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Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.

Worthing, like a tide of building, washed east, west and north before and after the Second World War.

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.

Taken from the west edge of St Peter's Green, this view looks north up the long avenue towards Bedford Park. This is an early view, with the lime trees little over ten years old.

Here the photographer looks west from the Town Hall, and we can see the extensive encroachment onto the market place. Its Royal charter was confirmed as long ago as 1227.

To the right of the cathedral can be seen something of the warehouses and wharves of the city docks.

Corpach lies to the north of Fort William, where Loch Linnhe turns sharply to the west, narrowing and then widening out again to form Loch Eil.

A greensand village, it is slightly off the beaten track and quiet: or at least quiet west of the B3000 Puttenham Hill road, which links the A31 and the A3.

Foundry Cottages (left) and three-storey Foundry House (far right), in West Allington, were the hub of Richard Robert Samson`s Grove Iron Works.

The back of the Crown Inn can just be seen in the centre, where Station Road becomes Hinckley Road, curving south past the parish church, and on to Nailstone and Market Bosworth.

Frith's photographer was looking west away from the Council House, with Long Row on the right.

Bristol developed to become a major centre for the importation of timber for use throughout the west of England.

The imposing west front of the Abbey, following the completion of its restoration thirty years before.

Many of the Manchester businessmen that settled in Alderley in the mid 19th century came from a Nonconformist background and they often kept up their connections with the city.

The gardens for the Prospect Hotel (rebuilt in 1870) on the corner used to extend down to the road and over the site of the memorial.

The name of the delightful Ham stone village of Montacute derives from St Michael's Hill to the west, in Latin 'mons acutus', or 'steep hill'.

Here we see another busy beach view in 'The Empress of Watering Places' with many umbrellas protecting ladies from the summer sun.

Highway improvements have swept away the Italianate and balustraded mid 19th-century buildings in front of the spire, which is that of St Paul's Church. At the far right is the Swan Hotel.

North-west from Kingsbury we go down Buckingham Street, passing the Wesleyan Church, now Aylesbury Methodist Church.

Standing on rising ground on the west bank of the River Gwendraeth, Kidwelly and its fortified town were founded by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury during the reign of Henry I.

The churchyard to the west of the church is framed on three sides by remarkable and complete sets of almshouses.

The village of Bradpole is shown here from the north-east, looking south-west from above Hole House Farm and the valley of the Mangerton River across to Holy Trinity Parish Church (right) and the fields

The manor of Barden lay to the south-west of Tonbridge. Barden Park House and its estate was in the possession of the Abrey family during the latter part of the 19th century.

Navenby is a small market town with wide, airy views over the Trent valley to the west. There is a fine church, noted for its Decorated Gothic chancel, and a broad main street, once the market place.