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In contrast with the western side of the Wirral Peninsula, the towns and villages of the east have become one continuous conurbation because of their proximity to the River Mersey and Liverpool.

Obviously still viable in these photographs, Southport Pier was closed in the 1990s; it was demolished and rebuilt at a total cost of £7 million, and was reopened in 2002.

It is possible that one of them lay on the site of Ware Mill, later part of the factory of Allen & Hanbury.

This view up towards top church takes in about half of it. The prominence of the church tower is emphasised well.

This is the bottom or western end of Westgate.

Ebbw Vale was one of the first steelworks. Bessemer steel was produced here as early as 1866, and this process continued until the last Bessemer blow in 1962.

Here is a wonderfully atmospheric shot, typical of the best of late 19th-century photography, illustrating the beautiful view from which Belvoir derives its name.

The Church, seen across the combined waters of the Avon and Stour on their way to the sea, is a commanding feature of the scenery.

This is the top of Market Street, adjacent to Piccadilly.

The only set of traffic lights in Kettering coped with a trickle of traffic.

Four miles south-east of Westerham, Four?Elms has developed in recent years, as a result of the spread of the railways into rural Kent and the growth of commuter travel.

The Greek Doric columns and pediment of the old Corn Exchange of 1832, now a McDonalds restaurant, are astonishingly out of scale in this quiet street of smaller-scale Georgian fronts.

Barclays Bank, which has by now replaced part of the terrace on the left, dates from 1924: it is a typical example of the pretentious architecture beloved of banks.

The newly completed school welcomed its first 180 female pupils on 3 May 1938 and was formally opened seven weeks later by the then President of the Board of Education, Earl Stanhope.

Solid evidence of Victorian endeavour and values, Stephenson's great viaduct carries the Liverpool/Manchester railway over the Sankey Canal.

Only the steam train (centre) interrupts the tranquillity of this scene. This view from Grip Wood shows the rear of the Tithe Barn, which defines the southern edge of Barton Manor Farm.

This must be one of the last photographs of the old military hospital at Netley before most of it disappeared from the shores of Southampton Water in a huge heap of rubble.

Cable Street is one of the older streets of Lancaster, though not one of the medieval streets.

The North Gate is the only part of the town's defences to survive, apart from the remains of the 12th-century castle.

This was the site of many an execution and the location of the Porteous Riots in 1736. John Porteous was appointed captain of one of the companies employed to keep the peace.

The original core of the White Lion—to the left of the picture—is thought to date from the 15th century.

Rebuilt in 1867 by John Loughborough Pearson, the architect of the eastern extension of Wakefield Cathedral, the parish church of St Helen looks down on the town's market place.

Oxford's superb Town Hall building dominates this picture of the city centre. At the bottom of the photograph is Queen Street, named after Queen Charlotte, wife of George III.

Grimspound, a few miles north of the village of Widecombe, is one of the finest examples of a Bronze Age village in Europe. It lies half a mile off the road to the right.