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The number 11 bus still passes this point. On the right is an entrance to Bank Station.

Once this was the part of the street with clothing shops; it is now the part of town with the banks, building societies and estate agents.

This view was taken from the Rutland Arms Hotel. Hulley's, a local coach firm, have one of their vehicles parked on the bus stand.

The Hepworths shop in photograph No 25657 was taken over by a local bank and given a splendidly bulbous and fruity Flemish-style ground floor soon after 1890.

This view has changed little, although the pub's black and white walls have been painted over.

This view shows the bank before its additional floor and new façade were added. Today's traffic has brought lights around a much-reduced traffic island, which has lost the trees and shrubs.

This attractive town of grey slate houses sits at the edge of Bodmin Moor on the banks of the Camel. A camel weathercock wittily crowns the fine Town Hall, built in 1806.

The Bank c1955 The village of Whitburn lies between South Shields and Sunderland. On the north side of the village green is this raised terrace.

Taunton is a town surrounded by water, with the Tone passing through its heart and the marshes not far away.

This view looks from the Mansion House balcony to the Bank of England.

Croston lies on the banks of the River Yarrow, 10 miles from Preston. Cobbled Church Street leads to the church of St Michael and All Angels - the parish boundaries once extended to Chorley.

On the left outside Rodber's furniture and floor coverings shop can be seen tables, beds and a chest of drawers, and also their delivery van.

It used to be said that George Square reminded visiting Londoners of Trafalgar Square, except that the central column was a monument to Sir Walter Scott instead of Lord Nelson.

This scene is worthy of a painting; it shows a typical windpump used to drain the reclaimed marshes.

In 1737 a Stafford mercer, John Stevenson, started a bank, one of the earliest outside London.

In 1811 Sir Walter Scott purchased the Cartley Hole estate on the banks of the Tweed and changed its name to Abbotsford.

The bank on the corner has become the Midland Bank, while across The Square the familiar names of Boots the Chemists and Foyle's Library appear on shop signs.

Bursledon is divided into two distinct halves - the new and the old. The older part is naturally more interesting, with its quaint old buildings clinging to the banks of the Hamble.

This lovely half-timbered house is typical of many houses in this quiet neighbourhood, not far from the banks of the River Severn.

Sleaford is built on the banks of the River Slea which splits into two branches no more than streams in size.

Written records of St Mary's Church date back to 1210. The High Street is remarkably quiet, but it is captured at a time of largely horse-drawn transport.

In this later view, we can see the Guildhall on the left side of the riverbank. As well as an underground passage opening right onto the water's edge, the Guildhall has two secret rooms.

The Eyot (meaning island) is called after Richard D'Oyly Carte; he strengthened the banks of a small island in the River Thames below Shepperton Lock, and built this large house upon it in 1889.

This scenic stretch of the Thames, by Christ Church Meadow, has long been a rowing reach; at one time the bank would have been lined with eye-catching college barges, which were used as clubhouses and