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We are looking down Fore Street, with the Victorian St Michael's Church in the distance. To the right is Mutter's fish shop and the Central Steam Bakery, now the Steam Gallery.

The typical wrought-iron gates, like so many others, met their fate in 1940 when they were smelted down for the war effort.

we see a vanished scene.Two draught horses are led over the old bridge by the ford on the river Chelmer.The photographer appears to have left his car parked up the road on the left and walked back down

Looking up-river - B51032 - and down-river - B51040 on the Great Ouse, we see scenes far more tranquil than when Danish raiders or Norman soldiery played out their roles.

The 1100-seater quickly eclipsed the other smaller theatres around the town, offering a variety of plays all the year round. This imposing building burnt down in 1954.

This carefully-posed photograph shows the site of this historic well, which is situated a little way down a lane from St Keyne village in the East Looe valley.

St Mary's Church dates from the 15th century, though much of the present building is a reconstruction by John James, after the original church fell down in 1713.

In the early 1970s the chapel was pulled down and replaced by the present, rather drab, library which opened in 1975.

Billy Moore's Boat Station - across the water - was built on a raft which floated up and down with the tide.

Much of the original castle burnt down in 1726, and what was left was plundered by Prince Charles Edward's men in 1745 - they also plundered the town.

It is amazing that this headland, notoriously dangerous and strewn with shipwrecks down the centuries, did not have any permanent lighthouse until the Belle Tout was erected in 1832.

This is a view of the same street looking down the hill. Notice how in this and the other pictures of Whitchurch, the street lights are suspended above the centre of the street.

Rottingdean has a long history; it is named after the valley - 'dene' - which runs down to the sea. The view has not changed substantially in the past 30 years.

This is down-town Lydney in the days when books could be loaned from the newsagents for a few coppers a week via the Argosy Lending Library, and a liquid night out at the Fleece could be had for less than

Unfortunately, it was blown down in a gale in 1980. Of the five pubs that used to be found in the village, only the Fountain Inn, pictured here, survives today.

To reach this popular bathing cove with its old inn, travellers must thread a path down a deep lane between hills bright with heather and wild flowers.

This photograph is taken from the spot where the Job Centre now stands, or the car park just down the hill.

Victorian visitors had a number of inns to choose from when seeking sustenance in the town, some acting as fully-fledged hotels.

A century after his visit, the town had been transformed from a quiet village to a vibrant part of the textile industry.

It is a listed building and is described as '2 storeys, rough cast on brick with thatch roof, the eaves swept down on west side to form veranda with flint and rubble columns'.

This bustling scene reveals the pressures for change that beset the Victorian provincial town in the 1890s. This street of small shops is showing signs of commercialism.

The original railway station building with its clock tower, the terminus of the line from Ulverston, looks down Lake Windermere.

A country lane, a straggle of houses and open countryside is all we see as we look down Collier Row Road with the Church of the Ascension on the right.

Front Street is a long wide high street that leads down to the River Blyth.