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The church of St Peter, with its unusual saddleback-roofed tower, dates from Norman times.

A tramcar rattles over the junction of Frederick Street and Princes Street. Edinburgh was well served by its tramway system for 85 years; services came to an end in November 1956.

This splendid view shows part of the fishing fleet and a spritsail sailing barge beached in the shallow waters at low tide. White painted bathing machines are visible behind the barge.

The Frith photographer returned just over thirty years later to take a further picture of the West Gate. A car and motorcycle are now in evidence, but little else has changed.

On the summit is a watch-tower dating from the Napoleonic Wars, and an archway made from the jawbones of a whale.

The Goat was a smart traditional hotel on the A5 at the time of this photograph. Nowadays it is a busy corporate activity inn. The A5 is now much busier too.

The adjoining shop, displaying the Spratts Scottie dog, was that of Charles Carvell, bird dealer.

A suburb to the east of Warrington, this is still a mainly residential street. The houses on the left have now all gone, to be replaced by bungalows for the elderly.

This is an unusual view of the Square with Church Street beyond. Today the Square has been paved over and has trees planted in it – but it's still used for parking.

A fine view over the River Avon, with a horse cooling itself by the ancient ford and a thatcher practising his age-old craft on one of Ringwood's most picturesque cottages.

This is a charming piece of old Kent. Note the typical Kentish architecture - hung tiles and a hipped roof - and the big conservatory and the round oast house to the right.

Along with Great Haywood, this village was where the inhabitants of Shugborough were relocated, as their own village was gradually absorbed into the parkland surrounding Shugborough Hall.

This fine study of Goudhurst looks up the High Street. The Vine Hotel stands on the left, whilst halfway up the hill is a horse-drawn wagon.

At the height of the coaching era, up to five hundred horses crossed the bridge daily.

The royal apartments were situated on the west side of the quadrangle. Queen Margaret's Bower is where her majesty kept vigil while James IV fought at Flodden.

This picture shows a shop selling cathedral view postcards next to the SPCK depot and the Diocesan Bookshop, all on the right-hand side of the picture.

North Wales has been a popular venue for the annual army camps for regulars and for the Territorial Army from around the turn of the 20th century.

Many boats were half 'n halfers of 30ft to 40ft in length, and suitable for drift netting pilchards, herring or mackerel.

Around this time Staffordshire dairy farms were producing nearly 80 million gallons of milk a year; by the 1960s it had risen to over 90 million gallons.

St Stephen's Church is prominent on Rosslyn Hill above the tranquil water of the pond, which is disturbed only by a few fishermen and rather more observers.

The gardens are now looked after by the corporation; they feature two fountains, which are replicas of those at Hampton Court, as well as superb floral displays.

The premises of W V Dunn's East Cornwall Grocery Stores (left) are now occupied by the Paxman Pharmacy, but the spot is still known as Dunn's Corner.

Still referred to as Wisbech Castle, the Regency villa built by Joseph Medworth, about 1816, is the least impressive of the buildings to have born that name.

The worn stone bears mute testimony to the clop, clop of a million horses' hooves over the years.