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A gas lamp stands in the middle of the square, where the market cross once stood. A pestle and mortar (still present) proclaims that Mackereth, late Mason, is a chemist's shop.

One such (pre-Norman) 'Norman' castle originally stood on the site from which this photograph was taken.

The market cross stood in this position until it had to make way for progress in the form of the motor car. Having said that, a rather nice Vauxhall is to be seen outside the general store.

The mature cedar tree has gone, along with the Congregational chapel in whose grounds it stood. Behind the chapel site, back from the road, its gravestones have been preserved.

The quaint old clock tower with the fire station in its base, which stood at the foot of Gravel Hill, was an early casualty of the town planners' ruthless remodelling of the town centre.

The Institute for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge has stood up well to the passing of time.

By 1871 the population stood at around 6000, and by the time this picture was taken it was well over 30,000.

Pleshey's church dates only from 1868, though an earlier one had stood in the field behind the White Horse, on the left of the picture.

It is the perfect site for the ancient priory that once stood here; it was attached to the church of St Celert, and pilgrims have made their way here down the centuries.

It is the perfect site for the ancient priory that once stood here; it was attached to the church of St Celert, and pilgrims have made their way here down the centuries.

The 16th-century Vange Hall stood a little way to our right, near what is thought to have been the site of a Roman brickworks. All that now remains of the Hall is its duck pond.

The building in the picture was built c1910 on a site of an alehouse and barn; similar hostelries had stood here for almost a century.

Established in 1882 in its first purpose- built home, the early adoption of the Free Library concept stood testament to Cardiff's municipal pride and foresight.

A subsequent casualty of the automobile age, this popular hotel, with its three patient horses waiting for their passengers, stood alongside the A3 at Wisley until it was demolished to make room for the

Originally it stood in the grounds of nearby Petersfield House, and was given to the town when the house was destroyed in the 18th century.

It is also said that the origin of the name Stydd is 'stood', because during a severe earth tremor this was the only building undamaged.

Not far from Stroud, the village of Chalford clings to the steep wooded hillside of the Golden Valley.

Bristol, with a population of 150,000, also returned two MPs, but Stroud and Cheltenham were not represented.

A relic of the old stone balustrade from the bridge is preserved behind the new shops where the mill once stood.

worshippers had to bring their dead to St Chad's, the parish church of Poulton, people from the new town of Fleetwood had to come to Meadows Avenue, which used to be called Parr's Lane; the punishment stocks stood

This imposing, ornate gateway once stood where the Strand becomes Fleet Street, and was erected in 1672 to a design by Wren.The effigies portray Stuart monarchs.

Its church is thought to have stood somewhere in the vicinity of Westley Hall.

The Castle Hotel once stood on the left-hand side, but today there is a National Westminster Bank on this corner.

Until the 1960s, Charlton Kings railway station stood half a mile up the hill from this spot - its site is now an industrial park.