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Linking Harrison Drive and Breck Road, Wallasey Village has always been just that; no Road, Drive, Way or other title, because it doesn't need it.

It is interesting to note that the brick cottages in the centre have a timber-framed gable end, revealing a much older origin than the brickwork suggests.

The brick house on the left belonged to the blacksmith, with the forge behind. A house has since been built in the yard. To the right is the Grape Vine of c1520, with 20th-century pargetting.

The thatched wooden shelter contrasts with the brick refreshment stall, which does a brisk trade in summer.

This view is taken from the brick four-centred arch into Market Square. The brick footpath heads towards the porch which, with the south aisle, was added in 1870 to designs by H E Rumble.

Here we have another view of North Landing, showing the brick-built lifeboat house.

The brick-built houses show that this too was once a prosperous farming district.

Unusual things have been found on the beach at Polzeath: in 1796 a 65-foot whale was washed up and the carcase used for manure, while in January 1866 280 casks of rum from the wreck of the 'Juliet' landed

The thatched wooden shelter contrasts with the brick refreshment stall, which does a brisk trade in summer.

The brick-built Congregational church on the corner of Union Street and King Street was opened in 1912 and still flourishes, now as the United Reformed Church.

This is not a beautiful scene, but some effort has been put into designing the brick boundary wall, flagpoles and railings.

The bicycle was still a very important mode of transport when this photograph was taken. The brick-built buildings look as if they will last for another century at least.

The bridge was a toll bridge; it opened to the public on 1 January 1781.

Again, the flint walls remain, and the brick pavings on the right survive, but the pillar box on the corner of Blackwater Road has been replaced by a modern one.

Wyatt clad the brick house in the local hard granite- like Denner Hill Stone and gothicised the house with turrets and battlements.

Henry Hills was the first headmaster of Accrington's co-educational technical school, which opened on 28 August 1895.

The remarkable thatched newsagent and general store on the left is festooned with now collectable enamel signs.

Returning to the Great North Road, we come to Buckden.

Over on the far side of the river, behind the brick wall, is part of the gasworks.

Over on the far side of the river, behind the brick wall, is part of the gasworks.

Here we see another view of the long, straggling street with its delightful half-timbered cottages and the brick Baptist Chapel on the opposite side of the road.

The brick bridge was built by a former rector, Charles Francis, in the earlier 19th century.

One of the highly successful Austin Minis is parked in the foreground.

This is not a beautiful scene, but some effort has been put into designing the brick boundary wall, flagpoles and railings.