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Famous as the birthplace of John Macadam in 1756 and of Robert Burns in 1759, Ayr was founded under a charter granted by William the Lion.

These days Aberdeen is famous for its association with North Sea oil, but shipbuilding, fishing, papermaking and the quarrying of granite have all played their part in the city's development.

The pressure of road traffic has necessitated a roundabout, although only one Wolseley car can be seen.

Middleham was once a major market town, but it is famous for two things: the training of racehorses, and its castle, home to Richard III.

The foundation of Folkestone's prosperity during the 19th century, these packet boats conveying passengers across the Channel to the coast of France some twenty-six miles away transformed Folkestone

Ealing had been a modest village in Middlesex with a population of 7000 at the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign.

Roads like the one shown here have fared less well.

The celebrated village of Cookham, a mile or so south of Bourne End, is seen here from the boatyard on the Buckinghamshire bank, although curiously until 1992 a strip of about 30 feet along

This pleasant scene, just three-quarters of a mile from Park Square, is a good indication of the rural nature of the town and its economy at the time.

Reflecting the town's original location on that highway beloved of cyclists, the Great North Road, the sign to the rear of the memorial promises 'Cycles Stored and Repaired'.

At the end of Kings Ride we find the Barossa Common.

The pavement, the flowerbed and some of the road represent the location of buildings demolished in 1938 that hid the old school and St John's Hospital buildings from public view.

In Saxon days the name of this place was Wribbenhall. The Normans, impressed with its setting, renamed it Beaulieu, 'the beautiful place'.

Wesley's Cottage, on the north side of the High Street to the west of the Town Hall, where the founding preacher of Methodism stayed on the night of 12-13 October 1774.

The Old Quay Swing Bridge opens by pivoting on the pier on the left hand side of the canal.

Off West Street, behind Sparnham House, was the site of one of Ashburton's two umber mines - the only ones in the country.

All the men in this photograph are wearing suits, so it is no wonder that the Fifty Shilling Tailor did a lot of business, It was the accepted mode of dress, particularly for work.

There have been race meetings in Doncaster since 1600, but it was the St Leger of 1776 that put the town on the racing calendar.

The Village 1908 Of the houses and cottages in this view, only the slate- roofed row with the chimney smoke survives.

The River Trent is navigable for some 93 miles, and plays a vital role in linking the waterways of the North East with those of the Midlands.

To the north-east of Allenheads beyond Nookton Fell lies the village of Blanchland. It was here in 1165 that an Abbey Church was founded by the Praemonstratensian Order of monks.

These views show the town from the 1890s to the 1960s; they record both the many changes that have taken place and also, paradoxically, how much of the old town survives.

The village (the name means 'the dwelling by the bow of the river') has two greens; because it was all part of the Pudsay estate, there was no pressure to expand or to pull down and rebuild.

This is a fine view of Holy Cross Church with the Abbey Buildings on the left. The Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society Institute is on the right.