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Following a land dispute with Reginald de Grey, Owain proclaimed himself Prince of Wales and rose against the English in 1400.

Its rapid development followed the opening of the railway station on the Epsom to Waterloo line in 1932.

No attempt was made to match the original chapel — the addition followed the Gothic Revival style.

The pitched roof to the tower has gone and street lighting shows an advance on the following picture (p. 60-61), here it is fluorescent!

This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

Following a disastrous fire in 1950, only the tower and west window now survive.

Many small, enterprising landowners attempted to lay out 'zoos' and farm parks in the decades following the Second World War, and most vanished.

The initial phase was in 1884, followed by the next a year later in tandem with a change of name – the Boat Club becoming the Yacht Club. The third section was not completed until 1905.

The construction of the new St Augustine's began in 1865; dedication by the Bishop of Llandaff followed the next year.

In the decades following the First World War, Exmouth reached the heights of its fame as a holiday resort, thanks to the greater mobility offered by railway trains and motor vehicles

Bognor's growth from a tiny fishing village started in the 1780s, with Sir Richard Hotham's grand scheme inland (immodestly named Hothampton) aimed at the nobility and gentry, but was followed by piecemeal

The suffix 'Regis' was added to the name of this seaside town in 1929 after George V spent some weeks recuperating in the area following a major illness.

Following the demolition of the garage, the clock now adorns the outside of estate agents Chancellor and Sons in the High Street.

Large houses follow the Terrace and Trelyon Avenue, and on the extreme left the vacant grassy plot is the site of the Porthminster Hotel.

This view, looking north along the High Street which gently and picturesquely winds along rather than following a straight line, shows the George and Dragon inn on the left with its projecting

The Lifeboat House was built in 1893 at a cost of £1,400; in 1900 the 'John Francis White' was stationed here, followed in 1926 by the 'Dash'. The station closed in 1929.

A stone keep was added in 1170, followed by curtain walls and improved living accommodation.

This central section of Regent Stret follows the line of the old Swallow Street, where London's notorious highwaymen left their horses in livery.

The old road follows the line of the ridge and the beach was once occasionally used to load coal onto boats at high tide from the nearby Trefân Cliff Colliery.

Following a favourable report on the medicinal properties of the waters, a baths and hotel were built, and Leamington was on the spa trail.

Such modernisation has proved successful in helping attract students to its university campus in the decades following the war.

The following year Sir Walter Hungerford regained the castle for his family, the twist being that Sir Walter had been knighted on the field of Bosworth.

These roads followed the exact lines of the present Quebec Street and Front Street, and the village was built around these.

Boots and International Stores had both been long-term tenants of this corner, but in 1976 Boots moved away, and the Leeds Permanent Building Society, followed by the Halifax, moved in.