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By the mid 1980s, most of the mines had shut, with dire consequences for the communities here. However, all that was still to come at the time when this photograph was taken.

Land around here was once one of the royal hunting grounds. The White Horse, a chalk hill figure, was carved in 1857. It is still a major attraction and can be seen for miles.

In medieval times the town also supported the Hospital of St John the Evangelist, founded in 1189 for a chaplain and twelve poor people.

The flour mills (B399087, left background) are a reminder of the port's heyday when the trading vessels of the world would have queued to unload.

They lived in a cluster of mud-daubed cottages built of wreck timber close to the walls of the church - hence Church Town.

In 1997 a statue of William Webb Ellis was unveiled by the rugby player Jeremy Guscott in front of the New Quad building.

This motor historian's delight contains many cars and vans typical of its date.

The slate-hung buildings are 11 and 13 High Street, two of the oldest in town.

The slate-hung buildings are 11 and 13 High Street, two of the oldest in town.

In medieval times the town also supported the Hospital of St John the Evangelist, founded in 1189 for a chaplain and twelve poor people.

Ranksborough, to the west of Langham, is the most famous of the Cottesmore hunt coverts, looking out over the choicest pastures and flying-fences.

This has led many to believe that this is the house from which Charles II so famously escaped after the Battle of Worcester, running out of the back door as his pursuers came in at the front.

This photograph (and D69029) show the impact of 1960s development and the architectural mores that governed the town.

Outdoor swimming pools were a feature of the concern for health and fitness in the 1930s.

The small village based around the manor of Rossington was enlarged to its west side once coal reserves had been found.

The dramatic 150 ft spire of this church dedicated to St Mary soars over the Tenby rooftops, and is reputedly the largest parish church in Wales.

In its heyday this was a huge village with shops of every description and five prosperous inns; there was even a beer house run by Matthew Austin.

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Co's 'Mona's Queen' eases out of Fleetwood on a summer sailing. During the Great War the paddler was employed on trooping duties across the Channel.

In time, the effect of heavy furniture in upstairs rooms caused the floor joists to sag, but this was counterbalanced by extending the joists over the wall beneath and adding the weight

The original inn stood on the opposite side of the road, on the south- western corner of what is now the busy Oxford road into Swindon.

The library, part funded by a gift to the people of Cheshunt by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, was opened to the public in 1907. Designed by J Myrtle Smith, the library included a School of Art.

Navenby now seems to be an almost self-contained village on the A607 between Lincoln and Grantham. The main street consists mostly of stone cottages converted over the years into shops.

The 'Queen Mary' often drew the crowds as she proudly made her way up the Solent - note the numbers of people and parked cars in C173004.

The vicar of St George's envisaged a need for a hospital, and so in 1866 he set up a hospital in a house on the corner of Cross Street and Albert Street - it became known as St George's Hospital.