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Formerly named 'Hill of St Thomas' or 'Hilstret', it runs from St Thomas's Green to Market Street. Note the 'parked' carts to the left and the busy traffic!

It comprised 775 acres, including woodlands, lakes and a manor house, part of which was turned into refreshment rooms.

This photo was taken in the days of Watney's draught red barrel and 'a Double Diamond Works Wonders' advertising. The only lager on sale was bottled, usually Lowenbrau.

Loch Fad is the largest inland stretch of water on Bute. On the western shore stands the regency style house built in 1827 by the actor Edmund Kean.

Swans are a familiar sight on the Crammer pond. In 1967 the Crammer was walled in, but the wall was soon removed as a result of public protest.

Here we see a delightful grouping of children enjoying a paddle in the sea. In this timeless scene, the guardian white cliffs can be seen in the background.

Out of town shopping and subsequently deserted high streets were still some way off in the future.

It is inscribed with the initials of Stephen Chilman, who modernised it in the 17th century. Today it is a private home.

Colneford House stands on Colneford Hill and overlooks the green we see in W194011. The walls of this fine old house are covered in superb pargeting. Over the central porch is the date 1685.

The restoration was directed at putting the house into a representation of what it might have looked like in 1564. The garden was planted out with trees and flowers mentioned in the Bard's works.

The gauge between the rails was 3ft 6ins, the same as the tramways of Birmingham, Coventry, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

In this photograph a flock of gulls home in on unattended fish.

The butcher's on the right-hand side of the road is taking every precaution to keep the temperature down inside his shop.

The Wet Dock was constructed between 1839 and 1842, and at the time it was the most revolutionary and the biggest of its kind in the country.

This part of the canal has been recently restored. The track on the left runs from Westwood stone quarry.

It is hard to imagine the wild and deserted heathland of a century earlier when you look at this crowded and formal scene, with properly laid-out gardens, high buildings and a tamed stream.

Until the second half of the 18th century the steel used by Sheffield's cutlers was either imported or was locally made 'shear steel' which was forged from 'blister steel' made in a cementation

While the cathedral is the main feature of Ely, it has also been a market town for many years. In this photograph, the Market Place occupies far more space than it does these days.

Taken some fifty years after photograph No 61493, this view looks along Trumpington Street in the opposite direction, with Corpus Christi on the right hand side of the road, and King's in the distance

As a naval port, Plymouth has always had a large contingent of military personnel stationed around its various districts.

By the 16th century, the main gateway was in such a poor state of repair that Henry VIII replaced it with the one that bears his name.

Another idyllic view of the grand cathedral in the late 19th century. In the background we can see the many hills that surround Gloucester, giving way to all routes north, south, east and west.

St Vincent's Place was right in the commercial heart of the city with the National Bank, the Royal Exchange, the Stock Exchange, and the Athenaeum club all nearby.

Loafrs of all kinds sit on the steps under Eros. The tradition for oversized hoardings and signboards has already been set.