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The bridge is more than over 2,760 yards long, including the approach viaducts, giving a clear headway at high water of 150 ft. The steel towers stand 360 ft high and are supported on granite piers.

Davey Place was formed in 1812 to link the cattle market (in Castle Meadow in front of the castle) with the main market place, butting through the yard of the King's Head.

Once known as Vicar's Lane and then Little Alice Lane, the street branches off to Minster Yard, where the Theatre Royal opened in 1730 - it was the first theatre in York.

In the 1960s, the Sun Hotel's yard did not include fire escapes from the upstairs rooms, as it does now.

HMS 'Elephant', Nelson's 74-gun flagship at the Battle of Copenhagen, was built here by George Parsons and launched at his yard in 1786.

HMS 'Elephant', Nelson's 74-gun flagship at the Battle of Copenhagen, was built here by George Parsons and launched at his yard in 1786.

From 1586 an Elizabethan inn thrived here as one of Andover's larger coaching inns, but now, through the arch, only the Georgian rebuild of the hotel remains, with hardly a yard and nothing of

The massive rocks were taken down Cowpasture Road to stone breaking yards around Ash Grove.

This photograph encapsulates farming old-style, with hens running free in the yard by the house.

The Unicorn Inn and the Bell Hotel were demolished long ago but the splendid Crown Hotel is still trading, though its former yard has been converted into a shopping arcade, Crown Passage.

The hill on the right has a memorial to Devonport's most famous son, Captain Scott, and on the riverside in the middle distance the large barn-like building is King Billy Yard, the oldest covered shipyard

This area was once noted for its shipbuilding, but only one yard survives today, with a sizeable dry dock. Out of sight round a bend in the River Torridge is Bideford.

Some of the small boats here were almost certainly built at Lidstone's, whose South Town Yard started business in 1824.

The shop displaying local views (postcards) and Royal Worcester china (the obvious souvenir) is perfectly placed to catch tourists flocking to the cathedral, the main entrance of which is in College Yard

Construction work had not begun until the previous November, with over 43,000 cubic yards of chalk excavated and used as infill for the new promenade.

Construction work had not begun until the previous November, with over 43,000 cubic yards of chalk excavated and used as infill for the new promenade.

The lower building marks Grosvenor Yard. Beyond are the semi-circular front of the 1930s Doric Cinema and the gable of King Edward VII Memorial Hall.

About 300 yards from the Square is the parish church of St Helen. The church clock is unusual in that it has two XI Roman numerals but no IX.

This memorial stands outside the cathedral, close to the entrance to College Yard. It can not have been long built when photographed, for it commemorates those who died in the Boer War of 1899-1902.

The buildings above the shops survive today, and the bus stop has moved only a few yards to the left.

Here we see part of the town's waterfront, with a boat yard on the left, and Caffa Mill Pill, an inlet since reclaimed for a car park and a new slipway for the ferry.

Directly under the cameraman's feet is the entrance to the 459-yard-long Chirk Tunnel.

The church- yard contains the graves of 330 Canadian soldiers; many of them died from an influenza epidemic which swept the area in 1917-18.

The covered way at the side of J Todd's Grocer and Tea Dealer was built for the vicars-choral, so that they could cross from where they lived in Bedern to the Minster Yard without being molested.The