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George Smith's Town Hall of 1830, which with its Ionic columns and Tuscan pillars bears a remarkable resemblance to the Corn Exchange at Bishop's Stortford and dominates St Peter's Street and its avenue

Built in 1863, it brought style and glamour to Cardiff. The three hundred rooms offered 19th-century opulence tempered with comfort and convenience in the city centre.

The Bell Inn with its 'good stabling' is obviously for visitors to the town (those who cannot afford to stay at the Feathers or the Angel), while the Wheatsheaf probably serves an even poorer

When this picture was taken, the tolbooth was already more than 300 years old, having been built at the end of the 16th century.

Fed by the artificial 120-acre lake behind it, this picturesque cascade was created in 1746-68 as part of the extensive landscaping carried out by the artist brothers Thomas and Paul Sandby for the Duke

Built in 1829 at Chapel Point on the southern end of Caldey Island by Joseph Nelson, the light stands 210 feet above the high water mark.

Situated at the top of a steepish hill on the road from Heswall, the entrance to Beech Farm is on the right in our picture.

The two sections of road here each (technically at least) have different street names: Swine Market is on the left and Oat Market on the right, reminding us of what used to be traded here in times past

Of the ancient medieval parish church little remains. The red sandstone tower dates from the 15th century, and may itself have been a rebuild on the base of an earlier structure.

The remote north Cornish coastal parish of Morwenstow is famous for Robert Stephen Hawker, the eccentric vicar, poet and writer. The Bush Inn is at Crosstown, just above the church.

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Rothley's most famous son, was born at Rothley Temple on St Crispin's Day, 1800, the son of the anti-slaver, Zachary Macaulay.

The parade of shops at the junction of Reigate Road and Brighton Road has an unfamiliar appearance without traffic lights and the extensive Shell Garage.

This horse, dating from 1780, is very similar in size, shape and aspect to that at Westbury only a few miles away.

At the time the park opened, Oak Hill Mansion was empty, having been tenanted from the time Jonathan Hargreaves left in 1856 until about 1880.

This is one of the fine strong stone bridges spanning the River Ribble.

Fortunately, there is no traffic as the farmer herds his small herd of cows in the middle of the road at the bottom of Town Hill beside the Peterville Inn.

Royal Terrace with the Royal Hotel on the eastern corner can clearly be seen at the top of the cliffs. Boats are drawn up on the beach close to the promenade.

This photograph looks back at the same houses as those shown in 41386 and 41387.The well-laid out public gardens give a tropical air to the scene.The Lees Hotel was one of the many hotels to be found

At the entrance to Weymouth Pier stands the Pavilion Theatre, pictured here the year after it opened.

With its castle and town established by the Normans at the end of the 11th century, Ludlow was later to become a most important military base controlling the Welsh Marches (or borders).

By 1895 Worthingtons pale and Burton ales were brewed at Burton-upon-Trent; William Worthington had opened his brewery there in 1760 some seventeen years before William Bass.

Cobbles, brick, timber and tile - an enchanting corner of Bletchingley over 100 years ago.

The ornate clock on the Herbert Lewis department store building on the right is still a prominent feature of the High Street.

There have been changes to the facade - there are now flower beds and car parking at the front. The Trust House sign disappeared when the hotel left the group in the 1980s.