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We are looking over Lancaster and the outer parts of the castle from the higher inner ramparts.

The impressive and imposing ruins of Malmesbury Abbey look down on the River Avon 60 feet below.

As in so many views taken of seaside resorts, Frith's photographer pointed his camera along the sea front from the vantage point of the pier.

The paved area in front of Moot House was a sunny meeting place with mature trees, flower boxes and seats.

Scotland's most celebrated poet Robert Burns was born in this simple cottage on 25 January 1759.

The photographer is standing close to Hare Lane, out of shot on the left. Hare Lane was the location for the Old Raven Tavern.

Dale Street was one of the ancient streets of the city and the main road to all points south.

This view from the top of Whitehall Park looks over the flower beds to Darwen beyond.

The sound of the hooter at set times signalled the end of shifts, but when it sounded at an unusual time, it conveyed news of a pit accident.

We are at the heart of the city centre, and this is now all pedestrianised. The Albany Hotel, dating from the late 1870s, was originally a Temperance establishment.

The name of this historic village derives from the flatfish called 'flukes', caught off the shore in Morecombe Bay. There is a poster for cocoa in the window of the Co-op shop on the left.

The oak tree is regarded as the centre of the village. Formerly there was an annual fair supported by the landlord of the ancient Old George Inn (centre).

Bell Lane descends to the west of the A361 and gives us a good idea of the variety of building styles that make up this little industrial village.

The Shire Hall was built in 1724; the statue below the clock face is of Henry V, placed there in 1792.

Beaumont Street is named after the family of Viscount Allendale; here stands the great Abbey Church of St Andrew that makes Hexham important.

We are in the main part of the Hartings, nestling in the northern slopes of the Downs, on the pilgrims' route to Chichester.

By 1896 Wigan was taking public health seriously, and not only in the provision of hospital beds.

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.

The Imperial must have been the largest of the several hotels catering for the traveller as well as for the more frequent tripper from Belfast. The number of tall boarding houses was still growing.

A picturesque collection of cottages and shops line the spacious main street of this Georgian coaching town, as we look towards the triangular Bowling Green, while the photographer's activities attract

This view looks south towards London, along the narrow stretch of Ermine Street or the Old North Road, with its overhanging 17th-century houses and gables.

'In honour of William John Wills, native of Totnes. The first with Burke to cross the Australian continent. He perished in returning 28th June 1861'.

Situated in the shadow of the grand church of St Helen's, the castle, now in the care of English Heritage, originated as a Norman manor house; it ultimately become the property of the Breton La Zouch family

One of Masham's distinctive features is its large market place, where fairs would see as many as 70,000 to 80,000 sheep and lambs up for sale.