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The worn stone bears mute testimony to the clop, clop of a million horses' hooves over the years.

The ancient barn on the right bears the date 1766, but this is the date of its rebuilding; its original construction date was much earlier.

The smaller bathing machines seen here are bearing advertising posters for Pears Soap, one of the most popular and widely advertised Victorian retail products.

The Bear and Billet public house in Lower Bridge Street was built in 1664; until 1867 it was the town house of the earls of Shrewsbury.

A view north up the High Street, which bears slightly to the right.

A view north up the High Street, which bears slightly to the right.

This is inexplicable, bearing in mind the French raid of 1377.

The village pump on the left, by Pump Cottage, is dated 1765 and bears the initials BB.

Several other British rivers bear the same name as Whitby's river.

The Old Hall, or Manor House, at Whitwell bears the mullioned and transomed windows and steep gables typical of its Tudor ancestry.

Bear Lodge, now a private house, is one of two lodge houses which led to Cave Castle - a folly built in the 19th century.

The church was located along Bear Street and had a quite brief lifespan.

The Bear is recorded as a public house and stagecoach inn as early as 1751, positioned along the then route from Stroud via Minchinhampton to Cirencester.

The downlands hereabouts bear the marks of Iron Age dwellers who occupied this valley three thousand years ago.

The Midland Bank, on the corner of the row, now bears the name HSBC.

Two hundred and thirty-five years before this photograph was taken, Samuel Pepys visited the town and ate 'very good troutes, eels and crayfish' at the Bear Hotel.

A rare annual rush-bearing ceremony is held at the church.

Others include the White Lion Hotel and the Bear's Head Hotel.

The Capital and Counties Bank on the right of the photograph bears the date of 1834 which, however, refers to the founding of the bank rather than the date of the building which occurred

During the Easter Rising of 1916 it was captured by the insurgents led by Constance Markievicz, and it still bears bullet marks on its columns.

The heavily wooded Belle Isle and Claiffe Heights bear witness to the zeal of Thomas Curwen in planting huge numbers of larch and other trees following his purchase of the land a century earlier.

Various striking Georgian buildings overlook the Market Place, and there are many hotels and inns hereabouts, including the Bear Hotel, on the right of the picture, which dates back to the 13th century

50 years later and Bancroft is on its way to becoming a busy shopping street.

The building is ascribed to c1500, though successive lords of the manor added new wings, marked with their initials and armorial bearings.