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Ipswich's Grammar School was founded in the beginning of the 15th century.

The new shops on Broadway are on the site of the former outside market. Also just visible on the left are the new Cornhill shops, which are on the site of the Odeon cinema.

Robert Wynn was a prominent gentleman and merchant, and his house displayed all the good taste that would be expected of a man of such standing.

Sheffield Polytechnic was formed in 1969 with the amalgamation of the Sheffield Colleges of Technology and Art; the new institution was housed in purpose-built facilities on land between Howard

Cheltenham's Town Hall was built in the fashionable Baroque style during the reign of Edward VII.

This photograph shows the village of Streatley on the left bank of the Thames. An old wooden bridge linked the village with Goring on the opposite bank until it was replaced in the 1920s.

Just before the turn of the century, Datchet suffered serious flooding when the swollen Thames caused a pond in the centre of the village to overflow.

At the close of the 19th century, Alton bore the stamp of an old country market town, with its bustling streets and striking shop fronts. Opposite the King's Head is the town's market square.

Richmond Council, despite vociferous local opposition, struck a deal to sell the site to their preferred developers, the property group Dawnay Day, who own most of the shops and flats on the south

TODAY IT IS still possible to see some vestiges of buildings that were known to those who lived through the English Civil War almost 400 years ago; one example is Pennies, a half-timbered house

This was the office of the Harbour Commissioners, a body of senior ship owners, shippers and merchants; they did away with the small docks to provide spaces now occupied by Queens, Albert and Corporation

One of the university's architecturally more interesting buildings is the Brotherton Library, paid for by Lord Brotherton and containing over 500,000 volumes, including its benefactor's private collection

A lavish late Victorian interior gives an idea of the comforts to be expected by guests at the hotel. A variety of furniture is provided, seemingly packed into the room.

This view of the donkeys and their handlers, the 'donkey boys', also includes, on the right, the portable darkroom used by Frith's photographer. Behind is a row of bathing machines.

Here we see plenty of donkeys and riders. Note the two portable ramps with iron wheels, which were used to help passengers get in and out of the pleasure boats.

The neatly-tended garden beside one of the thatched boathouses provides a vantage point to watch boats on the broad. Note the old tyres protecting the corner of the staithe.

As a reminder of Tetbury's wool trade heritage, an annual woolsack race is held up the town's steep Gunstool Hill, each competitor carrying a burden of wool weighing 65 pounds.

There is a small Garden of Remembrance here, together with one of the town's wells. The Bath House is behind, with its chalybeate spring producing water at a constant temperature.

A classic view of a 'boreen' or small road. The luxuriant vegetation reveals the almost Mediterranean climate of the west coast, whilst the roads hereabouts are dotted with isolated smallholdings.

This part of east Berkshire consists almost entirely of 19th-century development; here and there are a few large Victorian houses with huge plate-glass windows and free Renaissance decorations.

These one-man shows, which reached the height of their popularity in Victorian times, were based on the character of Pulcinella, the impudent hunchback from the Commedia dell'Arte, which originated

He described the scene in verse: 'Groves of pine on either hand To break the blast of winter, stand; And further on, the heavy channel Tumbles a breaker on chalk and sand'.

To the left of Carfax there used to be a 'pennyless bench' where beggars sat and women sold butter.

There are over 130 lakes in the Water Park, making it the largest man-made complex of its kind in Britain.