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In 1852 a suspension bridge was built over the Dee to link the suburb of Queen's Park with the Groves on the north side of the river. In the distance can be seen the mills and the Old Dee Bridge.

The views are of the Town Hall in the centre, the sunken gardens on Broadway, the Parkinson Rock Garden in Oak Hill Park, Blackburn Road and St James' Church.

The Town Hall was built on the site of the town watermill. It was designed by the Bath architect Bryan Oliver; it cost £9,375 4s 3d, and was opened in 1886.

The small hamlet of slate-roofed farm houses and cottages lies at the end of a lane near Black Head, sheltered in the valley which climbs up from Hallane Beach.

This photograph looks back at the same houses as those shown in 41386 and 41387.The well-laid out public gardens give a tropical air to the scene.The Lees Hotel was one of the many hotels to be found

East Street and West treet form part of the old coaching route between Exeter and Dorchester.

In 1698 the traveller Celia Fiennes noted that there was a considerable industry of cutting and burning the bracken on Cannock Chase.

Where the road ends, just out of view, is Hawley Church. Both of my children went to this school, which retains its village atmosphere.

Beyond the trees is the River Avon, and the houses in the distance are in Bristol Street and part of Burnivale.

This is a rare photograph of the House of Lords chamber showing the Mace in place behind the Lord Chancellor's seat on the Woolsack. The government benches are to the right.

Currently, there are huge breakwaters built of boulders, which have been constructed in an effort to attenuate the scouring action of the water.

It suffered during the Dissolution and again at the hands of Cromwell's men. After two centuries of neglect, Sir Gilbert Scott restored it in the 1870s.

The street is dominated on the south side by the slender spire of St Nicholas's Church, unfortunately demolished in 1955.

When it was built, it was right in the centre of town. At the time of this photograph, coastal erosion hasn't yet come that close to the building.

The long, narrow High Street, with the Rose & Crown Inn on the right, is at the foot of a steep hill overlooking the sea.

Amongst the many hills that can be seen from the summit of Bradnor Hill, Hergest Ridge lies towards the south west.

The abbey played a part in the industrial development of Leeds, for it was here that iron forging first began in the district. Kirkstall was founded in 1152 as a daughter house of Fountains Abbey.

This picture gives a closer view of the fine Victorian architecture in Bridge Street.

A scene that has been swallowed up in the creation of the new road system and the Friary Shopping Centre on the site of the Dominican Friary.

Victorian advances in engineering sounded the death knell for wooden, sail-powered ships of the line, such as these ones moored at West Mud in the Tamar estuary.

Horse-drawn conveyances were mostly replaced by electric trams, which covered the major routes in and out of town; there was even a tram that regularly undertook the steep climb up towards

Now very much a part of north London, Southall boasts this attractive manor house, much used as the headquarters of a municipal department in recent years.

Paid for by the priory of Lewes in Sussex in about 1300, the architecture represents a triumph of the stone mason's art, so much so that the church was championed as a possible contender for the new cathedral

The fishing village of Runswick Bay is set on a sheer cliff. It is also one of the most attractive harbourless villages along the Yorkshire coast.