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building on sacred ground - the site had been occupied by the parish church of Dunthoyr since the 1270s.

AT LAST he [Troy] reached the summit, and a wide and novel prospect burst upon him with an effect almost like that of the Paci?c on Balboa's gaze.

New Brighton is situated on the extreme tip of the Wirral Peninsula, and is separated from the busy city and port of Liverpool by the River Mersey.

LEADING up from the pier to the town itself a new ramp was cut in the cliff face and called Pier Gap. In 1887 shops were erected on both sides (see 64239, pages 24-25).

For 150 million years his remains gradually converted into fossilised rock. In 1982 he surfaced again, unearthed by construction workers digging foundations for the new city of Milton Keynes.

The photographer stood with his back to the market place looking towards Bancroft. On the left is the Cock Inn - it was given its name from the cockpit at the rear.

We are looking eastwards towards the Apex along the High Street. The Cock public house (left) stands at the corner of Church Lane opposite Braggs Lane.

A steam tugboat hauls a barge into the docks on the right. St Katharine's Dock was built in 1828.

This view shows the main dock, with the River Lune beyond. Our photographer is standing on the bridge over the lock which separates the dock from the Lancaster Canal basin.

Moving north, the route climbs onto the North Downs to Headley and the Cock pub, now called the Cock Horse.

Although they are referred to as docks, there was really only one dock, the Albert Edward Dock.

The steep road leading down to the bridge over the River Don at Oughtibridge, north of Sheffield, leads the eye to the steel works across the river.

The photograph shows the Cock Pit as it was in 1929. The post box is a unique Victorian model dated 1856. The stocks are thought to have come from Clewer in the late 1920s.

The telephone box on the right has gone, and the bowls green has been created behind the bungalows.

Ironically, having had no customs and excise provision during the 18th century, the north side of the dock was to become the site of Portcullis House, the local headquarters of Her Majesty's Customs

The clock tower dominates the main street of this West Cumberland town.

Sailing barges are tied up in the Wet Dock, the non-tidal part of the port of Ipswich.

The place-name allegedly refers to 'a tree of extraordinary bigness' that once stood in Hatfield Forest. The tree is now called the Doodle Oak.

In 1688 this was the Cock and Pynot (magpie) Inn, and it was here that the fourth Earl of Devonshire and others met to arrange the overthrow of James II for his adherence to the Catholic Church

A fine open view of the harbour, with cabin cruisers, yachts and small fishing boats at anchor. Various types of working cranes add interest to the skyline, evidence of important port activities.

The Revolution House, formerly the Cock and Pynot (or Magpie) Inn, at Old Whittington, north of Chesterfield, was the scene of the hatching of the plot for the Glorious Revolution of 1688, which aimed

This view looks east towards the Cock Hotel and the High Street crossroads. The 1909 police station in Carshalton Road is in the distance.

This view shows the range of shipping that could once be seen on the MSC. The steamer to the right is the 'Alverton' from West Hartlepool.

The channel into Exmouth's harbour remains unchanged, but the rest of this scene is now almost unrecognisable.