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He enjoyed country ways, and in manhood worked with another MP, Richard Cobden, to push the Reform Bills through Parliament. Both men championed the working classes.

He enjoyed country ways, and in manhood worked with another MP, Richard Cobden, to push the Reform Bills through Parliament. Both men championed the working classes.

There was another Marsden just a few miles up the line in Yorkshire, so a railway official gave the station the name of the inn that was next to the station.

Its construction was first proposed during the Napoleonic Wars, but it was delayed as Liverpool Corporation and the Board of Ordnance attempted to out-smart one another into picking up the bill.

And fair enough - the road signs to Chelmsford do not shout 'Historic Cathedral City' - they say things like 'County town since 1250', or 'The birthplace of radio'.

In the 1920s the future looked very bright for Loughborough, but the Depression of the 1930s came as a cruel blow to the town.

Up to 20 stables ran their horses on the gallops at Six Mile Hill.

Kempsey's church, seen here through the trees, has a puzzling 18th-century monument inside, which reads 'Underneath the corruptible parts of a vicar, one husband, two helpmeets, both wives and both Anns

Both children clasp the toy of the era, a wooden hoop. Both gentlemen wear suits and bow ties, and everyone wears a hat.

Another view showing the elaborate pargetting which has made the Ancient House recognised as one of the prime examples of its kind.

This imposing archway led up a flight of steps to another of Kendal's famous yards; this one lies off the main street, Highgate.

Another view of Reeth, looking down across the gritstone-slabbed roofs of the cottages of the village, which was another important lead mining centre during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Another scene typical of western Ireland: thatched cottage, hens scratching for food and an island woman with her shawl.

One contained two cisterns for water drawn from a well beneath the keep; another housed an oven; yet another contained an oratory, and another a pigeon loft.

Another view down Nuxley Road taken a little later in the 1950s.

The small hamlet of Swinton, west of Malton on the B1257, above the wide valley of the River Rye, was completely deserted when the Frith photographer called on a summer's day.

The crew in an approaching sail fishing boat, having raised her sails, stand by to clear the jetty, leaving both harbour and fellow craft moored alongside the Stade.

Both the buildings in this picture are part of Fair Oak Junior School. A new ultra-modern building has been constructed as the senior school, which for a time was known as a community school.

Both this gypsy vardo, or travelling wagon, and Mr Robbins' old farm cart would have been familiar to earlier generations as they travelled the lanes of Worcestershire.

Virtually all the buildings on the right hand side of the photograph are still recognisable today, though the occupants have certainly changed, whilst the building on the left is the Midland

There are good views both north and south along the coastline, and on a clear day one can see for miles in both directions and out to sea.

This row contained a general and sweet shop (note the Oxo advertisement in the window), with another general store and a teashop at the far end.

At the time of the Conquest, Norwich was both an important town and a major port. Control was quickly established with the erection of one of the earliest motte and bailey castles in England.

In the foreground a man rows his dinghy, and on the bank another prepares to board his boat, assisted by another man steadying it.