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Once the railway arrived in 1864, many more visitors came; a variety of activities was arranged for them, including bathing from the bathing machines in the middle of the picture, taking trips around the

In South Street, Shodfriars Hall is an echo of the four friaries established in the medieval town.

Two important new buildings stand on the Esplanade.

The church is worth a visit, if only for its early 16th-century black rood screen, the only surviving example of the work of Thomas Drawsword.

Looking south just outside the centre of St Austell we see one of I K Brunel's timber viaducts on stone piers built in 1858 for the new Cornwall Railway.

The Queen Anne Inn, to the right of Benefit Footwear (left), is much older, probably dating back to the reign of Queen Anne, as it appears on Heywood Hall Map of 1718.

This view, looking north along what is now the main A34 towards Alderley Edge village, shows where Welsh Row crossed the old turnpike, connecting the old enclosed fields on the plain with the open

Today, the chapel, with its distinctive green dome, is all that remains of the old Royal Victoria Military Hospital, opened in 1868 and demolished in 1966.

The Albert Hall, which opened in 1864, is on the right and was once the most famous of Swansea's music halls.

On the left can be seen two of the three archways, and between them is some of the oak panelling that rises to the height of the archway cornices.

Situated 4.5 miles south of Birmingham, Bournville was chosen by George Cadbury in 1879 as the site for his new factory and for a model village for his workers.

Flimwell is centred on a crossroads near the Kent border. Its church, St Augustine's, was built in 1873.

Here we see the area at the start of the West End Pier.

The choir stalls were fired to melt lead; timber and stone were sold off as the great building was reduced to little more than a quarry.

This quiet scene in the heart of the shopping district lacks the bustle of modern Newquay.

Noted for being the home of William Gladstone, who is commemorated by the water fountain on the right, Hawarden has a long history. The scene here is little altered today.

This view down into Flint is noteworthy for a number of reasons. We can see the heavy industrial scene, the chimney stacks and the Courtaulds building in the distance (left).

It is a nice sunny day; there are people about, and there is time for a leisurely chat, while some seem interested in the beach just out of shot.

The choir stalls were fired to melt lead; timber and stone were sold off as the great building was reduced to little more than a quarry.

At the height of the season, Peel harbour was often full of fishing boats - Manx, Cornish, Irish and Scottish - as they followed the migrating herring into Scottish waters.

In 1506 the Archduke Phillip of Austria and his wife, the Spanish Infanta Joanna, were brought to Charminster after being cast ashore on the Dorset coast.

A century on, the view of Church Hill in Marlborough Street is still easily recognisable, despite the two great complexes built on each side of the road, the Lloyds TSB Training Centre on the left and

A view of the King William IV public house, one of the four that existed in the village at this time.

We can see a tower of Stephenson's 412ft-long tubular railway bridge in the centre of the picture. This structure was built on the line of the old L & NWR Railway in 1848.