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Many of the town's elegant buildings were built during the 18th century, when the town prospered from the East Indies trade.

The Trinity Weslyan Methodist Chapel, on the corner of Mawney Road and Linden Street, was built in 1888 and provided seating for 750 worshippers.

The statue of Queen Victoria is on the right and beneath it are two of Nottingham's other fixtures - Solari's and Capocci's ice-cream stalls.

Here we see evidence of early tourism in the area with a wonderful display of post-cards in the shop on the right.

A 'tidy' view of Market Square complete with flower beds, mown grass and full benches just before opening time. Many of the buildings surrounding the Square show evidence of ancient origins.

Street furniture is on the increase, and Luton's planners show innovation for the period with the first example of a mini-roundabout, just visible behind the vehicle in the middle of the photograph.

The processional cross once belonged to the Roman Catholic Chapel at Wingerworth Hall, seat of the Hunloke family.

The Old House of 1678 is a prominently-sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best.

Twelve years before the turn of the century the Eastgate looks austere without its decorative clock.

It is hard to believe that this narrow road was once part of one of the major highways of England which had linked London and Chester since medieval times.

This is a favourite place of pilgrimage for loyal Americans. Washington House, on the main street, was the home of the forebears of American President George Washington.

Straddling Rothley Brook, the medieval bridge is a feature of this large village that has grown considerably since the last war.

Lymm post office, with the public telephone box outside, is on the left; on the right is the site of the present Saddler's Arms on the corner of Legh Street.

He commissioned Slater and Carpenter of London to design St Peter's in the fashionable Gothic style at a cost of £10,000.

This section of Bridge Street has changed drastically since this view towards Market Gate was taken.

The parish church of St Mary is built from deep golden Carstone with limestone details.

The memorial shelter and clock tower were erected to the memory of G W Brown by Mr Whymper in 1902. We cannot see the clock; it was made by J R Ingram of St Ives.

The Duke of Suffolk and his wife Alice, a granddaughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, built the two-storey primary school in the mid 1400s.

Once part of an ancient hunting forest and dominated by a castle, Powerstock huddles in its valley not far from the Iron Age hillfort of Eggardon, in the heart of West Dorset.

The hotel takes its name from the Dukes of Norfolk, formerly the Earls of Arundel, whose principal ancestral home is Arundel Castle.

North Street leads out of the town in the direction of Cowdray Park, with which the town is most closely associated.

Here the Market Place has a fair number of local people and tradesmen curiously watching the cameraman's antics in the middle of the street.

The Red Lion Hotel in the charming village of Armathwaite occupies a beautiful position at the foot of a tree-clad bank above the River Eden.

Much of the brick is now painted, and the 'lych gate' roof can be seen next to the inn sign. Beyond are the walls to the grounds of The Dicker, but many of the trees are now gone.