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This photograph shows Victoria Road and the approach to Bank Top railway station.

The area at the top of Staithes is known as Bank Top and here, in 1929, we see two recently- completed bay-fronted detached bungalows (right of view) which have been carefully positioned to take full

This row of quite modern-looking cottages at Bank Top, lying behind a neatly cultivated garden plot was, in fact, built in 1833.

At the other end of Grove Street, Bank Square took its name from the Union Bank of Manchester, with its fine clock and cupola.

Martin`s Bank (centre left), on the left of Yorkshire Street, has lost its turret and other roof top features during modernisation and the Midland Bank has been cleaned.

The George Hotel, top left, spans the entrance to the Market Arcade in Devonshire Street. It led into a covered market built between 1860 and 1866, a venue much used for meetings and entertainment.

On the left is the covered entrance to the Playhouse.

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.

This shows the bank designed by Archibald Simpson (1839), topped with a statue of Demeter, and a large block of houses by John Smith (c1810), showing Smith's characteristic recessed, curved corner.

This postcard shows the parish church of St Martin in the centre, and clockwise from the top left, the village centre; the `Roman` Baths in the Nook; Lover`s Leap; and the view down from the Bank.

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.

The wooded slopes in the background are on the Staffordshire bank of the Dove, and rise to Air Cottage on the top of the hill opposite.

The imposing entrance on the right led to the Midland Bank, though why they should have removed its carved top and replaced it with a very ordinary clock is beyond me!

The imposing entrance on the right led to the Midland Bank, though why they should have removed its carved top and replaced it with a very ordinary clock is beyond me!

The River Winniford (right), trickling down the valley from Chideock village, seeps into Lyme Bay through a bank of pebbles below the Anchor Inn (centre).

This flight of 122 steps leads up to the parish church dedicated to St Chad.

This view of the square shows how it had been broken up, so to speak, and had lost the impression of openness.

The plateau-top village of Youlgreave stands between the valleys of the Bradford and the Lathkill; it is a prosperous settlement based on lead mining and farming.

Situated at the top of Lythe Bank, about four miles from Whitby, this charming 17th-century coaching inn still serves beer and refreshments to the public.

Right of the Westminster Bank stands Manor Court, which was built as a merchant's house in 1550; in the upper rooms, some ceilings still retain their fine plasterwork decoration.

In 1908, the view of the town looking back under the bridge was unobstructed.

This view from the west shows John Smedley's massive Hydro on the opposite side of the valley, which brought spa town prosperity to the town after its erection in 1853.

On the Buckinghamshire bank (since 1974 in Berkshire) Henry VI's great foundation, Eton College, has rendered this another 'company town'.

The ferryman's cottage remains, but is now inaccessible and very private, with the river path blocked by a gate to its east.