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The village of Norton dates from the Saxon period. One of the earliest references to Norton is a grant by Offa of Mercia to the monastery at St Albans.

Philpot's General Stores was also used as a slaughterhouse until the early 1950s, when it became the post office.

This photograph was taken from almost exactly the same viewpoint as one to be seen later taken in 1960; it is very much apparent that at this time the village was a thriving, almost self-sufficient commercial

The timber market cross dominates the photograph; to its left is the King's Head with its tile hanging and timbering, a finely-detailed town pub of 1899 by Shoebridge and Rising.

With blissful symmetry the horizon here is occupied by Cardiff Castle - the iconic home of the Bute family, facilitators of the modern city and much of its wealth.

The walls have gone, and cobbles found in the rear garden have been laid at the front. On the right is Manor Farm, now a residence and bed and breakfast.

The castle (right) dominates the centre of this large market town at the entrance to Swaledale.

We look north-westwards at low tide to the cuboid shape of Sundial Cottage, and Library Cottage, which incorporates exotic but re-set older lead-work from France.

This shows the view looking along Reading Road, past the current Post Office and the Shell petrol pump, to the junction with Friday Street and into Duke Street as it heads towards the Market Place.

The characteristic mid-Victorian, family-orientated, open-air seaside culture, which offered a satisfaction of its own, and the town's secure, peaceful ambience is captured in this view of the beach.

These included the workhouses for Ecclesall Union (in Nether Edge) and for Sheffield Union (at Fir Vale), eventually to become Nether Edge Hospital and the Northern General Hospital respectively

The attention of the children and the men is attracted momentarily from the movements of ships and the sea by the novelty of a camera.

The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St George in London Road, originally built in 1901, suffered major damage in the war - it was virtually demolished by a landmine.

Seaforth, Bootle, Crosby, Brighton-le-Sands, Blundell Sands and Formby were easier to reach along the firm sand during the wet winter months.

The City Art Gallery building was started in 1825 and completed in 1830 at a cost of £30,000.

FABLED Tintagel is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur.

In the medieval manorial rolls there are references to ancient roads and lanes that carry the same names today.

A quiet lane on the fringes of the town. Washing dries in the breeze in the gardens of plain, mellow cottages.

To the west of Old Quad (above, 72159) lies Old Big School, surmounted by School House dormitories.

HIGH on the hill at the top of Margate High Street is the parish church of St John the Baptist, which has served generations of Margatonians for nearly 1000 years (see 27445).

Coity Castle stands less than two miles to the north-east of Bridgend. There is a legend of how Payn de Turberville acquired Coity following the Norman conquest of Glamorgan.

Whalley means 'the clearing or field by the hill', and we can see how close the hill, known as Whalley Nab, is from our photograph.

Attributed to Pearson and built in the Early English style, this large, red-brick church was built in 1896-7, so it was relatively new in Francis Frith's photograph.

The popularity of Box Hill, once called the White Hill from its chalk bluff and affording a splendid view across the Weald from its summit of just over 600ft, reached an apogee during the late Victorian