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The 35ft statue of Queen Victoria, designed by the architect J S Gibson and the sculptor H C Fehr, dominated the centre of the new city square following its unveiling by the Prince of Wales on 12 May

Then it declined, and found an unsavoury niche as a smuggling and sheep-rustling centre.

the decorative work - finials, dormers, chimneys and belfry - was removed, leaving a much plainer facade, but the school survived until 1990, afterwards being adapted as Chequer Mead Arts Centre

Now called St Aldhelm's Methodist Reformed Church, this lovely little building stands alongside and open to a busy street near Corsham town centre.

The Old Neptune pub (centre left) has not changed much since the photographer snapped this picture.

Centre white lines, street lighting and traffic lights control the road junction, and there is an official bus stop outside the church.

The foreground in this view is now occupied by a roundabout and Village Way, which leads off to the right and the Cranleigh Leisure Centre.

The setting south-eastwards from the Mill Pond includes tenements in former Church Farm (left) and cottages on Church Hill (centre), though those below Wyvern Cottage have since been replaced by the

Peveril Point and its strata of Purbeck marble jut out seawards (centre right) with the chalk cliffs of Ballard Point (top right) rising northwards across Swanage Bay.

Seen in the centre of the photograph, but also marginalized, are the houses alongside the old Hereford Road and the steam of the Hereford to Abergavenny train.

The Cross in Geddington's village centre was built in 1294 to commemorate Queen Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I.

The central swing boat was popular with younger children, and the little girl in the centre seems to be anxiously waiting her turn.

By the 1950s, Bournemouth was at the height of its popularity and one of the most prosperous towns in England, as this view of the town centre shows.

The delightful timber- framed house in the centre of the picture is said to date from 1510.

The minster's twin towers dominate most pictures of East Street, but Hawker's new drapery shop (centre right) comes a close second in this shot.

The attractively crowded buildings in the centre of Hawkshead village are well displayed by this early photograph, with the former Market Hall on the left.

The former Cistercian monastery still dominates the grounds of Studley Royal, and is now served by an award-winning National Trust visitor centre on the hillside above.

Although the B1004 is called the High Street, it is South Street that provides the main shopping centre for the town.

Lexden Terrace (centre) was built in the Georgian style in 1843 by the builder and developer Captain John Rees.

The drinking fountain in the centre of this photograph was given to the town by R Grant JP in memory of his wife.

On the corner of Quay Road is Corner House of c1800 with black advertising panels (centre), now gone, alas.

Two of the older properties here - Lloyds Bank and the building beyond it (centre right) - still stand. St George's United Reformed Church stands behind the photographer.

It received a market charter from Charles II, and at its centre is a big triangular Market Place. The garage has now been replaced by public toilets.

Centre left is the Bethany Baptist Church, which opened in 1827 when 30 members left the Frogmore Street Church.