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There are still some swift pints to be enjoyed at this pub in North Lane; Watneys were London-based brewers.

The years between 1904 and 1914 were boom years for the game of golf - a large number of both private clubs and municipal greens were opened at this time.

Behind the crammed Edwardian beach, with boats launched into the millpond of a sea, most of the buildings of Grand Parade survive today, the notable exception being the small gabled house, now replaced

The widening of the A5 (Watling Street) removed a number of buildings of late mediaeval and later dates, particularly as it passed through Edgware.

The last of the male line of the Stradling family died in 1738, not of old age in his bed, but killed in a duel at Montpellier whilst on the Grand Tour.

Fit men who were claiming poor relief provided the labour which helped to redevelop The Walks. This area dates back to the Middle Ages.

West of the church and across a stream is The Bury, the manor house until 1741. At one time council offices, it is now divided into houses and its grounds are a public open space.

The photograph looks at the original village centre, with the Old House immediately behind the camera, and the parish pump out of shot to the right.

Honiton's lace production was at its peak during and in the years after the reign of Elizabeth I. It seems to have declined after a series of devastating town fires in the 18th century.

THE CHURCH of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed building of cruciform plan. Much of it is in Perpendicular style (although Norman features remain), and there are later additions.

Sydney Carter's butcher's shop occupied the cottage on the left from about 1914 to 1946.

Built at the end of Washbank Road, Eynesbury, on the site of one of the earliest St Neots` crossings of the Ouse, Conygear takes its name from the nearby rabbit warren owned by Margaret, Countess of

To the left are the arched and mullioned windows of the 1661 Almshouses; partly hidden is Ashlar House, which is mid 18th- century and set at the corner of Pound Lane, which leads to the moated Manor

One of Campbell's White Funnel fleet, probably the 'Britannia', ties up at the pier.

This low tide view from the Outer Breakwater looks northwards to Victoria Pier and the town as the Weymouth paddle- steamer 'Duchess of Devonshire' reverses away from the Cobb.

The Town Bridge was designed by James Clarke at a cost of £700. It is of a single span with stone dressings and balustrades.

Edgbaston is the most famous of all Birmingham's suburbs.

This street scene is dominated by the façade of Lewis's store, with its broad plate glass windows and imitation rusticated pillars.

Another view, similar to H6031 (above), shows the brick-paved path and the holly bushes. At the left is a silver birch, which also survives today.

We are now close to the lock, and can see the pound lock constructed in 1802, albeit with renewed lock gates or paddles.

A concrete telephone kiosk and the Post Office (centre) stand behind military barbed wire at Tyneham.

A concrete telephone kiosk and the Post Office (centre) stand behind military barbed wire at Tyneham.

The fountain in the foreground was dedicated in 1903 to the former Prime Minister, William Gladstone.

St Mary's Church sits at the end of a little lane off the A34. A 14th-century building, it has a strange pew perched up on the wall 'like an opera box'. It also has two rather precious books.