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The Green is now tidied up, but it retains the signpost of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

A reflection in the river gives us a reflection of the past.

The illegally-parked and shining Hillman Minx is a forerunner of the age of mass motoring, which will soon overwhelm the city's streets.

A typical late Victorian beach scene, with donkey rides, a complete absence of skin exposed to the sun, and a photographer's equipment - a tripod and a cart for storing the glass plates - to the left of

Ryde is one of the Isle of Wight's important access ports, with ferries crossing the Solent each day.

This photograph shows Cornmarket Street running down to Carfax, with the outline of Tom Tower dominating St Aldates on the far side.

Perranporth takes its name from St Piran, patron saint of Cornish miners, and was originally a mining community.

The round house on the north bank of the river was a popular bathing spot.

Swanage may get its name from Swene's Wic, the Bay of Swene, perhaps commemorating the naval battle between Saxons and Danes in 877.

A family group of children enjoy a boating trip on the River Leven at Newby Bridge, at the southern end of Windermere.

A fruity example of high Victorian exuberance, the nave pulpit dates from 1889. Behind it can be seen one of two spiral-cut columns.

Another view of the High Street looking towards Maidstone Bridge on a sunny spring day. Once known as The Great Bridge, Maidstone Bridge was built in 1879 to designs of Sir Joseph Bazalgette.

In 1757 Rowland Burdon bought the old manor house and estate of Castle Eden Dene from William Burghley, a former Secretary of State to Queen Anne.

Keay House - centre left - was named after the first Chairman of Basildon Development Corporation.

Ryde is one of the Isle of Wight's important access ports, with ferries crossing the Solent each day.

Situated near where Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire meet is the pretty village of Lechlade, with its fine array of Georgian houses.

The castle, situated about one and a half miles south of Killarney, is close to the shore of Lough Leane.

A small fishing boat sails out to the fishing grounds in St Austell Bay past the lighthouse on the end of the South Breakwater.

Up School Hill, northwards from Merriott, the sign of the Three Horseshoes can be seen in the distance.

Behind, in the basin, is one of the usual sights in the Docks in the 1890s - the masts of sailing ships.

The church of St John Baptist dates back to Norman times, when it consisted of a west tower, nave and chancel.

A castle was first erected on Brownsea Island by Henry VIII, and was strengthened at the time of the Armada.

Within a few years the Bull Ring became one of those places where pedestrians took their lives in their hands, having to dodge scores of ICI workers as they freewheeled four, five, even six abreast down

The bust - on a plinth to the left - is of Charles Sweet Willshire (1837-89), who was a liberal politician and municipal representative.