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In 1737 a Stafford mercer, John Stevenson, started a bank, one of the earliest outside London.

Opened in 1885, the pier cost something in the order of £30,000 to build.

The photographer stands in the shadow of the White Hart public house, later called Madison Exchange and the Newt and Cucumber.

Pilgrims came from all over the world to pay homage at the Shrine of St Swithun, a former Winchester Bishop.

The use of Crickhowell House itself has proved controversial, with Rhodri Morgan once calling into question its construction standards and the financial expediency of its occupation.

Honiton is the largest settlement on the River Otter; this ancient market town stretches along a mile of Roman road.

The House of Correction stood on this site until 1829. The county jail was then relocated and the new Town Hall was built incorporating some of the cells.

The Green is now tidied up, but it retains the signpost of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

A reflection in the river gives us a reflection of the past.

The big house set back from the road left of centre is Weeth, and past it the road continues down into the valley of the Cober.

The illegally-parked and shining Hillman Minx is a forerunner of the age of mass motoring, which will soon overwhelm the city's streets.

A typical late Victorian beach scene, with donkey rides, a complete absence of skin exposed to the sun, and a photographer's equipment - a tripod and a cart for storing the glass plates - to the left of

Ryde is one of the Isle of Wight's important access ports, with ferries crossing the Solent each day.

This photograph shows Cornmarket Street running down to Carfax, with the outline of Tom Tower dominating St Aldates on the far side.

Perranporth takes its name from St Piran, patron saint of Cornish miners, and was originally a mining community.

The round house on the north bank of the river was a popular bathing spot.

Swanage may get its name from Swene's Wic, the Bay of Swene, perhaps commemorating the naval battle between Saxons and Danes in 877.

A family group of children enjoy a boating trip on the River Leven at Newby Bridge, at the southern end of Windermere.

A fruity example of high Victorian exuberance, the nave pulpit dates from 1889. Behind it can be seen one of two spiral-cut columns.

Another view of the High Street looking towards Maidstone Bridge on a sunny spring day. Once known as The Great Bridge, Maidstone Bridge was built in 1879 to designs of Sir Joseph Bazalgette.

In 1757 Rowland Burdon bought the old manor house and estate of Castle Eden Dene from William Burghley, a former Secretary of State to Queen Anne.

Keay House - centre left - was named after the first Chairman of Basildon Development Corporation.

Ryde is one of the Isle of Wight's important access ports, with ferries crossing the Solent each day.

It stands on the site of the original priory and of the 17th-century manor house that succeeded it. Stonework from both buildings is incorporated into the structure.