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The parish church of St James is thought to date back to the reign of either Henry II or Richard I, though it was heavily rebuilt about a hundred years after its original construction.

Because of its prestigious reputation and close proximity to the Bank, city financiers clamoured to live here, and annual rents from a single house could reach the incredible sum of three hundred

Behind the pony trap on the right we can glimpse Hiley's Restaurant (now the Nat West Bank), noted for its shilling dinners.

Nearby are the National Bank, the Royal Exchange, the Stock Exchange, and the Athenaeum Club.

The road is widening as we look back towards the High Street.

Though it seems we are looking back into an era long past, already the trams are electric-powered.

Built of sandstone and dating back to Saxon times, although with a Norman nave and chancel, it still has a number of small pews for children installed in 1790 at the beginning of the Sunday School

A number of people, on the beach by the bathing machines in the distant back ground, enjoy the mirror-calm water.

The old Northamptonshire Union Bank on the right of the picture is now the Nat West, though fortunately the facade remains intact.

There were two hotels in the village, the Vine in the village centre and the Grange along Sea Bank Road just behind the sand hills.

This view shows the backs of buildings along Kempock Street.

A few minutes from the centre of the original village and situated by the weir, this small 19th-century hotel on the banks of the River Lea, with its eight rooms, was, and still is, popular with anglers

On the Windsor bank the non-Etonian spectators watch the Procession of College Boats.

During a terrible flood in 1952, the river burst its banks and five feet of water surged through the hotel and stables.

The track is the main line between Paddington and Exeter, and here is carried above the River Carey on the back of a five-arch viaduct.

We are looking towards Back Lane.

This view of the Mill House, further north along the Buckinghamshire bank, captures wonderfully the curious formality of late Victorian leisure activity as the fishermen sit stiffly in

The market that was traditionally held here was moved away in 1973, but it was recently brought back for a trial period after a campaign by local traders.

The town's reputation for its fine market harks back to the 14th century, when the first rights were granted to the abbot of Cockersands.

A rather complex road junction now marks the spot where these gates once stood.The gates, signifying the entrance to the Bevois Mount Estate, date back to 1844, but were removed before World War Two

The road is widening as we look back towards the High Street.

Widnes was then just a sleepy little hamlet of a few houses on the banks of the Mersey.

Widnes was then just a sleepy little hamlet of a few houses on the banks of the Mersey.

The handsome building in the centre of this view, adorned with a balustrade and pinnacles, was a branch of the Midland Bank in 1950.