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Opposite the Vectis Tavern is Terminus Road, where the Newport to Cowes Railway Company built its station in 1862.

At first it was suggested that the railway station should be built adjacent to St Martin's Church in 'The Lordship' (see picture 53332A on pages 48-49), now known as Meadow Bank Recreation Ground

In 1842 Port Erin was chosen as the location for a Marine Biological Station; it still exists, though these days it is a part of the University of Liverpool.

Ferrybridge is ideally placed for a major power station - coal could be delivered on the adjacent River Aire, and so from 1927 for thirty years Ferrybridge 'A' Power Station, seen here, generated

It also accesses the equally important Central Station junction (right), where the Wirral and Northern local rail lines interconnect.

This final view from the castle keep looks due south across the bus station in Porter's Field.

Station Road was laid out in the late 19th century, and contained many prominent institutions.

Back at ground level we see the buildings that grew up around the station in the 1880s and 1890s, including Horley and Sons, corn and coal merchants, Vevers and Sons, plumbers and decorators

This view shows the bus station that disfigured the open space of Kingsbury until the new bus station was built as part of the Friars Square development in the 1960s.

The bridge was constructed to give road access to the railway station built on the St Martin's side of the river in 1846; it was designed in the same Gothic Revival architectural style, and the parapet

Everyone in Dalton knew when there was a fire, as a siren went off at the fire station to call the volunteers to the engine to set off to fight the fire.

The pub in the distance is still the White Hart, but the petrol station has gone. The village church is hidden behind the trees on the right.

Frith's photographer looks from the railway station along The Parade, which was started soon after the railway arrived.

The station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs, opened in 1865, and the white stuccoed house, now a builder's offices, dates from around the same time.

The pub in the distance is still the White Hart, but the petrol station has gone. The village church is hidden behind the trees on the right.

A lone policeman in his high-buttoned tunic directs traffic emerging from the Ewell Road to cross the junction with Station Way, The Broadway and the High Street.

It owes its origins to the establishing of a fishing station by the government Fishery Board in 1786. The aim had been to develop commercial fishing in the Firth of Lorne.

The railway lines and signal indicate that the LMS High Level Station is still in use, although the railway line and station soon disappeared owing to the closures of the 1960s and the

The Works' fire station (centre) and bath house (centre left) can be identified by their gabled roofs.

Despite all the disorder, Loughborough's ratepayers petitioned that the 'new' full- time police should not be stationed in Loughborough.

The Police Station and Fire Station, now the Library, are just on the right of the square.

One stop down the line from Enfield town, Bush Hill Park station was opened in 1880 to service this development by the Northern Estates Company.

Swanage Station and Station Road (centre right) can be seen beyond the Rectory (bottom right), the home of Rev Thomas Alfred Gurney, which is now Swanwic House.

Over on the left is Manchester Exchange station, opened by the London & North Western Railway in 1884 and famous for the long platform which linked it to Victoria Station.