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By the 18th century, Ormskirk was already an important agricultural and market town, but with the arrival of the railway in 1849 it rapidly developed as an attractive residential area for Liverpool's prosperous

There is no hint of that industry, though, in this timeless picture, where children play by the waterside.

The point from which this photograph was taken, Seed Hill, was at that time in Yorkshire, but looks over the border, defined here by the Hodder, across a corner of Lancashire.

However, harassed by rioting Luddites who saw their livelihoods threatened by the new machinery, he moved to Nottingham in 1768 as did Arkwright of Preston.

It was formed by the Arkle Beck, which rises high on Sleightholme Moor and passes through some lovely hamlets such as Arkle Town, Whaw and Langthwaite, where The Red Lion (centre) is a welcome hostelry

Little of the Roman town or medieval city remains, as Chichester was almost entirely rebuilt by the end of the 18th century.

This church was completely rebuilt after an earlier church on the site burnt down in 1377 along with most of Rye during an attack by the French.

By the early 1900s it was described as 'a venerable and rambling building' popular with cyclists, motor car enthusiasts and particularly artists, many of whom decorated the Swan's little parlour with their

The stucco Royal Hotel at the right, on Cornfield Road corner, was replaced by the present NatWest bank in about 1930.

It was sacrificed in a road-widening scheme, and replaced by the Fountain public house, which was set back in line with the ancient row of almshouses we see here on the left.

Originally designed by the Coalbrookdale Iron Company for Sandringham House, and shown at the International Exhibition of 1862, they were adapted by replacing the central Prince of Wales' feathers with

The tree-lined walks by the side of the River Derwent known as the Lovers' Walks have been popular with visitors since the town became a tourist honeypot in the 19th century.

By the 1950s, visitors to the beach were mainly from the numerous caravan sites in the area. Flat Holm and Steep Holm islands are in the background.

By the 1960s the needs of a new generation of consumers had to be met.

This picture was taken at about the time when Lower Neatham Mill (pictured here) was sold by the Denyers to the Ellis family of Headley Mill. They continued to produce 100% wholemeal flour.

It is a large church which can seat over 400 people; it is built on land given by the nuns of the Priory of Our Lady of Good Counsel. It was completed by 1930.

The Phoenix fire engine was owned by the town's Phoenix Fire-Office and maintained, as agents, by Joseph and later William Henry, to protect property insured with the Phoenix.

Only the left-hand wing of the building is occupied by the police, while the right-hand wing is the Civic Hall. The photograph perhaps gives the impression of intimidating size and spacious grounds.

The churchyard contains part of a Saxon preaching cross, found buried by the church in 1910. It is said to have been erected by Lady Godiva, whose son Aelfgar owned Upper Penn.

The hall itself, an Elizabethan mansion, was built on the site of a former castle built by the Sheriff of Cambridgeshire after the Norman conquest.

By the time this photograph was taken, approximately one hundred years later, it was firmly on the tourist trail.

Clearly visible are the wooden, gibbet-like frames used by the rope makers who made their home inside the cave entrance for hundreds of years. This was the famed 'village which never saw the sun'.

This one was known as Andover Town - we can just see the sign on the right, by the post box. This station has gone, and now there is just one to serve the town.

This photograph clearly shows the pleasing symmetry and scale of the sensitive development carried out by the Onyx Property Investment Company at the centre of the village over the preceding decades.