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Napoleonic prisoners-of-war planted an avenue of elm trees here, which survived until the devastation of 20th-century road widening.

The shops in Elm Road are structurally much the same today, although they have changed ownership. For example, Walter's bakery is now a pet shop.

Across the road large trees obscure the front of Montague House, whilst on this side, pollard trees mark the edge of the road and in the foreground a thick green hedge can be seen in front of The Elms

It was bought by Harris's to store sawdust for smoking their bacon; their supplies came from W E Beint & Sons Ltd, whose sawmills at Studley were famous for making elm coffin boards and pit props for

stood here in the Mall until 1850, when it was removed to its present position at the top of Park Lane.The Mall, an expansive and formal approach to the Palace, is fringed with limes, planes and elms

Warren Drive with its neat bungalows and semi-detached homes provides the northern border of the Elm Park Estate, an impressive residential development inspired by the extension of the District Line

This view is of East Street, looking westwards to the Town Hall (left) with the prominent frontage of William Elmes, draper and outfitters, on the other side of the road (right).

This view is of East Street, looking westwards to the Town Hall (left) with the prominent frontage of William Elmes, draper and outfitters, on the other side of the road (right).

Further up Castle Street and at its junction with Bristle Hill to the right and Elm Street on the left, the photographer is looking towards the great east window of the parish church.

East and south of the church, the High Street has a number of good houses, including the 18th-century Elm Farmhouse in the distance.

There is also a bust of John Wesley carved from an elm that grew on the green where he preached.

There is also a bust of John Wesley carved from an elm that grew on the green where he preached.

This is the view from the tower of the church; we are looking over the village green towards the south-west, with the old elm still in the centre.

Five centuries ago, St Peter's Church and elm trees occupied what is now The Square.

On the right are Elm Cottages, of which four were later altered to shops and one pulled down to make way for a new post office (1896).

Housing has not yet developed out into the fields where tall elm trees break up the line of the hedgerow on the right.

A pioneer in the use of green elm, Trobridge experimented with this patented building system, but with a singular lack of success.

The 1920s Elm Tree Cottage on the left is now partly hidden by a large beech tree, while the 19th-century cottages behind the pillar box (which is still there today) have an extra bay to the

The Baptist chapel at nearby Sutton-in- Elms and an adjacent 17th- century farmhouse are, however, of some interest.

The Baptist chapel at nearby Sutton-in- Elms and an adjacent 17th- century farmhouse are, however, of some interest.

The majestic elms in the background were lost in the 1930s, and the barn on the left was removed in 1987, while the hovel in between was painstakingly removed and re-erected in its entirety in Leigh.

Next door is early 19th- century No.77, and the trees screen Elm House which was Albert Edward Skewes's academy for boys.

Here the photographer looks from by the churchyard gate past the Half Moon pub to the unusual arch formed by two elm trees, now long gone. The pavements are large slabs of sandstone.

Thomas Webster commissioned The Elms, and Edenfield and Fairlawn followed after, mansions with wonderful views over the Ribble estuary.