Philip Davies, an architectural historian, spent seven years trawling through the photographs, compiling the best 1,500 into a 558-page book entitled Lost England.
Posing proudly for the camera, they were young soldiers excitedly preparing for the adventure of war. The photos are now part of an archive of 2,000 predominantly military prints that has been hidden from public view for decades.
A university student has flown to New York where her film shot in Newcastle is being shown at a new festival.
A portfolio of more than 1,500 images of Cornwall are to be sold at Penzance Auction House with an estimate of £25,000. This rare collection of photographs depict the ordinary lives of Cornish men and women from the 19th and early 20th century
The 18th century six-bedroom Derwent House offers tenants the chance to live in the heart of the lake district and even have their milk delivered by canoe.
The small printed sheet was used to promote Pasqua Rosee's wares at what is believed to be the capital's first coffee shop, in St Michael's Alley, Cornhill.
A DNA-based study has answered the question of how British or Irish people in Northern Ireland actually are.
How railway companies used station architecture to make travel by train more desirable.
Oil has lost more than 70 per cent of its value in 18 months
Photographer Simon Wheatley has dedicated more than 10 years to documenting the grime scene in London, capturing the lives of those whose futures would be shaped by their involvement in the movement.
Rare pictures of St Paul's Cathedral, Blackpool Tower and the 1947 Thames Flood are among more than 15,000 images on the new Britain from Above website.
The site on the western edge of Berlin is where athletes from all over the world headed 76 years ago to take part in the most infamous Olympic Games in history.
A RECLUSIVE billionaire has slashed the price of his home in the Scottish Highlands by £12million.
Astley Castle in Warwickshire was transformed from a wreck by mixing ‘groundbreaking’ modern accommodation with the remaining medieval stonework.
Around 90 buildings in 14 former USSR republics have been compiled by French photographer Frederic Chaubin who says they marked an unexpected rebirth of imagination.
These fascinating pictures are some of the first ever taken of the city of Bristol. They were taken between 1850 and 1855 by photographer Hugh Owen and could fetch up to £30,000 at auction.
The Forty Elephants gang were notorious in London 100 years ago, started by Alice diamond and taken over by smash and grab specialist Lilian Rose Kendall (pictured).
Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards 2012.
When colour photographs were first invented, the French millionaire and philanthropist Albert Kahn poured his entire fortune into hiring a team of photographers, which he dispatched to more than 50 countries - his aim was to make a record of all the people of the world. In Britain they captured a nation on the brink of historical change. See the amazing pictures here
Amazingly each of these incredible seaside landscapes is in Britain - and they're among the country's best kept secrets.
These impressive aerial photographs are the work of David Maisel, who specializes in taking large-scaled, otherworldly pictures of natural terrain that has been modified by human intervention such as mining for valuable natural resources.
Sebastian Lander lets his imagination run riot at Tixall Gatehouse in Staffordshire, a 16th century building with a long and dramatic history. Now, if only he could bring himself to leave.
A photography blog has taken a tour of the tracks of the Petite Ceinture (which translates to 'Little Belt'), which was closed in 1934. Many of the tracks are still accessible to the public.
Lee Howdle wins first place in the Breathing Spaces category of a prestigious photography contest.
