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At the west end of Lumley Road there were a few shops in 1899, but the view is utterly transformed now from Roman Bank, a reference to the old Roman sea wall.

Workmen in the Square found the skeletons of two men and a woman; both men had been buried with a sword and shield. Archaeologists believed that they were early Christians.

Porritt houses had the reputation of being fine residential properties: Mr Porritt spent a quarter of a million pounds using the best materials, including stone from his quarries in East Lancashire.

Its church disappeared from the cliffs into the ever-encroaching sea in the reign of Richard II. Another was built, and that too was a ruin for a number of years - it has since been restored.

The old stump of this tree known as Merlin's Oak is still kept in the town's civic hall.

The mines were about to close when in 1768 fresh deposits of the copper were discovered.

The paddling pool in front of it is a precursor of the modern day Sun Centre, perhaps. The coats and the empty pool reveal few takers for its delights – it must be a cold day.

The end of the aisle is blocked by the monument of Sir Robert Gardener (d1620), who built the almshouses behind us.

St Margaret's sits halfway between Altrincham and the estate of Dunham Massey (now maintained by the National Trust), hence the title given by Frith's to this photograph.

The buildings are a mixture of 18th- century cottages and 19th-century grander houses which were built on the site of former farmyards.

The late Norman church of St Andrew was greatly altered in the 15th century. To stand in the nave is like being inside a lantern as light floods in through the large Perpendicular windows.

This is one of fifteen towers built with the defensive walls of the town between 1284 and 1396.

People lived and traded on Bond Gate until 1969. Now, together with Bond Street, it is a dispiriting introduction to Nuneaton for those of us who arrive by train.

The triple gables of the early 17th-century house form the centrepiece, with flanking wings. John Ely, a Manchester architect, added the Tudoresque bay window to the right in 1894.

Canford Church is regarded as one of the most interesting in Dorset, both architecturally and historically.

The windmill, which still stands on the summit of Bidston Hill, was built as a flour mill in 1800 and functioned as such until 1875.

This is a part of Wallasey known as Liscard Village. The roundabout was removed in 1979 to make way for a new road junction.

On the right-hand side is The Golden Cross Hotel, rebuilt in 1932 on the site of one of Bromsgrove's oldest coaching inns.

Today everybody would be wearing T-shirts and shorts and slapping on the suntan lotion.

The town centre design was quite visionary, and attracted several of the big retailers.

A popular stop-off for cyclists and walkers from the local towns long ago, this small settlement included the well known Cross Keys Inn, now derelict - as are most of the other buildings we see here.

The property on the left is little changed today.

This stretch of the High Street is wider than the rest, probably because the market was originally held here; the market was moved into the Guild Hall with its clock tower on the left, designed by Withers

We are looking north, with the White Swan on the left and tall trees near the church in the centre. The grass in the foreground would soon bear a 1914-18 war memorial.