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The 'Elettra', Marconi's yellow-funnelled steam yacht, is moored in front of Brownsea Castle.

Not surprisingly, everyone in the picture is fully dressed. During the prim Victorian era, to discard even one item of clothing would have been unthink- able.

Three mallard ducks purposefully traverse the shallow ford across this little stream which flows on to join the River Thames.

The Dawlish Water and its high tributary the Smallacombe Brook rise on the wooded heathland of Little Haldon Hill, which rises eight hundred feet at the back of the town.

The reason for the Glencoe massacre was the failure of MacIan to swear allegiance to William III before 1 January 1692.

Apart from the ladies with the perambulator, Roberts Park appears to be deserted. It might have been a requirement that the Frith cameraman take the picture with as few people as possible in it.

Apart from the ladies with the perambulator, Roberts Park appears to be deserted. It might have been a requirement that the Frith cameraman take the picture with as few people as possible in it.

This church was a gift to the nation under the Million Act of 1818 (see Huddersfield).The church seats 1488, and cost £7687. Inside the tower can be found six bells.

Local lore says that the buildings were clustered so tightly around the Square to keep the wind off the farmers on market days.

The children's amusements at Lytham consisted of a few swings, donkey rides and a couple of stalls. There is quite a large crowd gathered down toward the old windmill.

Rushton Road, at the east end of Station Road, is a mix of Victorian terrace housing and factories.

This handsome terrace of Victorian houses, built in distinctive white 'Pease' brick overlook the Coronation Park.

The Hope was one of the many inns and pubs that lined the course of the canal, at one time or another.

Trains from Scarborough crossed the viaduct, stopped at West Cliff and then reversed steeply down beneath the viaduct into Whitby.

The lighthouse was designed by Samuel Watts and built by John Matson at a cost of £8000. It was first lit on 1 December 1806.

Private education played a strong part in the growth of the Lytham economy. This building is a good example of the accommodation in use at the beginning of the last century.

Packed to the gunwales, the newly-commissioned pleasure steamer 'Teal' leaves Bowness Pier for a trip on Windermere.

It was rural, bucolic scenes like this one at 600-acre Quince Farm that inspired Tennyson to write a poem of 47 words while visiting the area one summer's day in the 1860s.

The White Swan stands on the north side of Bondgate Within. The frontage is mid 19th-century, but the real gem is inside.

Now in 2001 it is to move to a new building with extensive playing fields at Floral Way.

Dominating Castle Square ('Y Maes' in Welsh) at the west end of the town stands the great bulk of the castle. The structure covers two and a half acres and is in the shape of an irregular oblong.

The town grew up astride what was the most important road in medieval England, that between London and Chester, at that time the principal port for Ireland.

In the stonework to the right of the clock sits a medieval mechanical wooden puppet called Jack Blandiver; he was repainted in the early 17th century.

At this date, entry to the main body of the church was free, but the sub-sacrist kept the keys to the Chapter House (considered one of the finest Norman chambers in the country), the Elder Lady Chapel