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At this time Moffat was one of Scotland's chief inland resorts, boasting several hotels and private boarding houses.

The same breeze catches the starboard quarter of the paddle steamer as she approaches her temporary berth alongside the jetty, causing her to enter at an angle slightly more acute than

Although the church is of relatively modern construction – it was built in the mid 1860s - the site has religious significance probably dating back to before the Norman Conquest.

Spring Lane, originally called Back Lane, branches off from Riverside and can be seen at the top centre turning back into the main road. This is the centre of the old village.

The town centre is dominated by its very large triangular market place, which in its turn is visually overwhelmed by the mighty church steeple, completed in 1460 and universally known as the Boston Stump

North of Wainfleet, on the Skegness to Lincoln road, Burgh le Marsh is a market town whose charter was granted in 1401. At its east end is another of Lincolnshire's preserved windmills.

Built at the junction of two valleys, Nailsworth represents the transition between the old wool- based industry and more modern industries.

Haywards Heath grew up as a commuter town on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, whose isolated 1841 station for Cuckfield formed its nucleus.

Perched on the summit of Ludgate Hill at almost the highest point in the city, Wren's masterpiece of St Paul's Cathedral is the pride of London.

In this view from the west, the man in the straw boater looks past the school with its attached hipped-roofed master's house to Lea Hill, now known as Fittleworth Common.

One of Kent's oldest townships, Charing was taken from Canterbury by the King of Mercia in 757 and assigned to some of his favourites.

Not far from Amesbury and Stonehenge, Wilsford and Lake are small villages strung along a back road.

It used to be said that George Square reminded visiting Londoners of Trafalgar Square, but the central column was a monument to Sir Walter Scott rather than Lord Nelson.

Being one of the few beaches south of Bude that can be accessed by car ensured that Crackington Haven had its compliment of holiday facilities, such as the hotel we see here with players just visible on

This was another desirable residential road, with prosperous Victorian villas at its eastern end.

Village green, church and public house are all in close proximity, but the village atmosphere in Toddington was already under threat at the time of this photograph.

The parish church of St James is thought to date back to the reign of either Henry II or Richard I, though it was heavily rebuilt about a hundred years after its original construction.

Cabs could also be hired by the hour, the price varying on how many passengers were being carried. For 1-2 persons it was 2s, for 3-4 it was 2s 6d.

The town hall not only housed the council: there were law courts, facilities for lectures, public meetings and for music festivals.

St Nicholas's Church was built at the abbey gates for lay abbey staff, tenants and workers, and for travellers to pray for safe onward journeys or who were about to cross the River Thames.

Apart from the castle, this is the highest part of Clitheroe, 300ft above sea level. It is here that the morris and folk dancing takes place at the Clitheroe Folk Festival.

This point - where Grace's Walk crosses Sandon Brook - has a ghost-story attached to it: Lady Alice Mildmay (d1615), child-bride of Sir Henry, supposedly drowned herself in a pond here after he was unkind

The pub sign is for the Ship, always, it seems, a locals' watering hole as opposed to the other inns and cafes that have catered for travellers on the London to Portsmouth road.

With a shortage of burial places in the capital, the London Necropolis Company bought 2,000 acres of heathland at Brookwood and laid out one-fifth of it as a cemetery.