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Next on the list were the Caledonian, the Station and the Royal, followed by the somewhat cheaper Royal British, the Douglas and the Bedford.

The gardens, the railway line and Princes Street occupy the area once covered by the waters of Nor' Loch.

The Edinburgh Castle we see today is, with a few additions, that built by the Earl of Morton following the siege of 1572.

The land was acquired by the City Corporation in 1934 at a cost of £8,000. The Debtors' Prison was opened as a museum, which was then extended to the Women's Prison building.

The broad High Street is part of the Fosse Way, and is dominated by the Redesdale Market Hall, a fine Victorian Tudor building designed by Sir Ernest George in 1887.

The new clock had been given by the De Lacherois family, and tells of the presence of the local squirearchy.

In this picture the late 19th-century skyline of Newcastle is dominated by the 15th-century tower and spire of St Nicholas' Cathedral and the imposing bulk of the castle keep.

This comparatively busy scene for the 1950s suggests that we are near a more substantial settlement here - Riverhead has now been absorbed by the sprawl of Sevenoaks.

This inn stands in the centre of the village by the side of the main London to Worthing main road on the route of Stane Street.

We end this chapter in St Peter Street, which originally led to the old wooden bridge replaced by the present one further west.

The Railway Hotel and two blocks of Tudor-style shops were built, but Howard's vision was scuppered by the Second World War.

A party, dressed in their finery, with the ladies in large flowery hats, are on an outing on a coach owned by the millionaire Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.

The Promenade of Saltburn is dominated by the impressive edifice of the Zetland Hotel.

Not every visitor was impressed by the elegance of Cheltenham Spa.

By the time the colliery closed in 1968, there were already large council estates here; many more houses have been built since, though only a minimum of services appears to have been provided.

The building was demolished in 1936, and the site is now occupied by the Odeon.

Today the escarpment is protected by the National Trust.

In the far distance we can see a cottage which was owned in 1839 by the Rev John Benn, friend of Jane Austen.

The bridge was built by the Bishop of Salisbury around 1240 to facilitate trade between the new city and the south: the Cathedral spire can be seen in the background.

At this time only some 10 per cent of the county's agricultural land was in the hands of owner-occupiers; the majority was still controlled by the great estates.

The left-hand shop of the pair is now occupied by the long- established chemist Roper`s, though at the time of our photograph it belonged to the builder`s merchants Brown & Son.

The driver of this MG Magnette was perhaps distracted by the vista around him, and has himself become something of a tourist attraction.

In the 1930s, when the railway was widened, the new Star Inn was incorporated into the Havana, Times Furnishers building, and the site of W Muskett the grocer was occupied by the gas showrooms

Among the facilities offered by the hotel were a quoits bed and bowling green. The problem was its proximity to the cliff edge.