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Built from the bricks for which the town is famous, it cost £13,000, of which the Corporation borrowed £10,000.

In the early 20th century, when Beoley was still completely rural, The Village Inn used to be a popular destination for people venturing out of town by horse-drawn carriage or by bicycle.

In the early 20th century, when Beoley was still completely rural, The Village Inn used to be a popular destination for people venturing out of town by horse-drawn carriage or by bicycle.

The Helen Garden, opened in September 1933, was given to the town by the late Mrs Helen Reid Stewart Hornby Lewis, as a plaque informs us.

From 1938 to 1966 Market Gate roundabout, seen in the foreground, attempted to speed the flow of traffic on the A49 and A57 routes through the town centre.

The square building to the left of the bridge is the old Market Hall which later became Town Tailors and then Burberrys, both providing welcome employment locally.

The photographer was standing on the position of the old town wall/boundary. Beyond the wall there would have been more room to spread out, and so immediately the road becomes much wider.

One of the main shopping streets of the town, this photograph of Union Street conveys something of the bustling nature of the area.

In the gardens, and to the left of the statue, stands the obelisk erected to the memory of the town's dialect poets Margaret Lahee, Oliver Ormerod, Edwin Waugh, and John Trafford Clegg.

It was not always quiet on the streets of Penistone; until 1910 cattle and sheep were sold in the streets on Thursdays, and many a deal was struck over a pint or two at the Spread Eagle Hotel.

The town relied on the sea for employment, and it was once an important rival of Holyhead for the Irish ferry.

Still alone and flanked by old trees from the carriage drive to Wycombe Abbey, the Town Hall is two years old in this view, a fine building in Queen Anne style.

A picturesque collection of cottages and shops line the spacious main street of this Georgian coaching town, as we look towards the triangular Bowling Green, while the photographer's activities attract

This country town is close to one of the noblest houses in Kent - the Jacobean home of the Sackvilles, Knole. St Nicholas's Church (left) has a 90ft-high tower and turret with a cupola.

At one time, Co-op shops stood in most towns and even some villages, this one belonging to the Society at nearby Carnforth.

The railway line to Huncoat and Burnley crosses the road here.There was at one time another line down to Rawtenstall, joining what is now the East Lancashire Preserved Railway.As well as having three

The Circus, in the town centre, is where five roads meet. It has the usual mixture of banks and public houses on its corners.

The Town Hall was built in 1887 in a style described as 'French Renaissance'. The building was used briefly in the 1980s to house the Halton Chemical Industry Museum.

The school was originally located in premises opposite the parish church, but had moved to its present site to the south of the town by 1750; rebuilding began in 1809.

At the top of Lantern Hill (centre right), 100 feet above sea level, stands the Chapel of St Nicholas, patron saint of sailors, fittingly enough, and also of scholars.

Full of quaint old Georgian houses and historic buildings, Arundel has long been an obvious destination for tourists and visitors.

The long stretch of the River Axe between Axmouth and Colyford is an excellent habitat for wildfowl, and birdwatchers often line the riverbank in the early months of the year.

Just beyond the Marine Hotel is the site of the Sidmouth Brine Baths, where visitors to the town could have massage and 'electrical treatment' - probably a low current passed through the

The old city of Hereford was contained by the River Wye to the south and the town walls to the north.