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This shows the Market Square in the heart of the town. The south side of the square is dominated by the Georgian County Hall, whcihwas designed by Thomas Harris.

The Bell on the right is a timber-framed coaching inn behind its late 18th-century painted brick facade. The dark archway on the left led into the Tring Brewery.

Here we see it from Wallasey Road looking up what has always been known as Liscard Village, even though it is a road.

The church was restored by Hakewill in 1865, but the chancel roof still has painted flowers, and the arch near the nave still has its 14th-century mouldings.

At the foot of King William Street is Wren's mighty fluted Doric column of Portland stone, erected to commemorate the Great Fire of London in 1666.

Church Cove is on the east side of the Lizard. The building on the left is the lifeboat station, erected in 1885; it is unusual that it is set at right angles to the beach.

Some thirty years later, Bawdsey was to play a vital part in the defence of Britain. This is where the scientist Robert Watson-Watt developed radar.

The city of Manchester was the powerhouse of northern industry.

The abbey was founded by Richard de Granville in about 1130, at the same time as he established his castle on the other side of the river.

The city of Manchester was the powerhouse of northern industry.

At the Stamford Road end of the street, the newly-built showroom of Tutty's sold kitchen units and appliances. Newman's next door was an old-fashioned ironmongers, which has resisted change.

A 'new style' double-decker bus pulls up at the Library bus stop. Piccadilly Buildings, opposite, were designed to harmonise with the Library.

Its creation was vital to form a refined loop around which the wealthy and fashionable could travel.

There is no general consensus as to the origin of 'St Nicholas' as a place name.

The Spinney, as the manor house of the parish of Sully, was sold at auction in 1938 as part of 164 acres of land that included Sully Island.

York Minster was undergoing repairs at the time of this photograph. Pollution, mainly from the smoke from the railway, did a lot of damage to both glass and stone.

To convey any notion at all of this watering-place to those who have never visited it, one must mention that there are noble tree-planted streets and shady avenues, an imposing sea-front of about three

Here the photographer looks east along High Street, a wide market place with typical market encroachment blocking the view at the end; the building with the gable is a rebuild in 1877 of a 17th-century

This is part of the marvellous system which by 1933 comprised the Grand Junction or Union Canal, linking the Thames with the Midland canal system, and providing a direct waterway link between London

Lea Scott, an optician`s, is on the left and Haworth`s next door still has both men`s and ladies` wear departments at this time.

The supermarket is a branch of Tesco. Founded in London in the 1920s, Tesco is now one of the three top retailers in the world, with 1,878 branches in the United Kingdom alone.

When one looks at this inviting cavern, it is no wonder that after the copper mining itself finished West Mine became a magnet for explorers despite, or perhaps because of, the dangers of going underground

This photograph was taken from under the arch of the gateway leading to Malmesbury Abbey, looking out towards the market cross.

On the Salisbury side of Harnham Bridge, De Vaux Place leads to The Close—the Harnham Gate is at the far end of the wall.