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It was built in 1850 by Joseph Kaye, who was well-known in the town as a merchant, a brewer and the owner of four mills at Folly Hall.

Here we have a fine overview of the town centre against a backdrop of the Fairfield Horseshoe group of mountains.

Before the advent of the car moved shoppers to out-of- town stores, main streets such as this displayed a rich multiplicity of goods, with regional shops trading beside the more well-known

A place familiar to all train travellers through Devon, Dawlish nestles across the sides of a broad combe, with the railway line protecting the town from the sea.

One of the most memorable images in the entire Frith archive, this intimate shot of the Cobb wall was inspired by Jane Austen and Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

The architecture of the High Street reflects the wealth that a depressed town gained from its booming boot and shoe industry in later Victorian times.

Also known as Bay Town, the village became a favourite haunt for artists and holidaymakers alike.

The hilltop town of Shaftesbury has wide views over the Blackmore Vale and thousands of acres of rolling Dorset countryside. Some locals still use its old name of Shaston.

The name 'Finkle' comes from a Viking word meaning 'angle' or 'corner', and this less than straight street has not changed its line since those times.

Returning from India with a taste for spicy food, Robert Clive is thought to have introduced ginger-bread, a product for which the town is now famous.

Another view shows what a high quality design the subscribers got from their architects, Arthur McKewan and G H V Cole, using a sort of Baroque-cum-Wren style. It cost £6,000.

The original George Hotel was Walsall's chief coaching inn during the era when the town was served by at least a dozen coaches daily.

The development of many Victorian towns included the provision of a public baths and Lytham is no exception.

Formerly the Peel Institute, the Town Hall was built in 1858 as a tribute to Sir Robert Peel.

The shop offers an alternative to alcohol by offering teas and snacks, in a time before pub food was the norm.

The medieval borough and market town of Bala is still loved for its wide streets in this most rural part of Meirionnydd.

Barnard Castle had a fulling mill by 1316, which suggests that there was a local cloth industry, and there were three corn mills operating in the 1390s.

In 1933, 70 acres of chalk downland were acquired by Chatham and Gillingham councils to create this beautiful open countryside nature reserve between the two towns.

Just behind the road sign is an entrance to the Feathers Hotel, once an important coaching inn linking the town with Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester and on to London.

The clock tower of Burnley Town Hall can be seen in the distance (right), and on the extreme right the Kwik Snaks café is visible.

A crowded steamer passes Kepax Ferry on the northern edge of town, close to the old waterworks. There were six houses at Kepax and around 1906 all were occupied by the Bailey family.

This is the administrative centre of the city, with the late 19th-century County Hall, the Court House and the Town Hall.

Hangman's Cottage, seen here on the left, was the home of the town's resident executioner in the 19th century.

It was not until 1920 that the Corporation allowed band concerts in its parks on Sundays; they were light years behind many other towns and cities.