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The 'Welford Arm' runs east for one and a half miles from the Leicester branch of the Grand Union Canal and opened in 1814.

The Town Council has its office here, and it also contains Whitby Museum, renowned for its collection of extant fossils, which is run by the Literary and Philosophy Society, colloquially

Bangor's main street runs between the station and the harbour. It is shown here crowded with shoppers and an early car. The street today has been partly pedestrianised.

On the left the butcher takes time out for a chat, while the young boys are either intrigued by the antics of our cameraman, or waiting for something to run him over.

The photographer is positioned on the south-east corner of Mill Meadows Island looking north to Boatslide Weir Bridge with its rustic-style balustrades.

This view shows the clock tower in the rectangular market place. Chapel Street and Duke Street run down towards Bildeston Hall (right).

The stretch of buildings on the other side of the station were once the original Company Shop (of the Rhymney Iron Company), which was set up and strictly run by Andrew Buchan - there was another similar

Now occupied by the Winter Gardens, the Fort, also known as Fort Green, stood high up on the sea cliff east of Margate Harbour where a gun battery had stood during the Napoleonic wars.

This road runs between Coggeshall Road and Bradford Street; it replaced the old road, which ran 30 or 40 metres back from the left-hand side of this picture, when Sydney Courtauld built Bocking Place

This was the year that Coca Cola arrived in Kent and an outbreak of typhoid fever terrified local families. At this time the Headcorn to Tenterden railway line was opened.

We are looking east towards the Presbyterian church of 1870. On the right is the Crown and Anchor Hotel, whose landlord was Charles Quilter.

Queues wait to board this floating bridge that had run since 1836. In 1977 it was replaced by the Itchen toll bridge.

This road runs between Coggeshall Road and Bradford Street; it replaced the old road, which ran 30 or 40 metres back from the left-hand side of this picture, when Sydney Courtauld built Bocking Place

This clearly shows the fine sweep of elegant buildings that lined Glentworth Bay and the hillside.

As the industrialisation of weaving gathered pace, the town was eventually reached by the railway in July 1848. Within forty years a bigger station had to be built.

Horse trams are slowly climbing the hill on their journey from Tettenhall.

Percival's Swaledale Motor Services run buses (left) between Richmond and the Swaledale villages. The few people with motor cars park them at will.

The Wellington Hotel, still in business today, was one of the last posting houses in the country, with stage coaches running into the 1920s.

The cattle market was off Crow Street, adjacent to the ancient market place. Between the 1930s and 1970s this was one of the largest pig markets in the county.

Compare this view with No O45043, and note the cottage on the right with the broad light-coloured band above the front door running across the house front. This building appears in both pictures.

The South Cliff Tramway offered an alternative means of escape from the beach to the Esplanade; the other way up was by the 224 steps cutting through the Spa Gardens.

This view shows the great width of the street running north to the Green and the church.

This last view of St Mary's Church gives a clearer impression of the relatively unrestored tower stonework.

The village's name means 'a settlement by the River Cocker'. The village has rows of sandstone cottages and a number of farms. It was self-sufficient in the 19th century.