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Father Crook died in 1800 and his place was taken by Father Talbot, who remained in Ormskirk until 1845.

The photographer moved back down the road and caught the colonnade of shops, one of Hawkhurst's best known features; this is an early 19th-century shopping arcade with weatherboarded houses and cast-iron

This view looks south down the hill to the village.

The Three Horse Shoes public house on the left and the Albert Hotel on the right have been pulled down.

However, it would be over 50 years before the General Enclosure Act was passed in 1858, which would enable further parts of the Heath to be enclosed, and the skeletal structure of the town to

She joined the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS) and worked in the basement of Ormskirk Hospital, operating the switchboard for the hospital and also manning telephones for the WVS, checking the

Exmouth began as a suburb of the nearby villages of Littleham and Withycombe Raleigh, though both have now become suburbs of the newer town.

By the 1950s, thoughts were turning toward redeveloping the town centre.

LOOKING TO the future, a lot depends on the fortune of the nation and its place in the world.

The River Pang rises on the Berkshire Downs, beginning as an intermittent chalk 'winterbourne' before maturing to a clear trout stream.

Close by is Loughborough's Manor House, now a hotel and restaurant.

This view was taken looking south to the Bear Hotel at the top end of the car park.

This view, from the famous High and Over viewpoint on the South Downs, shows the big meanders and flat valley floor of the only undeveloped river-mouth in the south-east.

The highly skilled workforce is still here; it is the scale of operations that has been reduced, as the industrial complexes in Barrow-in-Furness have slimmed down to remain competitive and efficient

The banks beside the road show how it has eroded with use over hundreds of years; because of this the houses and small cottages on Church Street have steps down to the pavement.

East of the M25 and the older River Wey Navigation, Byfleet is a suburban village; although it is built along winding lanes, it is architecturally disappointing.

Once many villages were clustered around the village pond, and this shot of Finningley in South Yorkshire shows it was no exception.

Behind the coastline are beautiful gardens and walks to attractive spots in the locality, such as Bembridge Down and the Culver Cliffs.

In the early 1900s the road was widened and the market house and several buildings in the same row were built to the designs of W J Tamlyn.

We have our backs to the Red Lion, and are looking down the A257 Sandwich and Deal road, with Lloyds Bank clearly visible on the right.

This photograph is taken from across the River Medway and showing Victorians strolling along the Undercliff walk and the 'horseway' path down to the river Medway, and Victorian children leaning on the

This late Victorian scene of the High Street typifies a more tranquil era, where the only signs of traffic pollution appear to be from the passing of the pony and trap further down the road!

At the west end of the High Street, London Road curves away north-west downhill.

By 1839, the parish church of Holy Trinity was becoming a little run down.