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This photograph shows Cornmarket Street running down to Carfax, with the outline of Tom Tower dominating St Aldates on the far side.

The tall building in the centre of the picture is the former Barclays Bank, since demolished. To the front of it we can see the war memorial.

Prior to the building of the Severn Bridge, which now sweeps above the peninsula of Beachley Point, this little powered ferry carried small vehicles across the Severn to the outskirts of

Looking down towards St Andrew's Street, with First Court, the oldest part of Christ's College, in the distance. The Capital and Counties bank (now Lloyd's) and Post Office are in the foreground.

This is a useful spot in the street: the Post Office is on the left, the Trustee Savings Bank is adjacent to the bus, and the shiny new frontage of the Co-op is second on the right.

By 1086 the Soar Valley was well settled, and although the Domesday village of Barhou offers little to delight the visitor, the river has a watery magnetism which draws families from Leicester to its banks

The Buckland Drives, following the rim of the flatter land high up on the eastern bank of the Dart, were very popular during the 19th century.

East Mill stood on the north side of East Road and was powered by the River Asker. This view, dating from 1904, looks eastwards from the north bank and duplicates picture 43865.

Back in the 1950s it would have been quite normal for a bank to have a branch in a small village. Rationalisation has seen a good many of them close down.

On the left is the red brick and stone Lloyds Bank building, with its fretted skyline, while to the right is the neo-classical Post Office, built in 1881.

The winding hole (where boats are turned) lies to the east of and adjacent to the Great Wharf. Odiham Common is on the northern bank.

This is a spectacular view from the top of Portland, with the expanse of the Chesil Bank on the left, stretching 16 miles along the Dorset coast to Barton Cliff, and the broad expanse of Portland Harbour

The Shire Hall of 1837 is on the right. The County Assizes were once held here, but today part of the building contains the town's Tourist Information Centre.

The earliest recorded church on this site was the church of the Blessed Mary in 1140. Here stands the tomb of Robert Raikes. Also buried here is the eccentric banking millionaire Jemmy Wood.

At 6.00pm on August Bank Holiday Monday 1908, Romilly Park Bowling Club's green opened for play.

A great effort was made to tame the wild landscape across which Bournemouth grew up. The Bourne Stream was rapidly transformed into an attractive water feature forming the centre point of the town.

In this picture, the impressive County Hotel and Barclays Bank (built originally as a wine and spirit warehouse) can be seen on the corner, with the clock tower and the old Infirmary beyond.

It is said that this point on the River Bure has seen various means of crossing from one bank to the other for the last thousand years.

A fine view of one of Belfast's many imposing buildings, the Ulster Bank in Waring Street. It was built in 1860 and still stands today.

This photograph shows Cornmarket Street running down to Carfax, with the outline of Tom Tower dominating St Aldates on the far side.

Maisemore village stands on the west bank of the River Severn. It is prone to flooding - in 2000, the White Hart pub was completely surrounded with water.

The Portland stone bridge, built in 1813, carries the main road from Poole to Wimborne on the far bank of the River Stour.

The entire complex comprises an outer circular bank with an inner ditch. Inside was a great stone circle enclosing two smaller circles.

Cleckheaton is another former textile town, five miles south of Bradford, which has had to find a new role during the late 20th century.