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Back in 1851 Sheffield was one of the towns at the centre of a price-cutting war between the Midland and the Great Northern railway companies for the lucrative passenger traffic associated with the

In fact Brindley wanted to take it all the way to Liverpool using an aqueduct over the Runcorn Gap but could not raise the financial backing to do so.

It dates back some 3,500 years to the Bronze Age, and was a ritual stone circle and burial chamber.

Some of the structure dates back to William's days, but most is mid to late 14th-century, with 18th- and 19th-century buildings in the outer ward.

The photograph shows the Provincial Bank, which had in fact been in 'Hercules Place', now absorbed. Its railings and shrubs helped to put it in line with the new Avenue, and it became number 2.

There exists a rather persistent but erroneous myth among the locals of Barrow-in-Furness that the town hall was built back to front.

Back in the days of Edward II, it was the principal town in the region for making fine linen. Its products were shipped to Yarmouth on barges capable of carrying several tonnes of material.

Churchtown can trace its recorded history back to the Viking landings, but it is also true that the settlement will have been in existence before the outcasts from Ireland made their way ashore.

This view looks back towards the town centre. These Georgian buildings with their refined sash windows have gone.

Records show that St Lawrence stands on the site of a Christian church dating back to at least 1108.

Amesbury dates back to at least 973; it is the nearest town to Stonehenge, and has a population of about 6,000. In 980, Amesbury Abbey was founded for Benedictine nuns.

building we see here is largely Elizabethan; we know from the local records that it was `new-builded` in 1597, but archaeologists have now worked out that some of the internal timbers date back

The Wye has long been famous for its salmon fishing, as records going back to the 10th century show. It has been controlled over the years in an effort to conserve stocks.

This approach to the city is picturesque, with the canal winding its way through the meadows between reed-fringed banks.

This is a good close-up view of the main exhibition building that backed onto Talbot Road, which got its name when Sir Humphry Trafford married Lady Annette Talbot in 1823.

Barclays Bank beyond has gone and been replaced by Goodwins hardware store. Further on was Hall's men's wear shop, but it too is no more.

This view looks back towards Woolworth's from Bakehouse Hill, where the mini-roundabout marks the convergence of the High Street, Gold Street and Lower Street.

The broad, stone-built jetty included sheds as shelter for passengers, as well as loading and unloading facilities, and trains could also back onto the pier, as we see in our photograph.

On the north side of the street the confident commercial frontage is that of the Wilts and Dorset Bank, which was absorbed into Lloyds (right).

Visit the museum and step back in time among the mahogany counters, the coloured bottles and rows of medicines.

The Cross, the junction of the High Street, Cambridge Street, Huntingdon Street and Church Street, marks the original site of the centre of town, and was a planned medieval market place.

It rarely looks back to the past and to the time when, for example, Daniel Clerk the grave digger kept a large basket of human bones in his kitchen, claiming that he knew whose remains each was.

That evening Crabb went to Havant and caught a train back to Portsmouth. A frogman was seen entering the sea at the mouth of Portsmouth harbour.

Barclays Bank beyond has gone and been replaced by Goodwins hardware store. Further on was Hall's men's wear shop, but it too is no more.