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By the end of the Victorian period, band concerts were a popular form of entertainment at most resorts.

Hoveton is one of the centres of Broadland, and is crowded in the summer months.

A herd of Shorthorn cattle is driven down the main street of West Witton, which stands at the eastern entrance to Wensleydale.

The south side of Windsor Road lay undeveloped until c1880 with the construction of the block seen here beyond the roundabout.

The imposing west front of the Abbey is seen here, following the completion of its restoration 30 years before.

The appointed King, Godrich, Earl of Cornwall, takes care of Goldborough, and promises to fulfil the dead King's wish - to marry Goldborough to the strongest man in England when she is of age.

A charming view of Glynn, a little Irish village about a mile to the south of Larne, on the western edge of Larne Lough. Just to the south of the village are the ruins of the old church.

A game of billiards is in progress under the cast iron Victorian columns of the games room.

The main part of the new outside market lies along Peel Street; its construction forced the alteration of the bus station into a line of stands on each side of the street.

Beyond the Queens Hotel with its tiers of balconies, which opened in June 1880, are one or two of the surviving buildings of the original Sea Houses, one of the four hamlets of pre-Victorian Eastbourne

Prehistoric Cams Most people enjoying a round of golf on the Cams Hall Estate today are probably unaware of the existence of the 429 pieces of worked flint that were recovered during topsoil stripping

The statues of Raphael and Michelangelo stand on the entrance steps to the Walker Art Gallery in William Brown Street.

Here we see the south transept of the abbey before the restoration had taken place, with the spire of St Paul`s in the background.

Originally called Dunstable Street, there is no available record of the reason for the change of name apart from the coincidence of the accession to the throne of King George V.

By the gate leading into the churchyard are the overhanging eaves of the old priest's house, later to become the centre of the local Girl Guides troop.

Shop signs beyond the Three Cups Hotel include those of a Co-op store, the Tudor Cafe, and the Nook.

South of Dumbarton rise the massive twin peaks of the volcanic plug of Dumbarton Rock.

The Urban District Council of 1895 needed a home, and in 1899 the council offices were built and occupied. In 1928 it was decided to add a town hall and modify the western end of the building.

The Cotswold village of Sherborne lies between Northleach and Burford. It is an ancient fording point on Sherborne Brook, a tributary of the River Windrush.

Mills and rows of cheap housing were swept away during the development of Marlowes in the new town of Hemel Hempstead.

Close to Blackpool, Newton was popular, especially at the time of the Blackpool Illuminations. Rows of holiday caravans do not conjure up history, but this corner of the Fylde has its share.

The charm of post-war rural Britain is captured perfectly here.

With the arrival of the Piccadilly Line came an influx of commuters, and with this influx came the promise of commercial profits.

Luton's dependence on a good supply of fully trained technicians and tradesmen meant that the old Technical School was transferred from Park Square (now the site of Luton University) to this site on the