Search Results

Situated on the edge of the Cherhill Downs, just below the earthworks known as Oldbury Castle, this is the second oldest of the Wiltshire white horses.

The wonderful 500-year-old roof has heraldic bosses down the central beam. The chancel screen was dedicated on 10 October 1924, and was given by W Favill Tuke in memory of his wife.

The castle (right) dominates the centre of this large market town at the entrance to Swaledale.

As far back as 1861, when sheep were grazing on Hungry Moor, it was laid down that the moor was to be kept open and never built upon.

There had been a building here which was burnt down - the occupier narrowly escaped with his life, but broke his legs when jumping from an upstairs window.

The photographer stood with his back to the site of the White Horse, which burnt down in the 1860s.

The road on the left leads down to Paper Mill and the ford across the River Rib.

Three doors down on the right, with a horse-drawn vegetable cart in front, is the Victoria Hotel, on the corner of King Street. I have enjoyed many a Sunday lunch there.

The terrain must have offered a walk on the wild side to a young lady from the easy-going landscape of the Hampshire Downs.

The ornate iron gates and railings on the road frontage were lopped off early in the Second World War to melt down for armaments.

The steepness of the High Street (known as Up-a-Long and Down-a-Long) meant that the mail had to be delivered by donkeys. Herring, coal and lime also came up the hill from the harbour.

Lynton perches at the top of a 1-in-4 hill that leads down to Lynmouth. Visitors can also reach Lynmouth by way of a spectacular cliff railway that descends a sheer cliff of 500 feet.

This is the town's main shopping street. Lower down, a canopy over the pavement keeps the Pennine precipitation off the shoppers.

Surrey fled the field; the corrupt and unlikeable Cressingham knew how to die, and fought until he was cut down.

Newport has a rich history, with Roman occupation at Caerleon, a medieval castle, and the Chartist Rising of 1839, which was put down by troops.

The famous street Steep Hill, the most aptly named street in England, is down to the right.

This 1903 view looking south down the High Street is full of detail. It seems to have been taken one warm morning - note the open windows, and the summery dresses of the girls on the right.

Behind the disused mill was the Wharfedale Brewery, which supplied many of the town's fifteen taverns. The brewery closed during the First World War, and was then used as billets for troops.

This building was pulled down in the early 1920s.

Meanwhile a butcher's boy cycles down the middle of the High Street, a reminder that delivery to the door was expected in 1922.

It is thought that the church steps were originally built in the early 14th century to enable access to the church from the old town, and at that time the steps were wooden, not stone.

However, Trew came up with a different scheme, one that would overcome expensive dredging operations, and the problems caused by several weirs that had been built down-river.

The 46-gun frigate HMS 'Unicorn', laid down during the Napoleonic Wars, was still building when hostilities ceased.

We are looking from the Town Hall down the grand vista of the largely 18th-century Market Place; it was known as the Shambles in the previous century, and designated for the sale of fresh meat