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The View to Bridge Street This section of Regent Street is immediately to the north of the McIlroy's store.

By 1740 the original premises were very dilapidated; the Manor House at the south end of High Street was purchased for £1,000 to provide a new Master's House.

Portreath was little more than a fishing village until it was chosen by Francis Basset (later Lord de Dunstanville) as an ideal location from which to ship copper ore from the mines around Redruth

The Regimental Depot of the 16th Foot, the Bedfordshire Regiment, Kempston Barracks was opened in 1876 and the first members of the Regiment arrived in May 1877.

The cylindrical Norman font is stunning: it has intersected arches, big scrolls and two big serpents with twisted tails, their heads looking at a saintly bishop, who is wearing a typical Norman

This is a good close-up view of the main exhibition building that backed onto Talbot Road, which got its name when Sir Humphry Trafford married Lady Annette Talbot in 1823.

The tranquillity of the Vale of Ewyas and its surrounding hills must have appealed to the Augustinian monks who founded a church here in 1108, possibly on a site where St David, the patron saint of Wales

Exeter's canal was built at the request of the city's Tudor merchants and traders, who were exasperated by the weirs on the River Exe that obstructed the free flow of water transport into the city.

The tranquillity of the Vale of Ewyas and its surrounding hills must have appealed to the Augustinian monks who founded a church here in 1108, possibly on a site where St David, the patron saint of Wales

The Hospital of the Order of St John the Baptist is situated at the junction of the Lower High Street and St John`s Street and by St John`s Bridge.

This view was taken from St Ann's Square. This building is the third Exchange to be built in this area.

On the west side of the city, towards Fountains Abbey, stands the Spa Baths and Pump Room, opened on 24 October 1905 by Prince Henry of Battenburg.

The wide sweep of cobbles and double avenue of trees defines this characteristic view on entering the town from the west.

To the right of the roundabout is the entrance to Denbies Estate, England's largest family-owned vineyard.

The unusual war memorial and cross are on the left, and the massively-buttressed tower of the parish church dominates the skyline.

In 1927 the school became the Grammar School, and a decade later it became a boys only school, with girls diverted to Parkstone Grammar School.

Down a tiny lane off the main street, we find the charming 19th-century church of St Gregory.

It is difficult today to imagine that this is the sight that would have greeted travellers. The house on the left has been totally restored and renovated.

Portmadoc handled slate traffic from both south Caernarvon and north Merioneth; the schooners were able to call upon the services of a tug for towing either in or out of the harbour.

Before becoming a private nursing home, this building was a convalescent home for members of working men's clubs that were affiliated to the Club Union.

Originally known as Langley House, this was the home of Robert Henty, brother of G A Henty and of Lord Kindersley, Director of the Bank of England.

Ford, Morris, Hillman and Triumph - all the big automobile names are represented here as the town becomes accustomed to the motor age.

Although pig iron was being produced in the area in the late 18th century, it was the setting up of the Tredegar Iron Works in 1800 that gave the town prosperity, growth and its name.

The donkeys have a long walk every day from their field just below the Abbey House, down the donkey path, along Church Street, over the bridge and down Pier Road to the sands.