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In pictures: Britain’s changing landscape from the air

Cambridge University has made a collection of historical aerial photographs available online.

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Cambridge University has made a collection of aerial photographs available online. The Digital Library collection, described as the “historical Google Earth”, shows the changes in the built environment over the years since 1945.

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The Badbury Rings Iron Age hill fort in Dorset, taken in August 1947 (Cambridge University/PA)
Aerial photograph made available online
Stokesay Castle in Shropshire from the air in July 1948 (Cambridge University/PA)
Aerial photograph made available online
Another photo of Aldeburgh taken in July 1976, also used in Prof Millett’s archaeological research of the Roman town, shows the street grid (Cambridge University/PA)
Aerial photograph made available online
China clay workings, looking south-south-west, over Carnsmerry in Cornwall, in June 1949 (Cambridge University/PA)
Aerial photograph made available online
The ancient monument complex of Thornborough Rings or Henges in North Yorkshire, taken in July 1948 (Cambridge University/PA)
Aerial photograph made available online
Newhaven Docks as they appeared from the air in August 1983 (Cambridge University/PA)
Aerial photograph made available online
A steam train makes its way to London from Cambridge station in March 1959 (Cambridge University/PA)
Aerial photograph made available online
An aerial shot taken in June 1980 of the Thames Barrage at Woolwich Reach (Cambridge University/PA)
Aerial photograph made available online
Lynchets – ridges formed by ploughing in ancient times – at Worth Matravers, Dorset, photographed from the air in June 1948 (Cambridge University/PA)
Aerial photograph made available online
Corfe Castle in Dorset in August 1947 (Cambridge University/PA)
Aerial photograph made available online
Cambridge, looking north-west, in June 1981 (Cambridge University/PA)
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