside the ship.