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The arches around the veranda carry the shields of the Lancashire towns who supported the movement.

The site was much fought over by the Vikings, the Normans and the Welsh, so that the cathedral has been rebuilt on several occasions. The cathedral is modest in size and squats in a hollow.

Its style is classed as early Perpendicular; the chancel was taken down in 1706 and the arch filled in with brickwork.

Built in 1864, it replaced a much older hotel, itself a replacement for an inn, the Antelope, which existed here in 1538.

The bridge carried the great North Road until Ernest Marples opened a much- needed bypass in 1962.

Carefully positioned, with views to the north over School Lake, this is an imposing Italianate house with fine red brick and terra cotta facing, accessed by an imposing triple-arch porte-cochere.

The road widens to form Posey Green, with the 1930s Horseshoe Inn on the right out of camera shot; it is a rambling mix of local sandstone and timber-framing with a huge horseshoe- arched

Mock Gothic turrets were added, a profusion of sharply arched windows and much other sham detailing. To many the stupendous structure had the look of an ornate medieval castle.

The vaguely Art Deco style of Shirley House (left) contrasts with the Gothic look of the Baptist church, but Stratford Road today is a much more eclectic mix than it was in the 1960s.

The old medieval stone bridge, with one central and two pointed side arches, carries Yarmouth-bound traffic over the Thurne. Its painted warning 'Caution, proceed slowly' must not be ignored.

In 1924, after engineering reports of a dangerous weakening of one of the main arches, the old bridge was closed to traffic.Work on the new Waterloo Bridge was started in 1937.

A familiar landmark, as well as serving as a reservoir Lockwood Beck has for many years been a much-used fishing haunt, and has also been visited by an interesting variety of wild fowl, including

The old medieval stone bridge, with one central and two pointed side arches, carries Yarmouth-bound traffic over the Thurne. Its painted warning 'Caution, proceed slowly' must not be ignored.

The road passes through the walls between the two arches shown in this photograph, and the walk around the surviving walls of York is still one of the finest ways to see the city.

The pillars and arches are of different Norman periods. The eight round-headed windows above them were the clerestory windows of the original Norman church before the roof was raised.

Opened in 1934 on the site of the former Middleton Hall corn mill, these gardens became another focal point for the town and a much-loved asset.

It is superbly proportioned, with one wide central span and three smaller arches on the approach. Sailing barges are beached on the far shore.

The oldest part of the existing castle, the Portcullis Arch (shown here) dates from the 14th century.

All the houses on the left have been bought by the Thomas Hickman Charity in recent years and refurbished, including the Chantry on the left, a pretty Gothick front of about 1840 with arched and hood-moulded

The ground floor was again rebuilt in 1873, including the round arched windows, which were retained after its closure in 1996 when it was converted into two shops.

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north- west corner of the Town Hall.

Our tour now heads north-east to Greenwich to a much grander building.

At the time of the opening of the Leeds Town Hall in 1858, an arch commemorating Queen Victoria's visit was erected in north Leeds.

The outline of the three main entrance arches marks the centre of the building.