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Along here were branches of both national and Cheshire retailers including Dewhurst, the butchers, and Waterworths.

This is a well-known beauty spot on the north face of Haytor where the Becka Brook hurtles down to join the River Bovey.

The gateway to the Abbey and the commercial edge of the secular town face each other across Angel Hill.

The older part of the town is to the left, with the resort on the cliff in the background.

Here we see the imposing interior of St Mary's Cathedral. By 1879, construction costs amounted to more than £110,000.

Before the opening of the swimming baths, the townspeople had only the open-air pool in Moor Lane. That was certainly well used, sometimes by as many as 1,000 people.

All the local farming families tried to get back to Alderley for Wakes week in the third week of August.

St John's Bridge is on the left. The Avon Mill at this time was occupied by Hugh Dryden & Co Ltd, who sold antiques and works of art here until the late 1970s.

The building on the left is the present Post Office, under the shadow of the Priory itself.

The church is built of oolitic limestone.

The River Dargle falls down a precipice of about 300 ft, and this has long been a popular spot with sightseers.

The door, the two-seater sofa and the chairs give us some indication of how very large the Palm Court was.

The promenade - Undercliff Walk - alongside the Archbishop's Palace, looking north towards Maidstone Bridge and the chimneys of the industrial area beyond.

In front is one of the many bicycles and tricycles that flooded the town.

Part of the main dining room during an average lunch break. This building also housed management dining facilities, the Social Club, and private meeting rooms.

The present Guildhall building, with its clean neo-Georgian styling, replaced the earlier one on the south side of the market square in 1936-7.

This is Park Street in the days before the top end was dominated by the Gothic tower of the university, designed by Sir George Oatley.

Every approach to Newmarket passes through the surrounding heaths, where each day lines of slim, graceful racehorses can be seen being exercised by stable lads.

The present Guildhall building, with its clean neo-Georgian styling, replaced the earlier one on the south side of the market square in 1936-7.

On the right, beside the village pond, a horse-drawn wagon and a group of people wait in the shade.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Thirsk was one of the posting stations serving the Great North Road; The Fleece was the main coaching inn.

A lone farm wagon trundles between the houses in a village built of local slate. Only some chimneys and window surrounds are finished in brick.

This view shows the main features of the Market Place - the fountain, the Market Cross and the Market Hall. The Market Place is uncharacteristically empty.

The half-timbered village hall, with its adjacent rows of almshouses, overlooks this peaceful scene with its curiously maternal architecture.