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The Library and adjacent buildings on the left are of more recent date than those on the right because there was a regular problem with flooding on this side of the road, caused by the local Bourne stream

In the 19th century this area of the town was prone to flooding, and the mill dam was blamed. In 1879 the Corporation bought the mill from Lord Stafford and built a new weir and floodgates.

Sailing dinghies were becoming popular, and sailing clubs were established on both sides of the river.

Built during the dark days of the depression, this was a statement about civic pride.

Silver Street led from the Market Place to the river, which was lined by the warehouses and factories of this once busy inland port, including my grandfather's Rose Brothers, a packaging machinery

Piper Bank appears in the census returns of 1851 and on maps of Rossendale as a place name.

In 1913 the Council received an offer of land skirting Woodcote Hall from Lord Rosebery as 'proof of my deep and abiding affection for Epsom'.

The early period of its history has left a great deal of physical evidence in the street pattern as well as some buildings, while documentary references further flesh out the picture.

Boots the Chemists' library (behind us, at the corner of Market Street) was upstairs, approached by a wooden staircase.

Most of the land around Pitsea, Dunton and Langdon Hills had originally been farmland; the crops were mainly barley, oats, wheat, peas, beans, and clover.

This is the mother-church of Sudbury, with St Peter's as its chapel-of-ease.

The Redgrave Road area of Vange did have a few pre-New Town shops near the Bull public house in Bull Road, and were reasonably near other old shops, which were mainly on the A13 road at Vange and Pitsea

This photograph shows part of a hypocaust (underfloor heating) system and the remains of mosaic floors.

This is part of Old Leigh, with the railway on the right and the sea behind the buildings on the left.

The heart of the city changed almost continuously throughout the 20th century as new public buildings, office buildings and department stores were constructed and road building and widening schemes

The heart of the city changed almost continuously throughout the 20th century as new public buildings, office buildings and department stores were constructed and road building and widening schemes

It stands on the foundations of a fort built about 1639 by Sir Arthur Hill after he left a post at Carrickfergus Castle. It was given Royal approval and the garrison was paid for.

Here we have a fine aerial view of the large No 9 dock and the area around it.

The first castle on this site was built by Robert de Todeni in the 11th century, and it was improved upon by subsequent owners until the 1470s, when Lord Hastings ordered it to be dismantled to provide

This is one of the county's most famous beauty spots on the crest of the North Downs, providing breathtaking views across the Weald to the South Downs and Littlehampton, and into Sussex from its height

On the right is the Mole Valley Council Offices, opened in 1984; the building is not in keeping with the character of the town, but architecturally it is a good design.

This is a charming photograph of the area outside the churchyard entrance. Many refer to this village as the most perfect in Lancashire, with its village green next to the church, and old inn.

An attractive village south of the railway line and the River Wreake, Frisby has a number of good houses.

In the 1600s it would not have been the horse-drawn wagons that the visitor first noticed, but more likely the smell, for Stanstead Abbots was a centre for the manufacture of woad.