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This was clearly a successful village which had made its fortune by the weaving and cloth trade, as well as through agriculture.

On the opposite side of the road, almost obscured by the dark shadow of the Town Hall, stands a Great War gun carriage.

Funded by subscriptions as part of West Worthing New Town, the new modern spacious 19th century church of St Botolph's was built near the site of an earlier chapel which had, by the 17th century,

Buckets slung on yokes were used in prehistoric times, and were still being used by the Victorians.

The huge carriage works (right) have long since gone, to be replaced in the 1980s by the entrance to the Tesco supermarket development.

It was bought by the council from Lord Wimborne for £560 and turned into a garden to mark Queen Victoria's Jubilee, which had been celebrated the previous year.

inner courtyard attackers had to breach an outer wooden door, two portcullises, a second wooden door and a third portcullis, whilst running a gauntlet of crossbow bolts and arrows fired through loops by the

Crookston was the first property to be acquired by the National Trust for Scotland.

This is reflected by the number of dining rooms we can see on our photograph.

When construction started on Heysham Harbour, the family moved out; it was bought by the Midland Railway, who were building the harbour. At the time of our photograph it was an hotel.

By the late 1950s it had become overwhelmed, and Newark Road, known as the bypass, was constructed on the east side of the village.

The boats were built to a high (and expensive) specification, the original 22ft class later being supplemented by the more affordable and manageable 17ft class.

No longer owned by the Rigg family, the hotel has been re-named in this post-World War II photograph. Otherwise, very little has outwardly changed in the interim years.

The name is Danish, meaning 'new fortress', and the strategic importance of the river crossing defended by river cliffs is emphasised by the castle.

Steel and glass were used in the construction of these offices, opened by the Queen Mother in 1967.

In 1648 Penrith was captured by the Parliamentarians, who then used it as a quarry, partially demolishing the place and selling off the stone.

By the late 1780s the ever-expanding canal network looked set to by-pass Stratford.

The position of postmaster of Tunbridge Wells was held by the Nash family, first by John Nash in 1823, then by William Nash, who so built up the postal business that it outgrew its Pantiles

In the background we can see the tall Pharos lighthouse and the North Euston Hotel, designed in 1840 by the famous architect Sir Decimus Burton.

The hill was forested after World War II by the Forestry Commission and now looks very different from this view.

The old Toll Bridge, much resented by motorists for the delays caused by cash collection, connected the East and West Ridings, and was bought and made toll free by the council in 1992.

However, by the end of the Great War, the river was dredged to a minimum depth of five feet, and several locks were added.

Buckets slung on yokes were used in prehistoric times, and were still being used by the Victorians.

Christ Church is by Sir G G Scott, of 1851, and replaces Holy Rood in the grounds of the mansion owned by the Goddard family - their history there traces back to 1560.