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Sir Joseph Paxton, designer of the Crystal Palace, laid out this park on the banks of the river Kelvin. It was opened in 1853.

In the 1850s, Cheapside was one of the most fashionable shopping streets in London, with a 'mighty stream of traffic' flowing through from Oxford Street to Leadenhall and the City.

The 1881 census revealed a steady rise in the size of the professional, commercial and managerial classes: in 1890 the city's fortunes were founded not on industrial might but on the realm of international

The 1881 census revealed a steady rise in the size of the professional, commercial and managerial classes: in 1890 the city's fortunes were founded not on industrial might but on the realm of international

Opposite the Mansion House is the Bank of England, a single-storey monolithic edifice, designed in 1734 by George Sampson.

Barrow Corporation purchased Biggar Bank on Walney in 1881 to serve as a public recreation ground for the people of the expanding town of Barrow.

Nowadays the bank is more formalised and the trees are fewer than in this view, which looks along the river bank north-east to the suspension bridge.

Bounded by Gosmoor and Charlton Roads, Priory Park was a favourite spot for picnics and Sunday afternoon strolls down to the banks of the River Hiz close to Brick Kiln Lane, Charlton, which runs behind

It benefited from the spread of the cloth industry in medieval times, and its prosperity led to the building of many solid timber houses for clothiers and yeomen.

The village street shown in this picture is now a busy part of the town. The two cars, a motor cycle and one bicycle reflect a slower pace of life.

This view looking from the New to the Old Bridge is now much altered. A footbridge now spans the river between the two and there has been extensive development on both banks of the river.

Although spinning and weaving were Paisley's main industries, there were also several shipyards along the banks of the River Cart. The longest lived was Fleming & Ferguson.

Bishop's Waltham is still remembered for having the only privately owned bank in the country, before it was sold to Barclays in the early 1950s.

Lloyds Bank on the left has moved, and the National Provincial Bank further up on the left is now Barclays Bank, which has been altered extensively. Note also the war memorial, centre left.

This seemingly idyllic rural summer scene on the banks of the River Brit, with its group of thatched cottages, lines of washing and vegetable garden, is brought acutely into focus by a closer

Poole developed along the banks of the finest natural harbour in England.

The village of Braemar is situated on the banks of Cluny Burn.

Just over two miles east of Upper Boddington, Byfield is a village that expanded with the arrival of the railway. This view is on the High Street, part of the A361 Banbury to Daventry road.

Re-crossing the Trent at Gunthorpe, the route turns back towards Nottingham along the busy A612 to Burton Joyce, where the river sweeps close to the road.

On the left is the covered entrance to the Playhouse.

This water-mill, powered by a hidden undershot wheel, stands on the bank of the river Bure, and is built of entirely of wood. There are two large millstones leaning on the small annexe.

This summer recreation corner on the banks of the Wharfe lay below the present Collingham Wood House on the Wetherby road.

There was a time when Barnard Castle was one of a number of prosperous towns in the Palatinate; the others were Durham, Darlington, Hartlepool, Stockton, Sedgefield, Staindrop and Wolsingham.

The view from Kingston Lacy House shows the wooded Badbury Rings on the horizon.