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We are looking down towards the Market and the Town Hall, with the Lloyds Bank building beyond the Savoy Cafe (right) - Lloyds Bank moved to Whalley Road in 1962.

A popular location, it is somewhat surrounded by uninspiring housing estates and housing, such as the 1950s Bell Banks bungalows opposite, but it and Bell Banks Road are living links with

The tall building on the right was refronted about 1920 and Henry Chilton was replaced by the 1930s Midland Bank, stone faced and Moderne, now the HSBc bank.

Whitchurch lies opposite Pangbourne, which is situated on the Berkshire bank. This turn-of-the-century photograph captures the atmosphere and feel of the village at that time.

Frith's photographer has moved beyond Boatslide Weir Bridge to the bank to look at the weir itself. The chains on posts are still here to protect rowers from the hazards of the weir.

The imposing bulk of Nos 1-3 Middle Row, with its lower floor adapted as the new premises of the London Joint City and Midland Bank.

The sea cadets parade proudly at their headquarters east of Kings Meadow on the south bank of the Thames.

Reading developed further south on higher land along the banks of the River Kennet, well away from the then marshy meads bordering the River Thames.

However, there are some fine Georgian and Victorian buildings - one is the bank at the far side, peeping our behind the trees.

Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle.

E J Tong the ironmongers next door are still in business and still in the same building, and so is Barclay's Bank.

Before this it was the premises for Brooke, a baker in the mid 19th century, and then a smaller Malmesbury bank which was taken over by North Wiltshire Banking Co.

York Street, on the right to the other side of the Midland Bank, was cut through only at the end of the 19th century to improve traffic flow to Richmond; traffic previously had to funnel

The narrow High Street, with its branch of the National Provincial Bank (later to become the National Westminster Bank) on the right, and the local Post Office, shoe-shop, and newsagents on the left, was

During floods in 1600, the Trent changed its course and Holme, formerly on the west bank, became an east bank village.

Barclays Bank, next door, still operates in what has been banking premises for over 120 years.

On the same side, behind the Musgrave Monument are the white ashlar premises erected for the National Provincial Bank, now housing the National Westminster Bank.

On the north bank, Embankment Gardens were laid out in the late 1880s with wide tree-lined walks along the river bank.

It looks more like an ornate bank. Indeed, the borough offices expanded into the neighbouring Old Bank in 1926, the hard red terracotta building to the right of 1887.

There had been a house (probably half-timbered) at Bank Hall in the Middle Ages, but in about 1780 it was decided to improve the building, and the structure seen in the picture was the result.

There were two Littlehamptons, a busy port and fishing village about half a mile inland on the east bank of the Arun, and the seaside resort which grew up after 1800.

There were two Littlehamptons, a busy port and fishing village about half a mile inland on the east bank of the Arun, and the seaside resort which grew up after 1800.

The best house is on the right, slightly set back from the road and with a central niche containing an urn. Built about 1835, it became a bank, hence its current name 'The Old Bank House'.

In the distance, on the right, is Bank Parade house, once the home of Sir James Mackenzie (1853-1925).