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This view, taken from the start of Tanner's Hill, looks north-east across the green and past the parish pump in its tiled pumphouse to the Royal Oak pub and a fine range of historic houses and cottages

Hawhill Park is still a well- maintained recreation facility for the town; it reflects well on the foresight of the town's elders, who purchased the land in spite of much opposition from

The reclining oak figure in the background of this photograph has now been moved to the north transept to give it more prominence.

The ridge of Hatterall Hill and the Black Mountains in the distance is the route for a walk with panoramic views to Hay Bluff.

Here we see the marriage of bathing machines and fishing boats under the imposing gaze of the Grand Hotel.

This great open-cast canyon no longer exists, it was filled in by tipping household waste in the 1960s, but it shows how active the Alderley Edge Mining Company was in the second quarter of

This fine street is part of a local conservation area. It used to be called Canhold Lane. On the left, No 5, the house with the centre gable and timber frame, is 16th-century.

The Square lies at the north end of the Long Bridge. The building to the right is the red façade of The Athenaeum, built in 1888, which houses the museum and a collection of fossils.

Bore holes were sunk, and during one of these operations salt was struck at a depth of 400 ft.

The church tower presides over the east end of Fore Street, where two prams and a barrow are the only wheeled traffic on a sunny day.

It can be appreciated from this photograph how the bleak area of beach and pools resulted from the infilling of the bay by silt and sand from the china clay industry; the old cliff line

A holidaying family relax with their dog outside the Old King's Arms pub and boarding house in the cobbled centre of the ancient village of Hawkshead.There have been a few changes here since the

Many of the shops in this photograph have gone, not surprisingly. Bendy's Stores is no longer there, nor is Bishops Cycles and Motorcycles on the right.

Leamington's development as a spa did not begin until 1789, when William Abbotts discovered a mineral spring on his land in what is now Bath Street.

The coming of the railway to the town in 1843 not only sparked the massive increase in people arriving from London, seventy-one miles away, en route for the Continent, but also Folkestone's growth as

Seen here from the south, across the bank of the small stream which flows through the village, the pale sandstone outline of St George's Church stands proudly in its churchyard.

Another view of the High Street at a less congested point and on a very hot and sunny summer's day: the shopkeepers have lowered their sun-blinds to protect their wares, and the lady on the left has

This is a view of the building in M32008 taken from the other direction. In the foreground is a pub called the Sandbrooks Vaults.

Seen here are some of over a thousand steam and sail drifters which operated out of Gorleston harbour during the herring season at the turn of the century.

This is close to the site of the magazines: ships entering the Mersey had to deposit any gunpowder there during their stay in port.

Wilburton lies on the Haddenham ridge of the Isle of Ely. The medieval route from the Aldreth crossing to Ely went along the High Street.

Here we have another view of Prince's Corner on the right, with a glimpse of the High Street beyond the pseudo-timbering of The King's Arms (now The Fallow and Firkin).

Northfield is frequently described as having retained much of its village character.

Here we have a good view of the tram track near Palm Court at the Cavendish Road stop on the high cliffs (a lift was available to convey visitors to the shore and the Promenade).