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Designed by the engineering firm of R H Haynes of Newport and the Frenchman F Arnodin, the bridge was opened in 1906.

Pilkingtom Manor, mostly hidden by the trees on the left, was demolished in 1959, and today only the Dower House (the white gabled building in the centre of the photograph) survives.

The parish church and the abbey ruins on the horizon are reached by the 199 steps from the old part of town.

It was built by the town's rich inhabitants during a period of religious fervour.

All three views taken by the Frith photographer in 1899 are south of the Regatta course, which from 1886 had its finishing line near Phyllis Court.

The 13th-century White House was run by the White Friars as a hostelry for Canterbury pilgrims. A metal pot holding 12 gold and 242 silver coins was discovered in the village in 1897.

A woman waits patiently against the fence by the pond; she has just come from the swimming pool area.

The hotel has some theatrical costumes permanently on show on the ground floor; these were worn by the 19th-century actor Sir Henry (Brodribb) Irving.

The parish of Llanwenarth was divided into two parts, Llanwenarth Citra and Llanwenarth Ultra, by the River Usk. St Peter's Church was in Llanwenarth Citra.

The chancel was rebuilt by the Stanleys in the 1850s to house the tomb of the 1st Lord Stanley, but it may have replaced an even older 13th- century structure.

It became known as the cricket field, and in due course was bought by the Urban District Council.

The house seen here was built in c1840 by the Shaw family, who first owned the estate. In July 1929 the 423 acre park was turned over to the Boy Scouts for the world's first Scout Jamboree.

Said to have been founded by the Spanish Ambassador's valet, the 18th-century pub, with its adjacent toll house, formed the entrance to the Bishop of London's Hornsey estate.

In 1940 'the Reading Rooms were taken over by the Food Office and became a centre for the issue and stamping of ration books'.

This view from the nave looking east into the chancel is not exciting, nor is it enhanced by the solid fuel heating pipes to left and right.

Children were taught to swim in the shallow area in front of the bar, held up by a harness and rope by the instructor. Then they were allowed to swim beyond the bar and eventually up river.

The wrought-iron work is very fine, and is believed to have been done by the French master of wrought iron work, Tijou.

As rural areas were eaten into by the great building boom, pleasant tree-lined areas of mature countryside were more appreciated.

This includes one by William Stanton to Lady Brownlow of about 1700, although it is somewhat obscured by the organ.

The Bowes Museum was designed and purpose-built as a public art gallery by the French architect Jules Pellechet on the outskirts of the historic town of Barnard Castle.

A hidden cable system, the same as is used by the San Francisco tramcars, hauls holidaymakers and enthusiasts up to the Great Orme, the headland that overlooks the Victorian town.

Bought by the Bland family in 1595, it was greatly extended: its frontage measured 600ft, only slightly less than Wentworth Woodhouse near Elsecar, thereby losing a wager made with the Marquis of Rockingham

This 17th-century inn, apparently referred to in the Sherlock Holmes adventure The Speckled Band, stands by the junction of Stoke Road and Station Road.

Adopted as their headquarters by the Cobham Cycling Club, whose plaque is visible on the front wall of the building, the facilities also proved popular with early motorcyclists, like the rider of this