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The Academy building (far left) was sliced from its foundations and moved to the empty plot where the Tower Restaurant stood.

Asco, the Accessories Supply Co, and the neighbouring shops on the left (now demolished) stood on the corner of Pinners Brow, a street name recording Warrington's former pin-making industry.

An imposing statue of Queen Victoria once stood on the right where the cars are parked in this photograph.

This delightful old stone pack-horse bridge has stood here since the 16th century. It is named after the Earls of Essex, who lived at Chartley Hall.

It stood until 1801, and was used as a grammar school and as the council chamber. The church- yard was levelled and laid out as a garden of remembrance in 1956.

He stood as the Liberal candidate for Romford in 1892 and 1897 but was unsuccessful. Not bearing a grudge, in 1902 he gave Raphael Park to the town.

Marble Arch stood here in the Mall until 1850, when it was removed to its present position at the top of Park Lane.The Mall, an expansive and formal approach to the Palace, is fringed with limes,

Today a ring road loosely follows the line where the old city walls once stood, criss crossed with radial roads.

At one time, Co-op shops stood in most towns and even some villages, this one belonging to the Society at nearby Carnforth.

The earlier gate stood further to the left, and the join in the wall shows its position. The portcullis is a Victorian replacement.

Nearby is the grave of Juliet Tewsley, who hanged herself from a tree by the river because the woodcutter for whom she was waiting with a bunch of flowers stood her up!

The street nameplate, of which several survive, is a peculiarity of Stroud.

Over to the right once stood the massive King's Mill, used for grinding corn from 1872 until 1933, when it was demolished to make way for the parallel new road bridge.

The statue cost £2,000 and was unveiled on 24 October 1891; it stood close to the Town Hall, whose foundation stone Bright had laid 25 years earlier.

The keep once stood 100ft high and has walls 12ft thick.

One such (pre-Norman) 'Norman' castle originally stood on the site from which this photograph was taken.

The old timber market hall once stood here, built by John Abel in 1633, with magnificent carving detail.

The village square appears to be sited on the L-shaped outer court of the Abbey, where the barns, storehouses and workshops would once have stood.

Demolished in the 1930s, Eden Hall stood on the site of an earlier medieval house built by the Musgrave family.

Owing to the frequent heavy seas, the Perch Light, which had stood on Perch Rock since 1683, was often washed away, and so in the 1820s Liverpool Corporation decided to build a more substantial lighthouse

Owing to the frequent heavy seas, the Perch Light, which had stood on Perch Rock since 1683, was often washed away, and so in the 1820s Liverpool Corporation decided to build a more substantial lighthouse

A gas lamp stands in the middle of the square, where the market cross once stood. A pestle and mortar (still there) proclaims that Mackereth, late Mason, is a chemist's shop.

In the 18th century the Widow's Coffee House stood here, run by Mary and Letitia Rookes. There is no evidence whatsoever that this was also a brothel.

Immediately in the left foreground once stood a stable with a bandstand above.