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Opposite is a parade of shops and an office block which still houses Lloyds Bank, but the road now has a complex set of traffic junctions.

The banks of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil were strewn with Covenanter dead as the Highlanders hunted down Campbell fugitives from the battle.

Besides the new developments are a number of interesting conversions including the old Barclays Bank in Commercial Street which is being turned into 56 apartments, and the Pinstone Chambers Building

When the Second World War broke out she was exempt from military service because she worked in a bank, taking the place of men who had enlisted.

Both Back Lane and the High Street were well supplied with inns: the Blue Bell, the White Hart, the Talbot, the Three Arrows, the Dolphin, the Rose.

This road will give access to the business premises along the east bank of the Haven south of the dock.

previous generation of building, had no green spaces at all, and the solitary tree that towered over the tenements of Sandyford is believed to have begun as a tiny seedling which a boy brought back

The Artisan Dwelling Act of 1875 allowed governing bodies across the country to demolish slum properties, and in 1876 the area around Townend Bank, near the top of Park Street, was earmarked for

out-of-work men were employed on special projects; these included the making of a new road following the coast to link Ulverston and Barrow, and the construction of a public swimming pool at Biggar Bank

Perhaps the most important development for Walsall's future is the £180-million regeneration scheme planned for Town End Bank.

The advantages that Fleetwood had as a port were that its entrance channel was free of hazards to navigation, such as sand bars and moving banks.

Bindon Abbey was the location of an important Cistercian monastery and dates back to 1172. Little remains of the original building; this neo-gothic gatehouse dates back only to the 1790s.

Bindon Abbey was the location of an important Cistercian monastery and dates back to 1172. Little remains of the original building; this neo-gothic gatehouse dates back only to the 1790s.

Although the front betrays its 19th- century restoration, take a step back and one can see the complex Tudor chimneys of the original manor house.

The village stands at the foot of the Hog's Back close to Aldershot, but it is actually in the parish of Guildford.

High street shoppers in 1931 were finding that prices were continuing to fall back to their pre-Great War levels.

Bromborough is an ancient settlement that dates back to Saxon times when King Alfred's daughter, Ethelfleda, had a monastery built here.

Charminster dates back to at least Saxon times.

Abberley Hall is part of an estate dating back to the Norman Conquest, when King William gave it to his supporter Todeni. The present house, seen here, goes back only to 1845.

Spring Lane, originally called Back Lane, branches off from Riverside and can be seen at the top centre turning back into the main road. This is the centre of the old village.

The village of Muker, set toward the western end of the dale, dates back to 1274. After a chapel of ease was built here in 1580, the delightfully named Corpse Way gradually fell into disuse.

The sinking of the Fitzwilliam and the South Kirkby pits in the 1870s led to a huge rise in the population; the town was rebuilt with hundreds of back-to-back terraced houses.

In this view, the photographer looks back past the Bucks Evangelistic Mission Hall to the Georgian-fronted cottages on the right of photograph number A84022.

St Mary's, the parish church of Higher Brixham, was the town's original place of worship, dating back to the 15th century. There are some impressive altar tombs and a font dating back to the 1300s.