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The construction of the Esplanade c1883-84, costing in the region of £10,000, would provide a stable and stylish platform along which the town's chic new visitors could indulge in the fashion for promenading

This scene perfectly captures the rural setting of the remains of the 12th-century Benedictine Priory. The unusual oval window in the gable is similar to one at the Hospital of St John at Huntingdon.

One of the most famous shipyards was that of John Scott, which built the first steamer to trade between Glasgow and Liverpool.

The Thames Embankment, which skirts the front of Cheyne Walk, was created by Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Constructed over mud flats, it conceals the sewers that were once a scourge of the locality.

We are now on the north or Essex bank of the Thames Estuary. This rather quaint view shows the then 'up to the minute' toll booths of the newly-opened Dartford Tunnel.

Apart from the wintry ice of a semi-frozen Thames, this view from Savoy Pier shows the old Waterloo Bridge, which was designed by Sir John Rennie and completed in 1817.

Here we see another church in an attractive location near the small village of Bekesbourne, which contains 18th-century cottages and some modern housing.

Visitors enjoy the broad prospects from the pleasure gardens on the Great Orme.

The posters on the corner shop are advertising 'Dark Passage', noted in the Kingshill view. The venerable Austin Seven must be about twenty years old at the time of this photograph.

This view shows the junction of Boar Lane and Briggate, looking towards the Corn Exchange. In the 17th century Leeds held its cloth fairs at the bottom end of Briggate every Tuesday and Saturday.

A little further west, at the start of the Embankment Gardens, Frith's photographer has not quite got his focus correct. The urn on its pedestal was renewed in 1948.

At the beginning of the 20th century Leeds had four theatres, including the Grand, which is featured on the right-hand side of the picture.

This view shows the junction of Boar Lane and Briggate, looking towards the Corn Exchange. In the 17th century Leeds held its cloth fairs at the bottom end of Briggate every Tuesday and Saturday.

A fine view of the magnificent Neo-classical interior of the Pro-cathedral, showing the nave and aisles with heavy Doric pillars. The aisles have been extended since this picture was taken.

The Half Way House Hotel is on the corner of Storeton Road and Woodchurch Road out towards Prenton.

This view is taken from the west, near the north-east corner of the Green, at the foot of Angel Hill. The fine west tower of All Saints dominates the scene.

All on the left beyond the monkey puzzle tree (now gone) has been demolished and the left- hand railings have been renewed.

Since the middle of the 19th century, The Groves have provided a popular recreation area along the side of the Dee.

Overlooking Chirbury is the church of St Michael. It gives one a strange feeling to stand inside the church, because the main walls of the nave have a definite lean outwards.

Undoubtedly this is one of the most romantic medieval sites in all of England.

The Victorian commercial heart of this cul-de-sac village, strung out along the back lane into Melbury Park, was represented by the Melbury Osmond shop.

The Abbey Church of St Editha dates from Norman times, but Polesworth Abbey is said to have been founded by King Egbert in 827.

Pevsner says of Great Budworth that it is 'one of the best pieces of villagescape in the county. Yet there is hardly a house that would need a close look'.

It was built in 1610 by John Hall, a clothier; in 1847 it became the home of the Moulton family, who founded the rubber manufacturing business.