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The settlement was once the centre of a local iron-working industry, and the white-painted Gun Inn with its swinging signboard was where John Browne, the local ironmaster, designed ordnance for the navies

In the centre of the photograph we can see the 64ft, red brick lighthouse on the Brush Wharf, built at a cost of £400.

The centre of attraction in Kingsbridge is the Market Hall (right). Although it has been rebuilt, the supporting pillars we see here are the original Elizabethan ones.

Another absentee is the fountain (visible in 63900A, centre). This had been donated in 1890 by Edward Joseph, but it was removed in 1922 and sold for £12.

The Old Unicorn Inn lies at the centre of Walton-le-Dale. The inn also had a dining room and tea rooms.

Beyond North Wall (centre) the panorama of the town includes Marine Parade, St Michael's Church and Church Cliff.

In the latter half of the 20th century, Bournemouth not only maintained its reputation as a leading holiday resort and luxurious shopping centre, but became a university town and acquired city status.

Exploratory walks now take place from the heritage centre at the mouth of the River Char to help the visitor find and identify their own fossils.

It served southern England well both as a family resort and as a centre for touring during the last century - and still does.

Today, nearer 200 acres are administered by the Buckmore Park Medway and Strood Scout Centre, a charity, and Buckmore Park Services, a limited company.

The international aspect of the town's trade can be seen by the sign outside Joseph Hird's grocery in the centre of the picture. It advertises him as a 'French and Italian Warehouseman'.

In the centre of this picture are the buildings of Monkton Combe School. Beyond can be seen the Limpley Stoke viaduct, built for the Black Dog Turnpike Trust in 1834.

Built as a private residence in 1834, Derby Castle was converted into an entertainment centre in 1877, featuring variety shows, afternoon concerts and dancing in the ballroom.

Immediately below the viewpoint, the River Rothay winds into England's largest lake by Gale Naze Crag in the centre of the picture.

Situated to the east of Acock’s Green, and four miles from the city centre,Yardley is one of the parishes absorbed by Birmingham in 1911.

The Saracens Head Hotel has gone the way of many smaller town centre hotels; it is now converted to shops and offices, including the bookshop Ottakar’s.

Also featured is Blackham's supermarket; after all, this was in the days when there was no such thing as out-of-town retail centres, and the only connection the word 'convenience' had with shopping was

Southampton Airport lies to the south of Eastleigh town centre and it was from here that the first Spitfire began her maiden flight in 1936.

The old tide mill overlooking the quay at Emsworth, once Chichester Harbour's main port and an important centre for the oyster trade.

It is an old centre with a 15th- century church, which has many fine treasures. Its weatherboarded cottages surround its tree lined green.

At the centre is the Wellington Heifer Inn, and to the left is the old school.

In the centre is the Mounts Bay Hotel (right) and the Queen's Hotel (left, with turret). On the far left is the as yet empty site of the Pavilion, which was to be built in 1911.

Its landmark features are the ancient Barton Bridge in the centre, also known as Packhorse Bridge, and the spire of the parish church of Holy Trinity to the left.

A pair of ramblers (right) heading for the hills stride out purposefully past the Rayburne Hotel and cafe in the centre of Coniston village.The lack of traffic in the main street is in sharp contrast