A new tool will enable users to make a flying visit to North East locations as they were up to a century ago .
Historic England has launched its new Aerial Photography Explorer, which for the first time allows people to search and explore an online map showing aerial photographs of the North East and England taken over the past 100 years.
Aerial imagery provides a fascinating insight into the development and expansion of the urban centres, changes to the rural landscape and evidence of ancient settlements., including cropmark patterns of hidden, archaeology beneath the surface. Over 400,000 images from 1919 to the present day have been added to the tool.
