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This photograph captures the very essence of Ilkley - the moors, the town nestling in the valley and the gentle slopes of Middleton in the distance.

The church was founded to take the place of St Nessan's, on the nearby island of Ireland's Eye. The bells are preserved in Howth Castle.

Another view of the charming seaside town and port, this time looking to the prominent landmark, the 70 ft mound and ruined castle of 1821.

The shallowness of the river is apparent in this picture of a man quanting towards the iron railway bridge. The railway line has since closed.

Was the Millennium Dome at Greenwich based on Kingswinford shopping centre? Perhaps we should be told!

Horley is on the old main London to Brighton road before it was diverted around the area of new Gatwick airport. Single and two-horse traps wait by the roadside.

In this photograph, taken a few years after 56473 (pages 30-31), horse carriages still await their fares in the centre of Brook Street.

Positioned on the Firth of Clyde, this seaside resort looks across the Firth towards Kilcreggan, Loch Long and Dunoon.

Jireh Court has been a particularly successful development, primarily because of its location, just a five-minute walk to either the bus or railway station, yet only five minutes from the Broadway

Much of 18th-century Stamford's trade came from its location on the Great North Road, and it had numerous coaching inns.

These cottages at Newhaven, Fife, are an example of the type of fishermen's dwelling that could be found around harbours from Scotland to at least Cullercoats in Northumbria, usually single-storey terraces

After a disastrous fire in 1174, the new choir was designed by William of Sens, a French master mason who was versed in the Gothic style of northern France, with its pointed arches and universal stone-built

We are at the junction of Wingrave Road on the left, which leads into Tring past the site of the old Tring silk mill, and Tringford Road on the right; the photographer is standing in Bulbourne

Here we have an early view of Towan Beach, with everyone overdressed for the seaside. A game of tennis is in progress on a court marked out in the sand.

All is peace and quiet in this scene, but things were livelier on 23 January 1570. Lord James Stewart, Earl of Moray and Regent, was shot by James Hamilton as he rode through the town.

Further east, at the junction with Ironmonger Street, the quality of the Georgian stone or stucco façades on the right is evident, while on the left or south side there is more variety.

As we move further west, we see a part of St Mary's Street with an interesting mix of buildings with alleys leading down to the river front and The Meadows.

These occupy the site of houses demolished in 1848 that had been built as encroachments along the centre of the Market Place.

South of Lincoln a string of villages grew up along the western edge of the limestone ridge, mostly along the spring line.

Mount Terrace (left) was the first row of houses to be built next to the Mount. Like London Street, Bold Street was envisaged as a tree-lined boulevard; in later years the trees had to be pollarded.

We go north-east to Willesden, an area mostly developed by the end of the 19th century with lower-class terrace housing which swamped the hamlets that made up the parish.

The St Mary's we see here was only a few years old, and is possibly the sixth church on the site. The 1898 version was completely destroyed in a wartime air raid, along with much of the town centre.

This church may have the oldest foundations of any in Lancashire, dating from Saxon times. Norman traces remain in the rounded doorway (right) with its massive oak door.

Its replacement was this column, 60 feet high and bearing the following inscription: 'This column was erected by the trustees of the Liverpool Docks, by the permission of John Shaw Leigh, Esq,