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It is named Lady Isabella in honour of Lady Isabella Hope, wife of Governor Hope. When this picture was taken, the mining company charged visitors 3d each to use the observation platform.

One of the oldest cargoes handled here was china clay from Cornwall destined for the Potteries.

South of the town, a long-redundant lightship lies on the slipway near Argent Street; its light was hauled up to the masthead on cables.

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs. St Leonard's church was built in 1895.

Prior to the development of the coastal resort at Colwyn Bay in Victorian times, the old village, lying to the east and just inland from the coast, was known merely as Colwyn.

'Hence Rhyl has become noted for the number of children that visit it, and these little ones find an inexhaustible fund of pleasure on its beach'.

This clearly shows the fine sweep of elegant buildings that lined Glentworth Bay and the hillside.

By the beginning of the 17th century those Englishmen who could afford it had taken up the craze for smoking tobacco in pipes made of clay.

Even in the 1960s, this part of Chorley was a one-way system to help ease the traffic problems. Today this area is pedestrianised, and the whole of Chorley centre seems to be a one-way system.

This view is taken from the east end of Embankment Gardens, where there was a matching urn to that at their west end.

He was curate here at one time, and used to preach in summer from the steps of a stone cross in the churchyard. Nearby is a large, redbrick building with towers, gables and terracotta panels.

In 1893, a study by a German sociologist found that six out of every seven working-class families in the mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire managed to save enough money to spend on a holiday.

His estate was confiscated by the Crown and later given to Margaret Tudor and her husband the Earl of Lennox. Their son married Mary, Queen of Scots.

The County Lunatic Asylum was built at Stone, three miles west of Aylesbury, in the early 1850s by the architects Thomas Wyatt and David Brandon.

This picture was probably taken soon after the end of the Second World War, judging by the Food Office sign on the right of the picture.

The building of Charles Church started in 1640 after Charles I gave permission for another parish to be created. Construction was suspended in the Civil War and completed in 1657.

The 120-foot tower of St James' dominates this view from the south-east. The church is notable for its 15th- century frontals, which are said to be the earliest set in the country.

In 1969-70 a floor was inserted and shops were created on the ground floor. To the left is Everards Hotel, owned by William Emms.

At the junction of the A12 and B1177 (centre right) is an advertisement for the Spread Eagle Hotel, kept by George Zessel, whose father had the White Hart at Wickham Market.

On the opposite side of the road was the Onslow Arms inn, whose name honours the Onslow family.

The first part of it - 'Michel' - is not clear, but the second part means 'water', and is a reference to the little River Dever which rises in nearby Stratton Park before meeting the Test at Wherwell.

Former students of the college have a tradition of walking the promenade and 'kicking the bar' - the railings at the far end.

The school was founded in 1564 by Richard, Lord Riche, Lord Chancellor for two years in the reign of Edward VI.

Balderstone Grange and Balderstone CE Primary School stand on Commons Lane, which eventually joins Higher Commons Lane.