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These castles commanded the southern shore of the Mersey estuary and controlled vital river crossing points at Runcorn and Hale.

The wall on the right belongs to the Congregational Church of 1874, demolished apart from the tower for the Hale Leys Shopping Centre in 1980.

It was in St John's that the Worcester Pearmain was discovered in 1872 in the market garden of William Hales.

Situated in Norfolk Street, the Victoria (Methodist) Hall was designed by W F Hale and built in brick with stone dressing.

Other brigade members included Josiah Hales, and his son from his first marriage, and eleven other volunteers.

Hale is a typical example of a suburban post office in the Edwardian era.

To the left is Hales Bar, a coaching inn from 1849, and behind the Pump Room is the Crown Hotel, rebuilt in 1847.

By the beginning of the 20th century, the town's population of 16,800 was served by no fewer than four railway stations; Altrincham & Bowdon, Hale, Broadheath, and West Timperley.

Baker Brothers (left), originally gents' outfitters and grocers, have traded here since 1876.

The Haling Path, from which this picture is taken, is the path along the river used by horses pulling barges.

This busy scene includes (from the left) Parkers, a chemist's, John B Hale, a tobacconist's, a hair-cutting saloon near the sun blinds, and the Town Hall in the far distance.

Station Road is readily recognisable as it drops away from the underground station towards Hale Lane and Mill Hill.

We can make out the Hale shoreline over on the far bank.

At the far right are the wall and railings belonging to the Congregational Church of 1874; its tower was kept when the church was demolished to make way for the Hale Leys Shopping Centre in 1988.

A flamboyant character, and Mayor of Aylesbury in the 1930s, Gargini added the half-timbering, leaded windows and oriels, presumably to rival the genuine medieval framing of the King's Head.

To the left is Hales Bar, a coaching inn from 1849, and behind the Pump Room is the Crown Hotel, rebuilt in 1847.

Frederick, the Prince of Wales, who was personally interested in science, made visits, and later Hales became chaplain to the Princess Dowager of Wales for a time.

A ship carrying cotton bales was shipwrecked off Wirral, and the bales washed ashore.

Looking north-westwards from Lower Yonderover Farm, with hay-bales in Mill House paddock (foreground) and the sign for the Star Inn (centre), the River Brit skirts the edge of the

Looking north-westwards from Lower Yonderover Farm, with hay-bales in Mill House paddock (foreground) and the sign for the Star Inn (centre), the River Brit skirts the edge of the meadow

the date of this photograph, much of the town's main streets were established, and they display the characteristic detail of the period: projecting shop fronts proudly display their goods (including bales

Todmorden Town Hall, built in 1870, once stood on the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire, a fact reflected in the carvings in the pediment frieze on its classical front, shown here: there are bales

Snow's is now a house caleed, appropriately, No 1 Snows Court.

Bale's Garage (now long gone) is clearly visible in The Square.