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The lower part of this strange structure is Roman; it was the west corner of the Roman fort. The upper part is 14th-century.

Here we see the Yorkshire Penny Bank (left) in the 1893 building which was originally the post office.

The Broadway also has a branch of the National Provincial Bank (third from the right) next to the post office, leading on to a greengrocer`s, an optician`s and a ladies` hairdresser amongst others.

The Church of St Matthias and St George was built in 1884 and enlarged in 1911, with the works carried out by Huxleys, a local building company.

An RAC patrolman guides an early Austin saloon around the junction of Church Street and the High Street, as a 408C double-decker bus emerges from the top of Bridge Street.

The miniature railway at Cofton Wood was nearly as popular as the tea room, though one cannot help wondering if the adults in this picture are not just the teeniest bit embarrassed.

Things fall off a bit when the High reaches Carfax, at the corner of St Aldate's Street and Cornmarket Street.

On the left is Gilbert and Sons, saddler and harness maker. Ahead, with a classical Georgian front, is the Rutland Arms of 1815. The mock timber-framed Chestnuts now has a shop front at ground level.

Here the photographer looks north along the High Street, towards its junction with Bridge Street to the right, and Desborough Road curving left.

One of Dublin's most famous buildings is the Custom House. It was designed by Gandon and built between 1781-1791.

Looking back into Bridge Street with Burden's Corner now well established, the London County & Westminster Bank opposite retained its authentic late Victorian frontage.

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.

On the heathlands above Sway are the burial grounds of early man.

To the left of the Town Hall is the local branch of the National Provincial Bank, while to the right The Central Pharmacy is still a chemists, but under the name of Cherrington.

An early motor car is driven proudly down the middle of the road in Liskeard's centre.

These are the original university buildings at Western Bank, built between 1903 and 1905.The university was an amalgamation of three earlier institutions, the Sheffield School of Medicine, the Firth

The breathtaking outline of Tom Tower dominates St Aldates on the far side of Carfax. Morris Garages and the premises of Barclays Bank are on the right.

The High Street today looks much the same as it did in the 1950s - except that like so many small towns, the shops have gone.

Taken from the south bank promenade, this view looks west past the eight-oar racing boats on their stands.

Not something that would happen today with any degree of safety, a gentleman poses for the camera in the middle of the street.

Outside the extensive premises of Lewis & Godrey's clothing store, a No 51 charabanc and its white-coated and booted driver prepares to take on passengers.

Seen from the footbridge to the Oxfordshire bank, the eleven-arch bridge is an 18th-century one that carries a vast amount of traffic, for Sonning is in effect Reading's eastern by-pass.

Built in 1898 at a cost of £20,000, the Beacon Hotel boasted its own stables and livery school, and was an extremely popular establishment during the first three decades of the 20th century.

Situated on the Great Ouse (Over actually means 'river bank'), the church of St Mary is lavishly built from Barnack stone, with an ornately decorated interior, and stone seats extending around much of