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The castle, re-built in stone from 1189 by William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, keeps a broody watch on the town - as it has always done. Henry Tudor, the future King Henry VII, was born here in 1457.

With St Mary's Church in the distance, Church Street is typical of a market town by-way in the early 1950s.

We are looking north towards Kemple End. The first sod of the railway line at Clitheroe was cut on 30 December 1846.

The Walmer Stores in the centre of this photo has its blinds down.

This is the bottom or western end of Westgate.

Virginia Cottage is on the left, and the shop of shoemaker Fred Cox who was succeeded by Frank Cox.

What a scene this is, with bathers in the water, and gentlemen sitting on benches putting the world to rights. Tourists are ordering tickets for the twice-nightly end-of-the-pier show.

The Carfax 1907 The Carfax and market place is at the heart of the old town.

Cliffe perches at the end of the long chalk ridges, overhanging the marshes of the Thames. It was formerly an important place until a fire in 1562 gutted the town.

This view shows the western end of East Street, with a closer look at the Town Hall clock-tower and cupola, and Colmer`s Hill forming the conical eminence in the distance (centre).

Staines was very much an agricultural area when this photograph was taken towards the end of Queen Victoria's reign; the shop fronts tell us a great deal about the commercial aspects of

Photographed before its conversion to a one-way system, the High Street appears a quiet market town thoroughfare.

It was a ford which fixed the site of Belfast, but not long after the town was begun, a bridge crossed the river.

The Co-operative's elegant range of buildings with a clock tower was another victim of 1960s development in the town. The Society was formed by a group of silk workers in 1864.

Lyme Regis harbour, or the Cobb, was once a seafaring settlement separate from the old town.

East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (left), was built by J and T Gale in 1784 and has been widened.

East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (left), was built by J and T Gale in 1784 and has been widened.

The Co-operative's elegant range of buildings with a clock tower was another victim of 1960s development in the town. The Society was formed by a group of silk workers in 1864.

The shingled spire of the 14th-century church of St Peter and St Paul rises above this picturesque collection of old houses and shops at the southern end of the churchyard.

The River Trent is navigable for some 93 miles, and plays a vital role in linking the waterways of the North East with those of the Midlands.

Ward and Sons, established 1868, the first garage in the town, was set up by William for his two sons, Cliff and Philip; William was the landlord of the Angel Inn at the time.

This building replaced a fine Gothic-style mansion which was burnt down before its completion in 1829.

This view shows the western end of East Street, with a closer look at the Town Hall clock-tower and cupola, and Colmer`s Hill forming the conical eminence in the distance (centre).

Seven miles from the Humber and to the west of Hull, Cottingham was another desirable place to live for prosperous merchants; in the 18th century there were five magnificent houses here, which were all