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The road out takes you back to Frome.

Georgian buildings abound in the town, although it harks back to Tudor times, owing much of its early development to Thomas Seckford, a lawyer at the court of Elizabeth I.

Here we see Conigar Walk running down the bank of the River Usk.

On the right hand side is the Bank of Ireland, a building dating from Georgian times and once the home of the Irish Parliament.

How many of these men came back by the end of the following year? Frensham is known for its ponds and its common - now Frensham Country Park.

Kendal Grammar School sits alongside the banks of the River Kent.

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

The Swan, which dates back to the Middle Ages, was originally known as the Yew Tree (after a nearby yew) but changed its name in the 18th century when it was a busy inn on the London-Brighton turnpike

However, mothers and children manage to find space and the boats form useful back-rests. The promenade is well used by walkers. Straw hats are popular for both men and women.

The maids seem to find the visitor ready for a chat, and the lad on the carriage looks back also.

The town is studded with fine brick and flint houses with steep pantiled roofs - on the right is the flamboyant brick and pebble Barclay's Bank.

The miller for many years was Mr Fred Banks.

The black-painted smock windmill, set back from the road, and the prominent Cricketers pub facing the local cricket pavilion, are both local landmarks.

On the extreme left is J F White's tobacconist's shop next door to the branch of Lloyds Bank, while across the road is the entrance to Cheam Station Approach, with the offices of Morgan, Baines & Clark's

On the right, the street still awaits the out-of-scale London and Counties bank, erected in 1892.

At the height of the canal era, the Wharf was a bustling depot where up to ten large barges could load and unload.

Few buildings date back further than the 17th century, and Harrington House is one of the oldest.

Parts of the building date back to the 12th century. The wooden pulpit is three hundred and fifty years old.

This view looks back towards the tower of St Mark's at the end of the street. Again, traffic is notable by its absence, with only a single motor-cyclist to trouble crossing pedestrians.

We have now crossed High Bridge and are looking back along High Street towards Stonebow. The two Georgian buildings behind the obelisk were demolished shortly after this view was taken.

Its narrow winding streets have a Dickensian feel, and but for the hum of traffic, it would be easy to imagine yourself back in more gracious times.

The house dates back to at least 1587, though many builders have toyed with the original design in the intervening centuries.

One of the great advantages of the Frith Collection is that the photographers often went back to the same locations, which provides us with subtle degrees of change.

He died in France in 1934, but a year later his body was brought back to England and laid to rest here following a torchlight funeral oration.