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Lying about ten miles east of Hawes, Aysgarth is famous for a series of waterfalls on the River Ure, the upper of which can still be viewed from a 16th-century single-arch bridge.

Nearer the castle the contrast between the Bath stone of the keep and the crisp, pristine granite of the 1830s prison gatehouse is clear.

More than one hundred years ago Cowley was nothing more than a large village, its intricate maze of rooftops stretching towards the horizon.

Dating back to 1284, Hertford College had fallen into decay by the middle of the 19th century, though its fortunes were later revived by Act of Parliament.

At the bottom of Chapel Street, visitors ready for a stay in the nearby hotel unload their suitcases from a cart.

Some of the earliest mining on the island was carried out at Bradda Head.

The Isle of Portland is more properly a peninsula, which Thomas Hardy described as 'The Gibraltar of Wessex'.

By 1904 holidaymakers were discovering the delights of the locality, and some of the sandier areas of Poole Harbour were attracting bathers.

This tranquil scene shows a rowing boat moored on the northern shore of Wastwater.

This remarkable church, St Peter's, is hidden in the Taw valley a couple of miles from Barnstaple.

But the most impressive Victorian building in Sheffield was the new town hall on the corner of Surrey Street and Pinstone Street, where an area of old housing had been demolished to make way for

Here we see the peaceful banks of the New River, with houseboats and leisure craft moored alongside.

Note the handcarts parked at the side of the street on the right, and the advertising hoardings on the side of the shop on the left of the picture, advertising among other things 'Wheatleys Hop Bitters

Victoria Park lies to the east of Newbury town centre.

All parts could be reached from this corner, and its popular name of Castle Junction had become fixed. The 114 cars and 1,000 horses were the property of the Belfast Street Tramway Company.

However, perhaps they eavesdropped on an animated discussion between a group of men who were studying a large plan.

of the 20th century.

Hare Street existed long before the creation of the garden suburb of Gidea Park but has now all but lost its separate identity.

Totton, Eling's larger neighbour, once claimed the title of the 'largest village in Hampshire' - though it has expanded so much in recent years that by no stretch of the imagination could it still be

Goring-on-Thames is famous for its rather complex series of locks and weirs which are designed to control the river's water level and allow the passage of pleasure craft.

Much of the downland around Findon, at the southern end of the same 'wind-gap' in the South Downs, was for centuries an open sheep-walk.

What an unusual combination of goods the trader is selling in the third shop from the right: fishing tackle and fireworks! Today this large town by the River Medway looks very different.

Dr Boddington was a local man; in 1840 he wrote a pioneering paper on the treatment of TB, then known as pulmonary consumption.

The names of the hotels—the Imperial, the Majestic and the Grand - indicate that the resort could attract a cosmopolitan and wealthy clientele.