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It is the summer of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year, but Lymm's celebrations are not complete.

One of these very similar views shows the town on a bright summer day with the road thronged with vehicles and the pavements, benches and sea wall busy with visitors enjoying the Cheshire sunshine and

The memorial behind the railings on the right was unveiled in November 1921. It was sculpted in Portland stone by Messrs H H Martyn & Co Ltd of Cheltenham from a design by Walter Cook.

The last of the five hitching posts stills stands outside the Rose & Crown, a popular stopping place for cyclists and motorists.

With St Mary's Church in the distance, Church Street is typical of a market town by-way in the early 1950s.

The spacious rectory is situated across the road from the church on Scale Hill. The old rectory was higher up the hill on the same side and facing the Market Place.

This early 16th-century timber-framed house, formerly owned by St John's College, Cambridge and earlier by Westminster Abbey, was used by the village as the Town House for the collection of rents and tithes

This is the main shopping street of Sleaford, and the Handley Memorial was the ideal place for a set of destination signs.

The rendered façade of the Bell Inn, a 14th-century coaching inn, has now been removed, exposing a fine timber-framed building with a conserved interior.

Bolney is a quiet village, located just off the main London to Brighton trunk road.

When Belfast took over the tramway system to Glengormley, it found itself possessed of property outside the City boundary, along with some very attractive terrain sloping up to the mountains.

Decimus Burton’s impressive arch is topped by a decorative frieze depicting horsemen, the design imitated from the Elgin Marbles which were on display in the British Museum.

A view from the pier showing some of the main features of Clacton.

The ancient open space of Frogmoor had from 1877 until the Second World War a fine cast-iron fountain and well trimmed trees.

The 12th-century bridge, with later additions, is a continuation of the precinct wall linking Eastgate Street with the Vinefields.

One impressive feature of the Manchester Ship Canal was the Barton Aqueduct, designed by Edward Leader Williams, seen to the right of this photograph.

The New Inn can be seen in this photograph, on the right-hand side of the road.

In the centre horizon of the picture the turreted outline of Rushpool Hall can be seen.

Mullion takes its name from St Melaine, the 6th- century Bishop of Rennes, who excommunicated two British priests who went to preach on his patch.

Howth Abbey is also known as the collegiate church of Saint Mary. It is believed to have been founded in 1235, although it is based upon a Viking foundation.

The clock tower, partly enclosed by an hexagonal shelter and situated at the centre of a traffic system, stands on the site of a wayside chapel, disused in the 16th century, converted into houses and

The Church of St Gregory was built in the early 14th century and the west tower added in the 15th.

Just over a hundred years ago, the Thames and its network of canals were used as much for transporting goods as for pleasure boating.

At the southern end of the Close is Harnham Gate, one of the three gates that served the cathedral; it is contemporary with the original 14th-century cathedral wall.