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Kendal Castle was built by the Normans to the east of the town, probably by Ivo de Tailbois, the first Lord of Kendal in the late 12th century, and it still commands good views to the north and south-east

By the time when this picture was taken, Coldbeck's Old Smithy had already been converted to a gift shop.

Long buried by the shifting dunes of Penhale Sands, the ruin of an early Christian oratory was discovered in the 19th century.

Silver Street originally stood just outside the city walls, linking Lowesmoor with Corn Market, until it was cut off from the latter by the construction of City Walls Road.

Built in 1580 by the Nottage family, this was originally a fulling mill, though it was being used for corn by the 19th century.

At the junction with Station Road, Frith's photographer stands by the war memorial with the churchyard behind him.

It is now owned by the University of York, and parts are open to the public, including the impressive Huntingdon Room built by the Earl of Huntingdon.

Built in the Irish style, the round tower dates from the 10th or 11th centuries and would have been used by the monks as a place of refuge during raids by pirates or Vikings.

It is close to Regatta Week - as indicated by the decorative 'shields' suspended from the middle piers of the bridge - and probably early on a Sunday morning to judge by the lack of traffic on either the

The Hazelgrove Glen was given to Saltburn by the Marquis of Zetland in 1899; it became the town's first free park in 1904, after some initial reluctance by the Town Council to adopt and develop it.

The seaside flavour is completed by the bucket and spade shared by the two girls.

Originally a village, Eastleigh expanded rapidly around Bishopstoke Junction after the London and South Western Railway Company's carriage works moved here in 1889-90, followed by the locomotive

The 35ft statue of Queen Victoria, designed by the architect J S Gibson and the sculptor H C Fehr, dominated the centre of the new city square following its unveiling by the Prince of Wales on 12 May

The building was restored in 1856 by the local architect John Hicks, with the help of his teenage apprentice Thomas Hardy.

By the time this picture was taken, the tram routes through Denton had been converted to trolley and petrol bus operations.

There was a weekly market here, granted to the abbey by King John in 1199: it had fallen out of use by the 16th century.

The pavilion roofs on the right were once Lindsey House of 1684, subsequently owned by the Moravian Sect, who added the French mansard roofs. In 1774 it was subdivided into five houses.

This open plain of sea front has since been divided by the sea wall and a modern motor road.

A new church replaced it in 1601, but little more than 100 years passed before it too was replaced by the present building, designed and built by the 5th Lord Digby.

Whitby Hall, seen here, was built in Stanney Lane by the Grace family in the 1860s. In 1931 it was purchased by the council, who used the building as offices.

Though cars were more affordable by the 1950s, engines, being thirstier by today's standards, needed more frequent refueling.

Victoria Barracks 1898 Part of a large complex of military build- ings, Victoria Barracks were built in 1880 and occupied by the King's Own Scottish Borderers until 1939.

A demure young Edwardian girl stands by the roadside by the Rose and Crown Tea Gardens in this hamlet on the steep Riddlesdown above Kenley.

Much of Lancashire was affected by the Civil Wars, and Warrington, an important crossing on the Mersey and chosen by the Royalist, Lord Derby for his headquarters, saw considerable action.