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Byland Abbey, Yorkshire, England, was founded as a Savigniac abbey in 1135. It became a Cisterian abbey in 1147. Date: founded 1135
Streatham PlacePost and telegraph office, Streatham Place in south London. Date: circa 1902
Victorian Pillar BoxAn old Victorial postal pillar box at Mudsford, near Christchurch, England. It has a vertical slit for posting letters into it. Date: 1855
Welsh FarmhouseA charming farmhouse at Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, Wales, set beside a small stream with a miniature waterfall. Date: 1950s
Church Rd WillesdenChurch Road, with a tram. Date: circa 1900
Ireland / Fin Barres IsleSt. Fin Barres Chapel, on an island in Gougane Barra Lake, County Cork, Ireland. At the end of the 16th century it was occupied by Fin Barre, the Patron Saint of Cork. Date: 16th century
Colchester PrioryThe noble Norman Door of St. Botolphs Priory Church, Colchester, Essex, England. Date: mid 12th century
Exhaust FumesEven back in the 1960s, car exhaust pipes caused air pollution! Date: 1960s
Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1132 and dissolved by Henry VIII, the remains are impressive - the east end, which was completed by Abbot John de Cancia. Date: 12th century
Windsor Bell RingersBell-ringing at the Curfew Tower, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England. Date: 1950s
Chantry of St, ThomasThe ancient ruins of the Chantry Chapel of St. Thomas a Becket, at Bodmin, Cornwall, England. Date: licenced in 1377
Minster Lovell HallThe ruined south west tower of Minster Lovell Hall, Oxon. England, a manor house built by Lord William Lovell. Legend has it that he died in a secret room in the hall. Date: mid 15th century
Kirby Hall CourtyardThe Inner Court of Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire, England. The Hall was formerly a residence of the Earl of Winchelsea, built 1570s - 1590s. Date: 16th century
Lindisfarne PrioryEntrance to the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory, on the island of Lindisfarne (or Holy Island), off Northumberland, England. Built in 1093 on site of a 7th century monastery. Date: founded 1093
Haughton ChapelThe ruins of Haughton Chapel, near Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. Building began in the late 11th century, with enhancements and additions up to the 16th century. Date: Medieval
Ploughing GullsA good impression from a tractor, of gulls following the ploughed-up Autumn stubble, behind the plough, which uncovers grubs and insects for them to eat! Date: 1960s
Basingwerk AbbeyThe ruins of Basingwerk Abbey, Fintshire, Wales, which was founded in about 1131. Much of the surviving ruins date from the 13th century. Date: founded circa 1131
Icknield St. Roman RoadIcknield Street, a Roman Road, said to have run from Derby to Bourton-on-the-Water, where it joined the Foss Way. Seen here wending its way through Bedfordshire, England. Date: 1950s
Lacock AbbeyThe fabulous 13th century vaulted ceilings of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England, founded by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 13th century
England / ShephallCottages clustered around the village green at Shephall, near Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1950s
Lacock AbbeyEntrance to Lacock Abbey, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Also home of Fox Talbot, photography inventor Date: 16th century
Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, England, was founded in 1151 by the Augustinian order, on the banks of the River Wharfe. Date: founded 1151
Beaulieu AbbeyThe ruins of Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire, England, a Cistercian house founded by King John and lived in by thirty monks from Citeaux, near Dijon, France. Date: founded c. 1204
Four-Furrow TractorFour-furrow tractor ploughing on heavy ground on a farm in Suffolk, England. Date: 1960s
Welsh Cottage RuinsA ruined old Welsh cottage near Bettws-y-Coed, Caernarvonshire, Wales. Date: 1950s
Netley AbbeyA glimpse of the ruins of Netley Abbey, close to Southampton Water, Hampshire, a Cistercian foundation of 1239 and endowed by King Henry III. Date: 13th century
Mount Grace Priory, near Thirsk, Yorkshire, England; the ruins of a once great Carthusian priory, founded in 1084. The present ruins date from 1397. Date: 14th century
Ludgate CircusBuses and other vehicles at this busy intersection : St Pauls can be seen dimly in the distance. Date: circa 1931
Westbourne GroveWhiteleys department store, Westbourne Grove, Bayswater. Date: circa 1905
Victoria StreetAn open-top bus and other motor vehicles. Date: circa 1908
STRAND 1908Shops and traffic Date: circa 1908
Notting Hill GateGeneral view Date: circa 1900
Oxford StreetThe premises of Lloyd & Co, on the site where Mr Selfridge will erect his department store in 1909. Date: circa 1900
Oxford Street 1920SLooking east from Oxford Circus : Waring & Gillows department store is on the left. Date: circa 1925
ROCHE ROCKRoche Rock Chapel, Cornwall, England, where legend has it that Ogrin the Hermit sheltered lovers Tristram and Isolde from the wrath of King Mark (her husband & his uncle)
Sweetheart AbbeyNew or Sweetheart Abbey, Kirkoudbrightshire, Scotland, so called because founder Queen Devorgilla ordered the heart of her late husband John to be buried with her in her tomb. Date: late 13th century
Hitchin Dower HouseA woman with her dog on the doorstep of the Dower House, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. Date: Medieval
Lindisfarne PrioryThe beautiful ruins of Lindisfarne Priory, on the island of Lindisfarne (or Holy Island), off Northumberland, England. Built in 1093 on site of a 7th century monastery. Date: founded 1093
England / AldburyAldbury, Hertfordshire, England, a most picturesque village, complete with a village green and stocks and whipping post at the side of the pond. Date: 1950s
Minsmere ChapelThe ruins of Eastbridge Chapel, Minsmere, Suffolk, England. Once a Premonstratensian church, probably abandoned due to vulnerability to the sea. Date: late 12th century
Houghton HouseThe ruins of Houghton House, near Ampthill, on a ridge overlooking the Bedfordshire Plain, England. This Jacobean mansion was built in 1615 for Mary, Countess of Pembroke. Date: 17th century
Welsh Potato SacksOwing to the mild, wet winters in Rhossili, in the Gower Penninsula, Glamorgan, Wales, this district is noted for its new potatoes. Here the men weigh and sack the potatoes. Date: 1950s
Children in the ParkTwo children sit on the grass in a park reading. Date: late 1960s
Egberg Borchgrevink - 1CARLSON EGBERG BORCHGREVINK Norwegian explorer, one of first to land on the Antarctic continent and the first to winter there. Date: 1864 - 1934