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The narrow High Street, with its branch of the National Provincial Bank (later to become the National Westminster Bank) on the right, and the local Post Office, shoe-shop, and newsagents on the left, was

The building to the right of the memorial is Old Bank House.

We are standing underneath the market cross and looking down the High Street.

St Giles' Church is over 800 years old and accepted as one of the most attractive in England.

Whitchurch lies opposite Pangbourne, which is situated on the Berkshire bank.

Frith's photographer has moved beyond Boatslide Weir Bridge to the bank to look at the weir itself.

The sea cadets parade proudly at their headquarters east of Kings Meadow on the south bank of the Thames.

Reading developed further south on higher land along the banks of the River Kennet, well away from the then marshy meads bordering the River Thames.

Cousins' Hotel (left) and Genoni's, next to it, were popular refreshment stops for actors and stage crew between rehearsals.

On the left we can see Barclay's Bank, on the corner of Cricklade Street.

On the right is a half-timbered building that houses a bank.

The magpie building in the centre here is now the National Westminster Bank – when the photograph is enlarged, a sign is visible which reads 'District Bank'.

It led into a covered market built between 1860 and 1866, a venue much used for meetings and entertainment.

However, the amphitheatre was a converted hillfort, known as Maumbury Rings, a substantial circular bank with a pair of opposing entrances.

It was discovered in 1988, and had been in use from 1842.

The tall building on the right, where the delivery vehicle is parked outside, is that of the London and Provincial Bank.

An Edwardian, steeply-gabled terrace of shops and flats overlooks the dignified stone island War Memorial of 1923, with its stepped approach.

The old lords of Kingston were the Norman nobles, the Lacys, but this palatial Restoration house was built in 1663-5 for Sir Ralph Bankes, the son of the former attorney general Sir John.

These are the premises of the bank run as Cunliffe Brooks & Co, one of Manchester's private banks.

The scaffolding beyond the lamppost hides Lloyds Bank, which was being extended and restored at the time this photograph was taken (there are rainwater heads dated 1921).

The most striking change between this view and the 1903 view in image 49238 is the splendidly ornate bank building which replaced the two buildings beyond Patterson's.

The River Windrush threads through Bourton, carpeted on either bank by broad greens.

One was taken down, and apparently the other fell down!

One was taken down, and apparently the other fell down!