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Now apartments, the convent was established c1850 by the Religious of the Assumption, who ran a girls' boarding school until 1993.

Sherwell Church (left) also belongs to the university and has been converted, and St Matthias, at the top of the hill, is still an active centre of worship.

The Wish Tower, in the distance on the left, was built as a Martello Tower, one of over one hundred round-tow- ered fortlets built along the south coast during the Napoleonic Wars.

Lansdowne Terrace, now the Lansdowne Hotel, and, at the right, the Wish Tower Hotel, was the first major devel- opment west of the Wish Tower; it is in the style of the earlier stucco terraces, with

Daniel Defoe, speaking of Leominster, described it as having 'nothing very remarkable about it, but that it is a well-built, well- inhabited town.

Opposite Ludham Church an interesting row of thatched cottages adjoins two small Georgian houses, one with a slate roof and one with Norfolk tiles.

Kettering resident remembers the town centre in the 1920s and 1930s when policemen, with arms outstretched, directed what little traffic there was, errand-boys cycled through the streets loaded with baskets of

A Howe, a ladies and gents' tailor, is now a florist; the coach builders' on the left has been replaced by a modern supermarket.

A pair of boats prepares to enter a lock. The left-hand one – the 'Stafford' – sports its Fellows, Morton & Clayton livery, a company that stopped trading when the canals were nationalised in 1948.

Although only a few miles from Plymouth to the south and Tavistock to the north, Bere Alston feels quite remote, situated on the peninsula between the Tamar and Tavy.

It is a classic example of contour cutting by the engineer Samuel Simcock: there are no locks, because the canal hugs the contours of the land.

The working classes were very superstitious and, although wary of the gypsies, their curiosity would get the better of them and they would pay to buy the wares or have their palms read.

For decades, music was a feature of everyday life during the Harrogate season. Late morning concerts were held both at the Crescent and the Winter Gardens.

When it opened in 1898, the pier was the terminus for the Swansea and Mumbles Railway, whose trains can be seen taking people to their destination on the first official day of pier business.

The county town of Bodmin has a distinguished history, with origins dating back to the time of the Normans. Town lads are lounging on the pavement near the Royal Hotel.

The beautiful valley of Eskdale runs down from some of the highest ground in the Lake District to reach the sea at Ravenglass.

So busy was London bridge at peak times that the authorities were compelled to station police constables along the central rib of the roadway to encourage a smooth flow of traffic.

Set against the background of the Lakeland peaks, the Castlerigg circle, near Keswick, forms a beautiful setting for what is considered to be one of the oldest stone circles in England.

The shade of an old lime tree at the foot of the village green provides an excellent spot for this family's picnic.

The round building is all that survives of the former castle chapel. It is actually the nave of the chapel; the chancel (which would have been on the right) was long since demolished.

Open-air swimming pools are probably the direct descendants of the sea-bathing craze that swept the country during the 19th century. Many towns had open-air pools, though few now survive.

The `Star Inn` on the left is being given a fresh lick of paint in this view from the railway bridge.

Overlooking Minard Bay, an inlet on the north side of Loch Fyne, stands the 19th-century Minard Castle.

Looking in the direction of the town, the Holt estate lay behind the trees on the left. Two large gas lamps flank the lych-gate to St Paul's church on the right.