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In the section of the park beyond Marlborough Road, Edward Davis erected this obelisk to the then Princess Victoria in early 1837 for Bath to commemorate the 'attainment of her majority'.

The entrance block of the theatre was formed from Beau Nash's first house in Bath, a pre-Wood era building of 1720 with heavy moulded window surrounds and cornices.

As we look east from Queen Square, the terrace we see on the right, Northumberland Buildings, built in 1778, is another design by the ubiquitous Thomas Baldwin.

The second building on the left has a sign showing it to be the office of 'The Hampshire Herald and Alton Gazette' at 9 Normandy Street.

Isolated on an island amidst the marshes, the community grew lax and neglected their religious discipline; the monks developed a taste for worldly comforts.

It is entirely possible that Queen Katherine of Aragon worshipped in the 10th-century church during her stay at Ampthill Castle in 1533.

Wiveliscombe has been occupied since the Romans passed by, and during the medieval period it served as a summer residence for the Bishops of Bath and Wells.

St Mary's is reputed to be the oldest church site in Devon.

The square was named after the Bradford MP W E Forster, who sponsored the compulsory education act of 1870.

The famous spring was discovered on the banks of the Wharfe by labourer John Shires on 4 June 1744. From then on, visitors flocked to the town to enjoy the benefits of its health-inducing treatments.

This cottage high up on the moors contained two stone plunge baths, one of which is still on display today. The well spring and the house date from the early 1700s.

The brick building on the right has gone, and the timber building beside it has been extended.

This imposing building is impressively situated on the shores of Southampton Water.The original castle, built by Henry VIII in 1542 as part of his many coastal defences, has all but disappeared, and

The four pointed gables were built in 1899 on the site of two small cottages and a plastered building that seemed to be the remainder of an ancient chapel.

We are looking from the Nag's Head Island side towards Bridge Street and the town.

In the centre are the pump, in use until 1939, and the 16th-century Market Cross. On the right are Mabel Kemp's cycle shop and Isaac Minn's, saddler.

Whilst Cardiff and Llanelli were, and always will be, the home of Rugby Union, golfing was the Welshman's second love - although in this picture no one was playing, at least not on this tee.

Beyond the line of bathing machines, waves crash against the beach in this turn-of-the-century photograph. Much of the town's architecture dating from this period survives today.

Across the toll bridge from Batheaston, the road crosses the A4 dual carriageway Batheaston bypass into Bathampton, a village now linked by development to Bathwick and Bath.

Some of the right hand side is taken up by Jolly's, the famous Bath department store which had a most elaborate Victorian stone and granite shopfront of 1875 added to part of its frontage.

From Terrace Walk, York Street passes the rear of the Roman Baths, screened by the rusticated walls and corner pavilion added by Brydon in the 1890s.

Bainbridge was once an important junction, for here the roads to and from Lancaster, Swaledale and Westmorland met.

The Spa was built in the Victorian era, when Whitby was hoping to become a second Bath.

The miniature railway at Cofton Wood was nearly as popular as the tea room, though one cannot help wondering if the adults in this picture are not just the teeniest bit embarrassed.