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Another interesting scene of the town taken from the steps in Hill Lane looking towards the castle.

This Norman stronghold was built on a natural mound as an earth and timber castle in the 12th century. The massive stone keep dates from a century later.

The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire. An empty pair of boats (the one in front is the 'Clio') head towards Manchester, probably to collect coal.

Acle is a busy market town, one of the early possessions of the Bigods, who founded a priory here during the reign of Edward I.

We are looking along Guild Hall Street towards what was previously called the Town Hall. The street has now been tarmaced and early motor vehicles have appeared.

In the background is the 12th-century parish church of St Nicholas, which has been superseded by the ultra-modern church of St George in the 'new' town of Letchworth.

Once on the edge of Leicester Forest, this visually undistinguished town became in the 19th century a focal point of the framework knitting industry.

This pond with its island is a most attractive feature in the outer part of the town. While it is somewhat municipalised nowadays, it is very ancient.

The statue was designed by Sir Bertram Mackennal, who also designed the 1908 Olympic medals and the coinage of George V in 1910. The statue is eight-and-a-half feet high on a Portland stone plinth.

Skipton was a centre for sheep and cattle rearing, as we can see from this busy market day scene.

The imposing Town Hall and Municipal Buildings were opened on 23 January 1889 by Edward, Prince of Wales and his wife Princess Alexandra. The architect was G G Hoskins.

The Victorian building with the borough coat of arms in the pediment was erected after a public meeting: the town decided 'not only to obtain funds for the purpose of a general rejoicing but also if possible

A very few years after this photograph was taken, the popular Newnham Pool was closed and its place in the leisure activity role taken by a modern facility dedicated to the philanthropy of the Robinson

After demolition, the cupola from the roof tower was used, and can still be seen, on the nearby Metropole Hotel.

Here we see landslipped Langmoor Gardens (left) before the building of retaining walls and amusement arcades.

Sir Edwin Maufe's dignified and apt cathedral was only completed in 1966, with much of the work dating from the period spanned by this book.

It was a substantial gift to the town from John Carr (1723-1807), the famous architect who never forgot his roots, even though he twice became the Lord Mayor of York.

The town's first gas lamp was also on Queen Street.

It is a little ironic that the town D H Lawrence offended so much by Sons and Lovers now commemorates him, and even has a D H Lawrence Trail.

The present stone bridge replaced earlier ones (the first built in timber by the energetic Bishop Alexander in the 12th century); it dates from 1775, with footways and cast iron railings added in 1848

There were many more additions by him and his son, A E Street, and they produced a splendid complex of buildings.

In later years the premises became Beatties toyshop, and it is now a bar/restaurant, the Bedroom.

It is also the point where the town looks across to Portpatrick; the two islands are not 22 miles apart, and a long history of travel between the two was unavoidable .

This area has changed quite a lot, and has adapted to the extra traffic that has occurred during the past fifty years.