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Thomas Paine, the author of 'The Rights of Man' and participant in both the American and French revolutions, was born in Thetford in 1737.

It was in another of the town's inns, The Kings Arms, that Sir Walter Scott did the preparatory work and outline for his classic novel 'Kenilworth', set during the period of the last building phase of

It is often advertised as being the only place in England from which one can watch the sun both rise and set over the sea.

The village postman poses for the photographer, while another villager gets a bucket of water from the fountain memorial to Dent's most famous son, the pioneer geologist Adam Sedgwick.

Another notable building associated with this family is Triangular Lodge, an exuberant folly which was designed as an emblem of the Trinity.

This is another of the Lincolnshire churches that has Anglo-Saxon long and short stone work in the tower.

There is activity on both sides of the lake.

Both pub and Guildhall still exist, and have been subjected to only cosmetic changes. The policeman's uniform and the other clothing have also undergone something of a change.

This connection with both her and John Masefield is remembered at the annual poetry festival.

More had to give both Melplash and his favourite daughter to Lord Paulet, who interceded with the king on his behalf in search of a pardon.

A busy scene on the Esplanade above The Spa.

Two of the crew were hanged and another transported.

The Lamb and Flag Hotel, on the left beside the car, was another old inn which catered for travellers.

Cinema in 1960 was still a popular form of entertainment, though television and the opportunities opened up by private car ownership were both beginning to make inroads.

There is another High Park Farm too, just across the Staffordshire border.

Providing a mixture of both residential and commercial property, Peabody Road was still enough part of the shopping centre to be able to boast Curzon and Son's betting shop, Tottles' newsagents, the

Taken at the western end of the village, this photograph shows the Jolly Farmer pub on the right. It was formerly known as the Wheatsheaf.

They were named in tribute to another Leamington benefactor, Dr Henry Jephson.

This view does not exist any more, but another one has risen in its place which, if not quite so quaint, is thoroughly in keeping.

Another horse associated with Comberbach is the Marbury Dunne; but this is a ghostly one, sometimes seen with a lady in the saddle in the grounds of the former Marbury Hall.

Later, they fell victim both to progress and anti-pollution legislation, and were replaced by gas-fired and electric kilns.The last of the bottle kilns to be used commercially closed down in 1967

The church of St Wilfred is another of the hundreds of Lincolnshire limestone churches, and it has not changed in almost fifty years. The church was damaged by fire in 1599 and restored in 1601.

All Saints' Church stands proudly at the top of a sharp double bend and hill on the A607 road going towards Lincoln from Grantham.

This is another section of the main shopping centre, with the Red Lion Hotel on the left, Goodswens the butcher's in the centre, close to the grocer's shop of Pybus Brothers, and Hancocks on the corner