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During the Civil War the castle was ably defended by the Dowager Lady Stafford, but after it had fallen it was ordered to be slighted.

When the author was researching this book (2004), the road (the A631) was almost non-existent as large road works were taking place, which were due for completion by the spring.

A subsequent tenant of the manor house by the church, was Colonel Shrapnel, whose name is forever associated with his explosive invention.

Oblong in shape, it is a fine wide street, its qualities emphasised by the lime trees along each side.

It is now occupied by the Art Gallery and the Library. To the right are the offices of the Paramount Building Society and the Co-operative Insurance Society above the Midland Bank.

Newton's brewery formerly stood adjacent, but by 1911 it had been replaced by the Alhambra entertainment hall, now a cinema.

A yachting agency advertises itself on the left-hand side of the house by the Royal Marine Hotel.

Ashley no longer lets 'Boats by the Week, Month or Season', nor are they 'Housed and Varnished'. This view is from The Swan pub, still in existence.

It was completed in 1712, and by the mid 18th century St Ann's was the fashionable part of town, the place to see and be seen in.

By the early 1950s, exports from Manchester Docks fluctuated at between 4 million and 5 million tonnes a year, while imports varied greatly, with 1959 being the bumper year at 13.5 million tonnes.

Sheffield's churches, chapels and missions ministered not only to the religious needs of the people, but were often at the very centre of community life and fulfilled many of the roles now taken up by the

The building was immortalised by the artist John Constable.

Hodges Garage (in the distance, behind the bus entering Market Square) has since been demolished, and the Castle Hotel (by the street lamp on the right) has also closed.

Although once very wealthy, the abbey was in a state of severe decline by the 1530s, and was thus an obvious target for the Dissolution in 1539.

Early development needed to take into account an area of marshy ground, and in later years land for possible further development was divided into uniform rectangular plots by the landowners.

There was a time when cinema censorship was at a local level, usually performed by the watch committee.

On the right is Constitutional Buildings, a dominating building in the golden local sandstone, built in 1893, now without the steps and the ground floor occupied by the Woolwich and others.

The houses on the right were built by the council not long before the photograph was taken, and from their appearance several are now privately owned.

The loch itself was served by the steamers of the Loch Lomond Steam Boat Company, whose first ship, the 'Prince of Wales', was built at Port Glasgow in 1858.

In 1201 King John declared the English to be masters of the sea whilst he was here - though he had to reduce the fortifications in 1216 to prevent the castle's capture by the French.

The ancient Market Cross and village pump are watched over by the Cavendish Arms (left). Note Mr Overend's tiny one-up-one-down draper's shop to the right.

Horse-drawn transport is still prevalent, but it is about to be phased out by the motorised vehicles which were taking over the streets of the old Cumbrian town.

Further down, past a wool shop, is the large brick-built Kettering Conservative Club, built on a site donated by the Duke of Buccleuch in 1876.

Much of the job of excavating the site had been accomplished by hand, an arduous task necessitated by the close confines of the work and its steep backdrop.