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The North and West gates were demolished in 1832 and 1812 respectively. The Plymouth and Devonport Inn, whose sign can just be seen to the right of the arch, is now the Newmarket.

Known today for its caravan parks and the long sandy beach of Black Rock sands, Morfa Bychan, just west of Porthmadog, was long celebrated for the story of Dafydd Garreg-Wen, the blind harpist, known for

A couple of old villagers pass the time of day with a youngster in the West Cumbrian village of Gosforth.

The London and South West Railway passed near here in 1860; but Talaton would have remained some distance from a station, had not the Sidmouth branch been built in the 1870s.

There was no traffic on Taylor Hill, Cawthorne when this picture was taken, and the parked car was the only sign of life, apart from the two pedestrians on the right.

The ivy-clad ruins of Wothorpe House have been an attraction for tourists for over a hundred years, and it is of no surprise that they were included by the Frith photographer in his collection of Stamford

The southern arm of the River Wey passes here, yet the two ponds at Shottermill are actually in West Sussex.

Spilsby got its market charter in 1302, a little later than Alford, and its centrepiece is the rectangular market place.

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

The grid-like pattern of the streets west of Laindon High Road preserves the layout of some of the early plotland estates.

Here we are looking west along Hart Street with its interesting shops, inns and tearooms.

Situated five miles south-west of Bridgend, the Dunraven in our picture is the 19th-century castellated mansion built for Thomas Wyndham MP between 1802 and 1806 on the site of a medieval fortress.

From the north-west corner of Market Place, Town Street descends the hill past a drapers, a dairy utensil manufacturer and a shoe shop, all three displaying their wares.

The first boats were the Princess Ida and the Severn Queen. The last boat, the Severn Princess, was recently discovered on the west coast of Ireland in a very sorry state.

Here we see the west front of the abbey, with a lonely horse-bus passing the Crimean memorial.

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

This main street was once part of the Roman road which ran from London to Lewes in West Sussex. The legionaries paved it with ragstone eighteen feet wide and seven inches thick.

This is a distant view taken from the west, with the A6 trunk road in the foreground.

This view looks from St Helen's Church, west across the rooftops, to Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church and Holy Trinity Church in Kilwardby Street.

To the west of the A229 is Kent's most famous Neolithic burial chamber. The capstone measures 13 feet by 9 feet, and the earthen mound, which covered the stones, was 170 feet long.

Further down are Woolworth's and Dewhurst Butchers. West Street is the commercial heart of Fareham, described by Thackeray, who spent his school holidays here, as 'a dear little old Hampshire town'.

This section is a tour of the rolling oolitic limestone south-west part of Lincolnshire, until 1974 the County of Kesteven.

Ogmore lies two miles to the south-west of Bridgend.

The increase of the houses of visitors must tend to spoil the original individuality of a population, but in Hastings these qualities are preserved to an unusual extent, especially among the fishermen.