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Richard Rigg opened his Windermere Hotel in 1847—the same year as the Kendal and Windermere Railway reached the town— and his yellow-and-black coaches provided a connecting service from the adjacent

Budleigh Golf Club was created on what had been common land on the cliffs to the west of the town, and is now known as East Devon Golf Club.

Also situated north of the town and at one time also called the Lions' Den, these sandstone caves were once a feature of The Plot, an area of common grazing land.

The picture shows the northern end of the village looking towards Downend.

When Victoria University broke up in 1904, Leeds was left by far the poor relation, unable to match the financial input enjoyed by Manchester and Liverpool.

Dedicated to two 6th-century saints, St Mael and St Sulien, this church looks down on the town and has done since medieval times.

The church was founded in 1107 and was the cause of bitter rivalry between town and prior, culminating in each faction building its own 15th-century bell towers.

Tile-hung walls are a feature of this town, and several examples can be seen here.

This crane is still in use, and can be seen from many parts of the town. Here, it is being used in the fitting out of the Oronsay in Buccleuch Dock.

As we can see in this photograph, the market place stands above the main road through the town, and so is often missed by visitors.

Deal is an elegant town, and nowhere is this clearer than in this view, taken from the Pier pavilion looking back to the town.

A delightful view of Hazelgrove, a popular area of the town for promenading.

The Normans established a town, and provided the church which was dedicated to St Nicholas.

A royal burgh and port, Irvine was, by the 1920s, a town of 7,000 inhabitants.

This time the position was right: it was about one and a half miles out of town, and set in the new suburbs along the Cliftonville Road.

When Victoria University broke up in 1904, Leeds was left by far the poor relation, unable to match the financial input enjoyed by Manchester and Liverpool.

A deck chair and a roll of wire fencing stand outside the ironmongers in Spring Street.

When Victoria University broke up in 1904, Leeds was left by far the poor relation, unable to match the financial input enjoyed by Manchester and Liverpool.

Stourport's close proximity to the industrial cities of the Midlands made the town and the rivers a favourite day out around this period.

Two hundred and thirty-five years before this photograph was taken, Samuel Pepys visited the town and ate 'very good troutes, eels and crayfish' at the Bear Hotel.

Colchester is often described as Britain's oldest recorded town - this was a town of vital importance to the Romans.

Alongside the Market Cross, and also in Blue Lias limestone with Ham stone dressings, is the Town Hall.

This view, taken from the station, shows the town and Cadair Idris, the River Wnion, the famous 17th-century bridge and tollhouse, and the tower of St Mary's church.

The electric tramway ran from Chester General station through the town and crossed the Dee by way of the Grosvenor Bridge. It then continued to Eaton Park and Saltney.