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This substantial civic building was the gift of a local J P, and befits a leading Irish port serving the daily Royal Mail run to Stranraer.

The Causeway leads from the town of Buntingford to the original, and now derelict, parish church of St Bartholomew, Layston.

The town comprises two villages, Upper and Lower Sheringham, the former more peaceful and retaining its fishing and farming traditions.

Indeed, the spacious, well-planned town with its new villas, sea bathing and attractions, caused rich people to settle.

On the edge of Romney Marsh, this village, with its broad street, was once a flourishing seaport and shipbuilding centre; it was captured by the Danes with a fleet of 250 ships in the 9th century.

The Cartwright Memorial Hall in Lister Park, Bradford, built during the time of Bradford's pre-eminence as one of the major woollen manufacturing towns of the world, now houses one of the city's best museums

The town's first inhabitants were men who worked for 11 years in the 18th century constructing the Trent & Mersey Canal's nearby Harecastle tunnel.

Ramsbottom is a small cotton town on the Irwell less than four miles north of Bury, and just over eleven miles from Manchester.

Now further down Bridge Street, Frith's photographer was looking south uphill past the Newcastle Street crossroads.

This hotel was originally known as the Rose and Crown, but changed its name in 1840 after the Dowager Queen Adelaide, widow of William IV, convalesced here while touring in the north of England.

Yet it has a long history with a number of attractive 18th- and 19th-century houses tucked away in the lanes of the Old Town.

The railway line to Huncoat and Burnley crosses the road here.

Situated on the edge of the Macclesfield Forest, the Ridgegate Reservoir was one of the first reservoirs built to supply local towns.

Trams used to run along Mandale Road between Norton and North Ormesby, but that was more than seventy years ago.

Its spectacular ramparts and ditches enclosed their community.

This is a comparatively modern scene in the High Street, showing two-way traffic and a variety of cars.

Newton Abbot gained in importance in the 19th century by being a railway town.

The main street of Allington village (bottom left) leads into this panorama of Bridport, looking south-east from the town's open country, with St Swithun's Church the prominent building (centre right).

Here on the High Street was the busiest part of town, once the coaching and postal services began in 1660.

Widnes was once described as 'the ugliest and most depressing town in England', and perhaps this building helps to explain why.

This photograph of the west front was taken shortly after completion of the Temple Moore restoration, as we can see from the light-coloured stonework around the window, buttresses and parapets

The Cooperative Emporium (right) and grocer's shop next door were demolished and replaced about four years ago by the Community Resource Centre.

Stand across the road, roughly in the spot where this picture was taken, and you will see that little has changed, apart from a few more trees, some road signs and plenty of traffic.

Christ Church, which stands between Drover's Lane and Stricklandgate, was consecrated on 31 October 1850.