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One of Southport's double-deck tramcars rattles its way along. In 1900 the tramway took delivery of some single-deck cars known as 'Californians' on account of their American looks.

In 1870 the Victorian yachtsman Sir John Burgoyne brought the Empress Eugenie of France to the town after a perilous channel crossing.

Founded in 1488 by King James III, this port was for many years a strong centre of Scottish ship building; also, up until the time of our photograph, it experienced a phenomenally

This picturesque view across the village contrasts the rugged foreground with the domestic quality of the buildings, emphasising the fact that they sit on pre-Cambrian rocks, which are among

This picturesque area of narrow streets sits alongside the ancient fishing quay of Sutton's Pool.

Note the Malvern Hills in the distance, and the tower of St John's Church, adding interest to this view of Worcester Bridge, which had been substantially widened just a few years before the picture was

The Tything is the northern continuation of Foregate Street and ribbon development began here centuries ago.

These lovely almshouses of 1703 feature a striking life-size statue of a scarlet-coated Robert Berkeley in a niche on the chapel.

Another view of Greyfriars, this time showing the impressive front elevation. The friary from which it took its name was founded by the Franciscan order in 1235.

John Sell Cotman, who founded the Norwich School of Artists with Crome, was born in this riverside village in 1782.

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

There has been very little change to the appearance of this magnificent structure owing to careful restoration and repair, but the surroundings of the Minster have altered.

The tower and spire were added in the 15th century; the spire rises to a height of 120 feet. Some of the most beautiful stained glass in England adorns the windows of the building.

It was local landowner Colonel Tomline who promoted a railway and a new dock in Felixstowe, in the hope of being able to compete with the port of Harwich across the Orwell Estuary.

On the right is the Albany Hotel and the Yorkshire Penny Bank. Sheffield was just one of a handful of authorities at this date who still had faith in their tramway system.

Tilehouse Street, which was named in 1460, incorporates a string of houses dating from the Tudor to the Georgian periods, with many of the earlier buildings refronted with brick and remodelled during

The spacious frontage of the 13th-century hotel, with the Eleanor Cross just visible beyond, was clearly promoting its new services at the start of the motoring age.

The photograph was taken from the centre of the street, showing a banner promoting Hertford's County Hospital, but with many of the same businesses still functioning.

It stood in the dunes near the lighthouse at the northern side of the crossing of the Torridge estuary from Appledore.

He received a lot of opposition to the building from the locals: as well as fearing they might end up with a white elephant on their hands, they were understandably concerned that construction would involve

At St Helen's Church the corbelled, pinnacled and crocketed tower stands out in more ways than one: it seems curiously at odds, in size and style, with the rest of the church.

Many of the fishermen's cottages looking towards the harbour were built in three storeys, the ground floor being used for storing and salting their catches of fish.

The bustling twice-weekly market was clearly a popular event at the turn of the century.

The name 'Llandaff' means 'the sacred enclosure on the river Taff', and Llandaff is one of the earliest ecclesiastical foundations in Wales.