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Here we see market day at Richmond in full swing.

The magnificent topiary gardens of Levens Hall, near Kendal, were laid out by the King's gardener Beaumont, who trained at Versailles, in 1692.

The public and private bars are on the left. The barn at the end of the yard has been demolished, but otherwise there has been little change.

Clacton's pier opened at the height of the pier boom in 1871; extensions in 1890-93 included a new polygonal head, complete with a pavilion.

The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.

Another view of the High Street at a less congested point and on a very hot and sunny summer's day: the shopkeepers have lowered their sun-blinds to protect their wares, and the lady on the left has

Two shy little girls have been persuaded to pose beneath a sign advertising Crowle's tea gardens and tea rooms.

A sign on the rickety telegraph pole advertises a public telephone, and fixed to the nearby wall is a bus timetable proclaiming that this is a fare stage.

A scattering of mansions, cottages, and odds and ends of streets nestling beneath a limestone cliff or half hidden away among wooded slopes, this tiny Torquay of Lancashire has, as yet, escaped the notice

All long piers, such as those at Southport, Ramsey in the Isle of Man, and Southend, were equipped with tramways, though the original idea behind them was for the conveyance of passengers, baggage, and

The Old House (left) dates from 1678, and it is a prominently sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best.

This view shows the junction of Boar Lane and Briggate, looking towards the Corn Exchange. In the 17th century Leeds held its cloth fairs at the bottom end of Briggate every Tuesday and Saturday.

A little further west, at the start of the Embankment Gardens, Frith's photographer has not quite got his focus correct. The urn on its pedestal was renewed in 1948.

At the beginning of the 20th century Leeds had four theatres, including the Grand, which is featured on the right-hand side of the picture.

This view shows the junction of Boar Lane and Briggate, looking towards the Corn Exchange. In the 17th century Leeds held its cloth fairs at the bottom end of Briggate every Tuesday and Saturday.

The wheeled contraption on the right is probably a log cart. Imported logs were stored in a pool before being taken inland, often to the mines.

The imposing Chapel Royal at Dublin Castle. It was completed in 1814 by Francis Johnson, and is situated in the Lower Yard, on the site of an earlier, smaller, chapel.

One of the interesting things when looking at some of these photographs is the number of shops that even the smallest of villages seemed to have.

We are looking east towards the town centre; the Market House dome is just visible at the end of the street.

Mining profits attracted shops and service industries, all eager to cash in on the 40,000-odd tons of copper ore that the mine was producing annually by the early 1860s; by this time, the population had

The ornamental Yacht Pond at the seaward end of Boscombe Chine has proved to be an enduring attraction for juvenile navigators.

The posters on the corner shop are advertising 'Dark Passage', noted in the Kingshill view. The venerable Austin Seven must be about twenty years old at the time of this photograph.

Another view of this central shopping area, demonstrating the planners' clear intention to incorporate greenery in the shape of existing trees, and the flower boxes on the central island reservation.

Emmanuel College was originally the site of a Dominican friary. After the dissolution came a short period of disuse before Sir Walter Mildmay restored parts of the friary for use as a college.