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He spent his retirement running the village inn with his French wife Clothilde. Both now rest in the churchyard.

He spent his retirement running the village inn with his French wife Clothilde. Both now rest in the churchyard.

St Wystan's Church, with its 212ft-tall spire, was rebuilt in the 17th century.

The village is situated at one end of the beautifully named Golden Valley.

A view across the River Bourne, a tributary of the Thames, with a hay cart fording the river and horse and cart and mounted horseman looking down from the bridge at the lower end of Brighton Road.

The High Street again, and a much busier scene is shown. The road is the A30 London to the west of England road which, even in 1955, could become horribly congested, especially at summer weekends.

Running above the course of the Flete brook, this broad street, now one of Torquay's premiere shopping malls, was constructed in 1865 to replace the narrow lane of slums and fishermen's cottages that originally

The railed and culverted Thornton Beck runs through the village of Thornton Dale, east of Pickering on the edge of the North York Moors.

Bell Street runs south from the main cross roads. The Ancient House Bookshop on the right hand side is little changed today, although the wonderful metal sign for Reigate Garage has now disappeared.

This Victorian photograph depicts the view to the south of Storrington, looking towards the downland. The famous South Downs Way long-distance trail runs along the top.

The mock timbered gables of Red House at Darley Dale are now home to a horse and coaching museum, which runs coach-and-fours through the grounds of nearby Chatsworth House for visitors during

Brittany Road runs inland from Kingsway at the corner shop pictured in photograph No H128002.

It connects the town centre with the railway, and runs south from the Borough towards the River Wey. In this photograph horse-drawn carts are the only traffic.

The Manchester Ship Canal runs just behind the church. The church, large enough to hold over 1,000 people, was built in the 1840s at a cost of £8,052.

The harbour, run by the Gweek Company, was in past centuries busy with ships from Holland, Ireland, Germany and Scandinavia, loading and discharging cargoes of coal, timber, grain and stone

This is a typical Edwardian scene, with a group of villagers looking coyly at the camera. Today, with increased housing development, North Warnborough has almost joined up with Odiham.

Ernest Oakley had taken over the running of the family business from his father James in 1918, but it was very much 'business as usual' for, amongst other things, the store is advertising

A ferry was first recorded as being in use here in 1323, and when the idea for a footbridge was first mooted there was a great deal of opposition.

Electric trams began running in Bournemouth on 23 July 1902, though they were eventually given up in favour of electric trolley-buses.

The tree-lined road still runs straight past the refurbished village hall in the distance, whilst the building hidden behind the trees on the left was demolished and the site redeveloped as a small housing

Many of the inns along the broads contain the word 'Ferry', commemorating long-gone crossing points. The ferries were often run by the innkeepers themselves, who benefited from the extra trade.

Once the haunt of smugglers, now frequented by yachtsmen, Combe Cellars sits on the banks of the Teign.

Only the narrow Eden Valley offers an opening, running south-east to Stainmoor and lowland England.

The High Street runs along the mile long Roman road within the small market town of Cowbridge.