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Some of the two hundred navvies engaged in building the Portsmouth Railway line were drinking here late one evening, when Donaldson attempted to enforce closing time, and was struck down by a blow from

North Street joins High Street by Lloyds Bank, and it is down here on the left that we find the last Daventry Grammar School building.

This building replaced a fine Gothic-style mansion which was burnt down before its completion in 1829.

Further down the hill, part of Butter Row Methodist Chapel, now a private house, is visible.

A hundred years after this photograph was taken, there appears to have been little change to the overall shape of the town, for Ilkley today retains the charm of the Wharfe Valley and the splendour of

The view shows the centre of Anstey, as the road drops down from the heights of Bradgate Park, enclosed out of Charnwood Forest c1200 as a hunting park.

The camera looks east down the High Street, which opens onto Church Gate and Derby Road. Kegworth's origins lay in its medieval weekly market and annual fair.

The camera looks at the mundane, suburban face of the village as Woodgate drops down to Cross Green.

Swindon - 'swine down' or 'pig hill' - is Wiltshire's largest settlement; it grew from the two villages of Old and New Swindon of about 2,000 inhabitants in 1900 to its present size of about

The brewery chimney came down in 1959, and the remaining building became the site of the bus station. On the outskirts of the town was the Naval Training Ship HMS 'Cabot'.

The landlord hired out boats by the hour, as well as providing trips up and down the river. He had the unfortunate name of Mr Crook.

We can see the Church Street Road Bridge to the left, and the land upon which the church is built slopes down quite steeply to the river.

Further down on the right is another Debenhams store selling perfume.

The Symes family still run Chideock Post Office Stores further down the street.

It was still running in its original state until it closed down in 1999 - a unique piece of living history was lost!

South Road became so dominant that it altered the character and subsequent development of other areas within the town such as Commercial Square, Boltro Road, and the Broadway.

Further down the road are Johnson and Smith's Staines Ironworks; such local foundries were not uncommon in larger towns at this period.

There was a lodge down in the village, and the estate of about 14 acres was laid out with attractive gardens and woods.

The first is down Market Street. The Baptist church was built early in the19th century; it was attached to a farmhouse, the tile-hung building to the right.

Horse-drawn ambulances, taxi cabs, flat wagons, and even a horse bus were used to convey the patients down to the new Royal Infirmary on Oxford Road.

The Apex stands in the fork of the junction between the High Street and Church Street, both of which lead down to old landing stages on the Great Ouse. Today, little has changed.

The nave of St Mary's acted as the parish church for the town, while the large chancel was used by a secular College of Canons, responsible to the King, whose duty was to pray for members of the

The Downs Link, a long distance footpath, passes through the village on the route of the Horsham to Guildford railway line.

In 1826 she was based at Bude; in 1852 she was sold to Henry Petherick, whose family were to own her until 1936.