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Here we see the impressive battlemented three-storeyed gatehouse of Archbishop Courtenay's college for a master and twenty-four chaplains.

Here we see the carriages of the wealthy assembled and waiting to take their clients back to their hotels and villas.

Many come to see the 'Winchcombe Worthies', a collection of forty grotesque gargoyles adorning the outside wall.

Here we see the River Medway being used as an industrial highway: barges and log rafts float downstream past the Archbishop's Palace and All Saints Church.

To the left we can see the village school with its walled playground.

Here we see the type of tile-hung and weatherboarded cottages which abound in this area. The white fencing around the cottage gardens is very typical of villages in the Weald of Kent.

The road here has since been widened with the demolition of the butcher's shop - can you see the legs of meat hanging outside the window of Mason's?

From Palace Pier looking east, beyond the terminus of Magnus Volks' 1883 Electric Railway, we can see the late 1890s arches of Madeira Terrace, halfway up the sea wall in front of Marine Parade, with Kemp

dominant by the twenties (a paddle steamer can just be seen approaching the harbour), sail still hung on stubbornly - on the far right, just above the roofs of the harbourside, we can see the

Here we see the obelisk and twin colonnades of the town's war memorial in the year it was consecrated.

Looking along Market Street towards Market Square, at the far end we can see the old Town Hall.

It is worth comparing this photograph with earlier ones of the same site to see the dramatic changes.

Here we see the rear of the Old Hall, which stands on the Market Place.

Here we see the Moot Hall from the beach. The building was once in the centre of a much larger town, but coastal erosion saw much of Aldeburgh lost to the sea.

Walking further afield, the town explorer can see the later Regency and Victorian developments.

In this unusual view looking south-west, taken apparently from an upper window of the Crown Hotel, we see the ever present line of parked cars, the newest of which, 6503MC, was registered

Here we see the town bridge with a Salter Brothers steamer passing underneath. The 15th-century bridge was rebuilt during the 19th century.

Here we see the carriages of the wealthy assembled and waiting to take their clients back to their hotels and villas.

As we look east from near London Road, we can see the layout of the wide 13th-century market place.

Above the castle to the left we can see the Great Western railway bridge, complete with a train crossing over it. The restoration of the castle was started in 1930 by the Ministry of Works.

In recent years it has held highly successful Christmas events which see the road closed to traffic and a street fair held.

Beyond it is possible to see the Dovey and the hills of Merionethshire.

We can easily see the New Inn on the left. We can also see that the electric tram lines have now been removed as motor cars take precedence.

In the background we can see the many hills that surround Gloucester, giving way to all routes north, south, east and west.