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This photograph shows the centre of the busy High Street, with the road to Bexley and London ahead and the turning to Crayford visible on the right.

Covered in ivy, the imposing and ancient structure of Norton parish church stands above the Green in a peaceful churchyard. Dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, the building has Saxon origins.

A summer picture showing an image that characterises Bedford in the middle of the 20th century as bridge, river and church link under a summer sky.

At the time of this photograph, the prospect from the Pleasure Gardens then allowed a view of the fairly new Parish Church, but other buildings now obstruct it.

Inverary is set picturesquely on the shores of Loch Fyne, where it meets Loch Shira.

Little survives of the old town, although parts of the former Greyfriars church of St John, where Robert the Bruce held a Parliament in 1315, are thought to date back to its origins.

Around the beginning of the 20th century there was little difference in the cost of accommodation at either the Victoria, the Prince of Wales, or the Royal, though eating at the latter was slightly more

This is a grand view of the River Usk, which winds its way through Caerleon.

We are looking towards Roys of Wroxham (on the Hoveton side of the bridge). The wooden building on the right has been demolished, but others remain.

East of the High Street and parallel to it, Silver Street leads us out of the market place. On the left next to 'Phipps' is 'The Rising Sun', a Jacobean styled extravaganza of 1892.

Wollaston is a small market town with a charter granted in 1260 and with the remains of a motte and bailey castle.

The church was given by William the Conqueror to the Abbaye aux Dames in Caen, who administered it until 1415; it was then in the care of the nuns of Syon Abbey until the Dissolution.

Hulley's, a local coach firm, have one of their vehicles parked on the bus stand. Their stage carriage service reached - and still does - some of the more remote villages in the area.

This is another nostalgic picture of steam in the Peak District. It has gone now: but for how long?

George Lynn advertises his wares with considerable vigour on the south side of the triangular square, originally called Cross Bank.

The coming of the railways put York firmly on the tourist map. Though the lines were owned by the North Eastern, no less than five other companies had running powers into the city.

John Fowler & Co. built roadrollers, traction engines and farm machinery, and there were a number of companies producing castings of various sorts.

The coming of the railways put York firmly on the tourist map. Though the lines were owned by the North Eastern, no less than five other companies had running powers into the city.

The old town, quaint and picturesque, is situated on the low ground near the edge of the harbour, and as a matter of course, the streets are very narrow.

This illustrious thoroughfare was once one of the two main routes leading westwards out of London. Because of its proximity to open parkland the wealthy clamoured to move here.

The terrace of shops stepping down the High Street, beyond the busy junction with Carshalton Road and William Pile Ltd (the stuccoed corner building), was erected in 1880.

This view looks east towards the High Street, past the Post Office on the right.

Our last view shows Dorney Reach with the Berkshire bank on the left.

This, the northern gate, stands on the site of the Roman Porta Principalis, the gateway of Eboracum. The barbican was demolished in 1835.