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The photograph is taken from Arden Road, which is the other side of Grange Road - all the street names have obviously been chosen to evoke a rural past which is now just a memory.

A view of Seaview's High Street during the final summer of the First World War.

This stylish Burton's tailoring shop was built in 1932; it replaced many small shops along Old Market and Princess Street. Originally, the upper floors contained a billiard hall and a skating rink.

In the 19th century the street was lined by saddlers, but these premises gradually closed when horses gave way to the horsepower of cars. The last tram ran through the town on 1 November 1925.

Further along the street is the opulent Thomas Coats Memorial Church, built and endowed by the famous Paisley weaving family.

This tranquil street of handsome houses fringing the river was built in 1708.

Many of the people who worked in the mills or mines lived in dilapidated cottages hidden behind the imposing three-storey buildings on the main street.

This is summer: awnings give shade to the shops on one side of the street, and one of the boys holds a cricket bat.

The soaring Gothic of the Abbey Church, transformed from its late Norman structure into Perpendicular style, dominates the skyline of this shaded street leading up to the old castle, with the Castle

Boots has moved to a prime site on High Street and has been replaced by a modern building occupied by a building society.

The coming of the railway put Whitby on the tourist map; its harbourside streets, ruined abbey, and souvenirs made from jet, which is a fossilized wood found locally, all proved a magnet for holidaymakers

This photograph of the town was taken from the tower of St Thomas's church at the top of the High Street, depicting an elegant mix of Georgian houses, bow-fronted cottages and covered shop fronts.

St John's Church, situated dramatically above Torquay harbour, was built in limestone excavated from its own site by G E Street in 1861.

Nestling at the foor of St Andrew Street, they were demolished after the last war when slum clearance was the watchword. Modernisation was embraced, and down everything came.

Main Street c1955 Victorian visitors had a number of inns to choose from when seeking sustenance in the town, some acting as fully-fledged hotels.

East Street, recorded from 1457, contains some early buildings.

The High Street is part of the old London to Brighton route through Henfield, which lies to the east of the River Adur on a belt of Wealden clay behind the South Downs.

The photograph is taken from Arden Road, which is the other side of Grange Road - all the street names have obviously been chosen to evoke a rural past which is now just a memory.

Designed by Thomas Robinson and completed in 1887, the red-brick town hall deserves a more spacious and prominent setting than Market Street.

The Ship Inn in Bunker Street was amongst the oldest in all Fylde, and was said to be the hideout for smugglers and their contraband arriving at Freckleton Pool.

Carrying the town's clock is the Carnegie Library, dating from 1905, and behind, in Church Street, is the 19th-century Town Hall.

The long village High Street running down from the ridge overlooking the Weald and the 13th-century church of St Peter is lined with picturesque tile-hung cottages.

Naturalists, cyclists and ramblers gather in the Cobbled Corner Café opposite the Sun Inn on Windy Street.

The square was a large parade ground, and nearby Addington Street was a military camp. Frith's photographer was standing outside No 6 Royal Road, where Vincent Van Gogh had stayed.