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The passmore Edwards Convalesent Home stood at the far end of the Promenade. It was concieved by John Passmore Edwards as a holiday home for deprived children.

It used to be said that George Square reminded visiting Londoners of Trafalgar Square, but the central column was a monument to Sir Walter Scott rather than Lord Nelson.

Glencoe village stands on the shores of Loch Leven. Here we see a row of classic stone-built thatched cottages, in the characteristic vernacular style.

These gardens are at the rear of Ayscoughfee Hall, which is now in the process of being restored. The building is partly used as the Spalding Tourist Office.

With its long winding street and fine houses, Long Melford is one Suffolk's most celebrated villages.

Stanmore, a once picturesque village, has now lost much of its character, apart from one or two buildings; these include a superb but well-disguised hall house of around 1500 in Church Road.

The process involved in loading or unloading ships can be seen clearly here. Cargo is off-loaded from and to horse-driven wagons along wooden gullies directly from and into the hold of the vessel.

The process involved in loading or unloading ships can be seen clearly here. Cargo is off-loaded from and to horse-driven wagons along wooden gullies directly from and into the hold of the vessel.

Bangor's chief trade was the export of slates, mined from Lord Penrhyn's quarries at Bethesda, and carried by rail to Port Penrhyn. The quay here was 300 yards long.

In the distance is Wainhouse Tower, 253ft high, with over 400 steps and weighing in at about 9000 tonnes.

The abbey is set at the end of a narrow, winding lane a mile out of Richmond, and sits comfortably in the peaceful valley of the River Swale.

Here, looking past the tower towards Church Terrace, we can see how close the church was to the ancient castle.

This photograph appears to have been taken from the site of the memorial to the dead of the two World Wars, although it would obviously not have been present at the time this photograph was

This road up from the beach was first started at the time that George Hudson bought the West Cliff Estate in the 1850s, and it got the name from the strategic pass important in the Afghan wars, which

This is a view from the south-east, and shows the Ladies' Gate on the right and the bowed fernery on the left. The brickwork of the original windmill can be seen on the Round Tower.

Since it was gradually absorbed to become a suburb of Royal Tunbridge Wells, this small village south of Tonbridge supported a number of businesses in its commercial centre.

This was the home of the local fishing fleet, many of whose vessels are seen moored here at low tide.

The sandy beach is overwhelmed by a tide of holidaymakers, most of whom have probably arrived here by train at the station in the left background.

Around a hundred years before this picture was taken, the cobblestones of Newark Market Place would have echoed to the clatter of stagecoaches and carriers' waggons.

This is the chief Mersey bathing-place, which at once gains and loses by its proximity to the great commercial city of Liverpool.

The manner in which animals were slaughtered, and housed whilst at market, brought forward demands from the government for cleaner market surfaces and the limewashing of all carts coming into and

The photographer is looking south-west across the pretty market town of Wendover, which lies on the edge of the Chilterns.

A Gloucestershire Constabulary police officer directs traffic at the cross. He is facing Westgate Street. Dorothy Perkins store is immediately behind him.

Scott Park was opened on 18 August 1895; it was named after Alderman Scott, who had died in 1891 leaving £10,000 in his will to open a public park.