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'The Prisoner of Zenda' was showing at the Regal Cinema in the elegant North Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate when this picture was taken.

Here we see the entrance to the charming little village of Wass, which lies in a shallow valley under the wooded southern escarpment of the Hambleton Hills, seen in the background.

Alexandra Terrace overlooks the line of Exmouth's sea front, its view as uninterrupted today as when this photograph was taken a century ago.

Standing on a hilltop, Aynho is Northamptonshire's most southerly village, and one of its most picturesque.

Finedon is a large, scattered village with many houses and cottages built by the last squire of the village who tragically lost all three of his sons.

The independent parish of Dinnington almost cuts the parish of Laughton-en-le-Morthen in two.

Enlargement of the photograph reveals the signboards with the various Sunday papers vying for your custom with such enticing lures as 'The world of the formerly married', 'Ulysses – the inside

The changing face of the Swan Hotel is displayed in the next sequence of photographs. The Town Hall was designed in 1855 by the Bath architect Thomas Fuller – he later emigrated to Canada.

The high altar was designed by Pugin and manufactured in Dublin at a cost of £700; it was of Gothic design and made of Caen stone, richly carved. It was given by James Lomax of Clayton Hall.

The smooth slopes of 3,054-ft Skiddaw dominates the northern Lakeland town of Keswick in this view from Castle Head.

Between 1921 and 1951 the population of Lancing nearly quadrupled, resulting in a rapid increase in the number of shops, businesses and houses in South Lancing.

The Revolution House, formerly the Cock and Pynot (or Magpie) Inn, at Old Whittington, north of Chesterfield, was the scene of the hatching of the plot for the Glorious Revolution of 1688, which aimed

The new-found cleanliness following the demise of the tin plate industry can be clearly seen here.

Work on Denbigh began in October 1282 during the second of Edward I's Welsh Wars.

This substantial open space at the heart of the town is the original site of the Charter Market.

This view of Birkenhead Road was taken very early in the wartime decade - the parked vehicles lack the white painted edges to the front and rear wings, and none of the windows in the houses

As Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick looked out over his land, he would have seen acres of the Yorkshire countryside full of villages (little changed today).

This is a very popular view of the town, showing the three bays separated by rock outcrops. The pier was built on one of these outcrops in 1865, only to be damaged in a storm the following year.

RECORDS of a harbour in Margate go back to the 14th century, when it appears to have been a small wooden structure sheltering the local fishing vessels.

The magnificent many-pillared clock tower of Leeds Town Hall, opened by Queen Victoria in 1858, dominates this view of The Headrow, one of the city's most important thoroughfares.

This view of High Row looks towards Bondgate. Over on the left is a branch of the Home & Colonial Stores, which, like Freeman, Hardy & Willis, was one of the early high street chains.

For some reason best left to the Frith cameraman, one of Bollington's more interesting structures is in fact just off camera to the left.

This autumn picture of Harnham Gate and the southern corner of the Close reflects then, as now, a secluded and quiet area of the Close.The house to the left of the Gate is an integral part of the wall.The

These views of the Embankment Gardens clearly show the results of continuing are and attention. The town's War Memorial reminds of the sacrifices of World Wars I and II, and the Korean War.