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On the lane south from the crossroads the last two houses on the left are timber-framed, the White Cottage on the left with original framing in the side elevation and fake to the front.

Another view along the Welland towards Town Bridge, over which the old Great North Road crossed into Lincolnshire.

Since the by-pass opened, the town has less traffic and the High Street has been paved with herring-bone paviours.

This captures a time when everyone shopped on his or her local high street, and out-of-town shopping was unheard of.

Yet upriver, above London Bridge, were the more modest colliers, whose simple barges, loaded by man-power, carried consignments on to Thameside towns, for shipment to the Midlands and the north through

Demand for steam coal caused collieries to be developed, and over a million tons of coal were mined annually.

The need for a new Catholic church in the town became particularly pressing when nearby RAF Lyneham was unable to provide a full- time chaplain to the station, and they helped fund its completion

This thatched cottage with its little garden stood in Pondhu Road, in the valley bottom to the south west of the town centre.

The open aspect of the street pictured here and familiar to us today originates from the demolition of older buildings in 1862 to allow road widening.

We are looking out over Grange to Morecambe Bay from Charney Well Road, which rises steeply above the town. Now, houses occupy the slope in front of the camera.

This shows the heart of the Victorian holiday town, with the required esplanade and gardens for strolling.

The William Brown Library, with its fine portico of six Corinthian columns, was built in 1860 to house the natural history collection of the 13th Earl of Derby; this had been bequeathed to the town in

The hall, parts of which date from 1550, has been re-built and added to over the years.

At this time these shops would close at noon on Saturday, and Sunday opening was unheard of.

At the Dissolution, the nave was demolished and the western arch of the tower was filled in. The people of the town bought the remains of the original building, and it then became the parish church.

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.

The name Houghton, always pronounced `Hoe`ton`, has its origins in Saxon times, although there is evidence that there was a settlement here before the Roman period.

Certainly there would have been confusion between the original title and the burgeoning Dunstable Road just visible in the photograph beyond Christ Church at the top of the hill.

Magdalene College was founded by Henry VI as lodgings for student Benedictine monks, and was sited far enough from the town centre to avoid its inmates falling prey to its temptations.

There is a pleasing lack of uniformity about the facades and rooflines of the buildings in the High Street, some of which are small cottages, and others grand town houses.

In the era of the stage coach, the George Hotel was classed as the best hotel on the Great North Road, and it is still one of the best in the area.

Magdalene College was founded by Henry VI as lodgings for student Benedictine monks, and was sited far enough from the town centre to avoid its inmates falling prey to its temptations.

Well before the Roman conquest, it had defended the north and east flanks of the capital of Cymbeline's kingdom, while the west flank was protected by a series of dykes and ramparts, some of which

By 1860 it was the principal town of Wales, and the iron-making capital of the world. The vehicle on the right-hand side is a dark blue Merthyr Tydfil Corporation ambulance.