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Many years before D G Sheppard opened his Orchard Stores, an entrepreneur named Alfred Reader had set up his cricket and hockey ball factory in the 1820s.

Behind is the brick Borough Bridge of 1870, nicknamed 'Lunatic Bridge' because of its unnecessarily high arches.

This photograph shows this Domesday village, now much consumed by the tentacles of Market Harborough's suburbs, with its large irregular green and attractive houses, some dating back to 1567 and 1664,

Smiddy Hill in Pickering, a bustling little market town west of Scarborough on the edge of the moors, probably takes its name from the site of a former blacksmith's shop in the area.

St Peter's Church is all that remains of the older Winchcombe Abbey, and dates from the 15th century.

Georgian buildings line Market Hill, with St Peter's Church at the top. The artist Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury in a former 16th century inn, and he lived and worked here for many years.

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul is the only church within city limits to be mentioned in the Domesday Book.The west tower and the spire date from the 15th century, though the latter was

The church of St John the Evangelist was consecrated in 1634 and retains its oaken interior and a great screen which is considered to be one of the finest of its type in England.

This view, taken from St Peter's Street, shows the great parish church which dominates the west side of Norwich's great market-place.

Market Hill is lined with elegant Georgian buildings, with St Peter's Church at the top.

Between the Guildhall and St Peter Mancroft's church all the buildings on the right, except the Sir Garnet Wolseley pub, were demolished in the 1930s; the market was extended westwards to give the splendid

This view, taken from St Peter's Street, shows the great parish church which dominates the west side of Norwich's great market-place.

Today, St Peter's Bridge (built in 1978) intervenes between the palace and Maidstone Bridge.

St Peter's was restored extensively in the 19th century.

St Peter's was restored extensively in the 19th century.

The attractive old streets of St Peters are still one of the most delightful aspects of Broadstairs.

The 15th-century local granite and limestone church tower of St Peter and St Paul shows above the low rise houses which bound The Green; it was heavily 'restored' in 1872 by F W Ordish.

A horse-drawn wagon comes down the lane, and to the left is the spire of St Peter's Church.

St Peter Street had several rows of cottages, some in great dilapidation, occupied by river workers such as ferrymen, bargees and wharfingers.

Today, its steel descendant carries the A379. At the far end is the church of St Peter, still under construction at this time; it was not finished until 1902.

Now in effect a suburb of Taunton, the village is still distinctly a village architecturally, with its 1586 Elizabethan manor house, recently freshly yellow ochre colourwashed.

Back to the east of St Peter's Hill, the photographer looks north along Castlegate, with the Beehive Inn on the left; the leaves hide a beehive set in the tree, which is still there.

It suffered traffic problems until the recent construction of its bypass.

Back to the east of St Peter's Hill, the photographer looks north along Castlegate, with the Beehive Inn on the left; the leaves hide a beehive set in the tree, which is still there.