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A hundred years earlier in Eckington there were another five inns and taverns in the town: the Rose and Crown, the Duke of York, the Coach and Horses (whose landlord Jas Robinson was also a spring knife

They were required to wear a blue gown and the silver badge of the Bear and Ragged Staff of the Warwick earldom.

This view shows the King's Head, which bears the date 1697. Ongar was an important staging-post for carriers, passenger-coaches and wagons.

In the aftermath of the Great War, the post office still bears a recruiting poster. It is interesting to speculate whether the 'Local Views' in the postcard rack are by the Frith company.

Overlooking the Market Square is the Black Bear Inn. The building dates from 1634. Today the ground floor has been painted white, so that the timberwork can only be seen on the floor above.

The area in front of the Bear Hotel has now been extended into the road to provide space for outside tables.

In the distance we can just glimpse the Georgian facade of The Bear Hotel.

and the pedestrian crossing marked with belisha beacons in the middle of the photograph, show little indication of the enormous weight of motor traffic which this section of the main High Street had to bear

Below the Town Clock the blackened sandstone of Holy Trinity Church bears witness to the effects of industrial pollution. Meanwhile a rag and bone man trots on his way in front of the Metro Cleaners.

It is interesting to note the variety of eating places in this photograph; at least two bear the title 'Ye Olde...' - a familiar designation for many business establishments during the 20th century.

The two porches bear the inscription '1656 GPITS' and 'TCI'.

Even in 1903, the un-made-up road surface bears mute witness to the substantial amount of horse-drawn traffic it carried daily.

The clock was added in 1909, and the hall bears the motto of the Savile family: 'Be Fast'.

Belfast is pleasantly situated at the end of the lough that bears its name. This view looks westwards across the lough to Cave Hill, just to the north of the city.

In the last century the landlord of the Britannia kept a pet bear, which regularly escaped to wander round the village!

The bell on the sign bears the motto 'I call for the living, I toll for the dead, I scatter the lightning'.

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

His tomb bears an anchor tied to a cross with the epitaph 'And so He bringeth them into the haven where they would be'.

Here we see yet another half-timbered inn, the Red Lion, bearing testimony to the importance of the town in medieval and coaching days.

This is a typical lodge house of the Ailesbury Estate variety; it bears Gothic features such as the ornate barge-boards and detailing to the eaves.

The Saxon crosses are just behind the Black Bear pub on the left, which has the date of 1634 just above the entrance. The structure on the right is the war memorial.

The bell on the sign bears the motto 'I call for the living, I toll for the dead, I scatter the lightning'.

There is a classical-style bridge of steel and stone there now, decorated with Bocking's armorial bearings.

Here we see yet another half-timbered inn, the Red Lion, bearing testimony to the importance of the town in medieval and coaching days.