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Lying east of Pocklington, this village was bought in the 18th century by the 5th Duke of Devonshire. He sold it in 1845 to the railway entrepreneur George Hudson.

This picture, which features the old quay, was taken some months before the completion of the new harbour.

This view was taken from the top of School Hill, looking across the Dee Estuary towards the Clwydian Hills. Trees now obstruct the view of Heswall parish church, whose tower we can clearly see here.

Bounded by Gosmoor and Charlton Roads, Priory Park was a favourite spot for picnics and Sunday afternoon strolls down to the banks of the River Hiz close to Brick Kiln Lane, Charlton, which runs behind

One of two Hertfordshire inns with cross-street signs (the other is the Four Swans at Waltham Cross), the Fox and Hounds moved to its present site in 1955 after a disastrous fire at the old building in

The board on the side of the Town Hall is for the Municipal Camping Ground.

This picture looks westwards down the north side of West Street, with its lollipop limes, from the Post Office to Victoria Grove (right of centre).

The later image shows that the aspect of St Peter's Square is more open, with a lifted tree canopy over Bunyan's head and the removal of the railings around the gardens behind the statue.

The small village is famous for its waterfall and for being the home of William Morgan, vicar of Llanrhaeadr and 16th-century translator of the Bible into Welsh.

Dunster is one of the most picturesque of Somerset's small towns; its long Market Place rises from the Yarn Market, or market cross, an octagonal structure of 1589, to the castle gatehouse with the castle

The natural springs at Leamington were known about in the 17th century, and were mentioned by a number of writers.

It is Saturday in Kingston Market Place, and swarms of shoppers have descended to see the fresh produce on offer that might supplement the wartime rationing that was still in force.

West Dorset's medieval seamark on a conical hill above the Chesil Beach was retained after the closure of Abbotsbury Abbey in 1539, and repaired in 1742.

Following the end of the Second World War, a large number of returning servicemen opted for a university education, and by 1947 Sheffield uni- versity's student population had more than doubled to

Lloyds Bank (left) was one of the most impressive of a number of buildings in the area, which was subjected to clearance and demolition in 1972.

The building on the left was the old grammar school, and is now a solicitor's office.

This view is in Homefield Park north-east of Steyne Gardens, and looks towards the Homefield Road gate; the chimney of No 42, one of the road's 1880s houses, can be seen between the trees and Thurlow

The Canongate was where the canons of Holyrood Abbey entered the Old Town. The tolbooth, with its projecting clock, is one of the most famous landmarks on the Royal Mile and dates from 1591.

It is the county town on the eastern side of the Island of Bute. The pier has changed little from how it appears in this photograph: in the holiday period it is still as busy as it was a century ago.

All the central buildings occupy part of the original market place, which was bounded by the buildings at the far right and left. In the distance is the parish church.

This view shows the bus station that disfigured the open space of Kingsbury until the new bus station was built as part of the Friars Square development in the 1960s.

A port at the mouth of the Arun, and once a Tudor royal shipyard, the old town runs east from the river bank.

It was a popular place for holidays when this picture was taken, even though the village was disfigured by a ruin of an alum works and an iron bridge carrying the LNER railway line from Whitby to Saltburn

A view from the west bank of the River Medway, looking to the medieval bridge and Aylesford. It is superbly proportioned, with one wide central span and three smaller arches on the approach.