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On the right is a smart brown stone and granite building, characteristic of the locality. Over the roofs rises the four-pinnacled tower of the parish church, the largest in Cornwall.

This scene is worthy of a painting; it shows a typical windpump used to drain the reclaimed marshes.

The Truro River promises visitors exquisite scenery, its broad banks enriched with lush green woods.

Acle is a popular centre for amateur yachtsmen, who come ashore to explore the area and visit the inns used by local rivermen.

The Tudor tower house of North Lees Hall was one of seven halls built by Robert Eyre for his sons, all allegedly within sight of one another.

This street, which leads north towards Doll Street, the station and the river, was broad and quiet at the time of the picture.

Charlotte Bronte stayed at the vicarage of the hillside town on Hathersage in 1845; the rector Henry Nussey proposed to her but she declined him.

Solid, if plain, buildings on both sides of Fore Street give this district of Hayle the look of a mining town. The name comes from the copper works, which closed in the early 19th century.

A large broad exposed to the cold east wind, Hickling can appear grey and unfriendly on a bleak day, but on sunny summer days it provides an exhilarating sail.

Crowds stroll along the pier, beside the original Pier Pavilion, which is advertising the popular French conductor Jules Rivieres and his grand orchestra.

The first Knott End ferry began as a family business shortly after work on Fleetwood started, but in 1894, was taken over by the municipal council.

This photograph looks west beside the boating pool, with the Palace Hotel dominating the scene. Built in 1904, this fine hotel served as Queen Mary's Naval Hospital during the First World War.

The boating lake and nearby bathing pool were always popular attractions for holidaymakers and locals alike.

The Shropshire Union Canal, engineered by Thomas Telford and con- structed between 1827 and 1835, was the last of the major canals.

The park boasted three acres of ornamental water, landscaped into sinuous curves. In the distance rowers are rounding a wooded island.

At the time when this photograph was taken, it was possible to hold a cattle market in the broad street of this sizeable village.

Built round an internal courtyard, Raby's defences included inner and outer curtain walls surrounded by a broad ditch.

The schooner anchored here, awaiting high tide to allow it to enter the canal, is the 'President Garfield'. The lifeboat is the third one to be stationed at Bude, the 'Elizabeth Moore Garden 2'.

This view looks across the harbour and the boating pool from the pier.The clock-tower is just to the right of the centre of the picture, and we can see the entrance tower to the Dreamland amusement

This was the Royal Mail Steamer plying to the Isle of Man; it had just left the quay at Belfast at 4pm.

Broad Street is famous throughout Oxford for its assortment of bookshops.

West Bradford gets its name from being west of the broad, shallow ford of the River Ribble.

The Bowness ferry carries a coach and four across Lake Windermere.

This 15th-century market cross stands in the centre of the village. The right to hold a weekly market and an annual fair was granted in 1227. These continued to be held until the 1960s.