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Originally the first of the Cinque Ports, its Saxon harbour had silted up by the late 14th century, ending its role as the chief place of embarkation for the Continent and as England's premier naval

650 years of shipbuilding on the Wear came to an end with the closure of North East Shipbuilders' Southwick yard in 1989.

Royston is another former colliery town north of Barnsley.

Though built of quality stone, the Town Hall, designed by Reginald Edmunds in the 1930s, has little in the way of decoration; in that respect it is eclipsed by the ornate clock tower erected to the memory

Allhallows is in the hundred of Hoo, close by the Thames.

In the 18th century, Prestatyn was a centre for the lead-mining districts of north-east Wales.

Once the village of Ebbisham, its popularity as a spa resort in the Restoration period, followed by its emergence as a racing centre in the following century, saved Epsom from decline.

A pair of ladies in fashionable Edwardian costume stroll along the raised pavement of Rowcroft on their way to the shops of King Street. A little ahead of them is a gas lamp standard.

A couple of old villagers pass the time of day with a youngster in the West Cumbrian village of Gosforth.

Here we get an idea of the imposing bulk of the great Half-Moon Battery, the parapet of which was added in the 1690s.

Binbrook, on the side of a valley of the rolling western part of The Wolds north of Ludford, was once a prosperous small market town with two parish churches.

The Georgian practice of the leisured classes of promenading along the water's edge for therapeutic reasons continued to be popular during the Victorian and Edwardian eras, and imposing parades were constructed

A small group (centre left), seeking the shade of mature trees in the hot summer of 1921, faces the photographer.

The abundance of Union Jacks and other flags in this view of Wakefield indicates that the photograph was taken in 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation.

This road junction is just to the south of the centre of Wellington, and sits astride the London to Holyhead road that was built by Thomas Telford in the early 1800s.

In 1903 lifeboats were either of the pulling or sailing type.

We are looking westwards along Leys Avenue; we can just see the last of the Georgian-style shops and flats in the distance.

One casualty of the increasing maturity of the population can be seen in Wilmslow Opera's recent problems.

One casualty of the increasing maturity of the population can be seen in Wilmslow Opera's recent problems.

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.

One much-loved inhabitant was the actress Peg Woffington, who died here at the age of 39.

A peaceful scene away from the bustle of the front. In the hazy distance are the sails of boats. The street is lined with a medley of newly-constructed buildings.

The remains of Ratae Coritanorum, the origins of the city and a regional capital, lie adjacent to the superb Saxon church of St Nicholas, seen here in the centre of the photograph.

Founded in 1798, with the aim of providing an education to the children of members of the Masonic Order, the school moved to its new buildings at Bushey in 1902.