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Tourism was given a boost in the 1840s when the North Staffordshire Railway opened its line through the Churnet Valley.

In this view we are looking north-west up London Road towards the Queens Head in the distance, beyond the junction with East Street.

We look north-westwards up The Street to the Coach and Horses Hotel (left centre), where the Victorian landlord was James Ingram. Charmouth House is further up the hill (centre).

It is now shorter than we see it here, as its extremities were swept away by the ferocity of the North Sea.

A view looking north along the High Street.

This is the main automotive route north from the city centre yet pedestrians appear happy to saunter UP the road rather than across it!

All to the left on the north bank, apart from the grand pedimented and columned Fishmongers Hall of 1831 near the bridge, has now gone.

This seven-arched road bridge was built in 1775 to carry the Great North Road over the river. It replaced earlier crossings dating from 1190.

In this splendidly evocative view from the High Street/St Peter's Street/Dame Alice Street junction, the photographer looks north along the Broadway towards the leafy De Parys Avenue, past the policeman

In this photograph we head north-east out of Market Square along Cambridge Street, once known as Bakers Lane, a road that haas seen much change since the 1950s.

North Street 1899 This view was captured from just outside the old Half Moon Hotel, later to become the Urban District Council Offices.

The Greedon Estate is situated on the north west side of the Seagrave Road. This is a particularly uninspiring view, but again it is a view so typical of peripheral village estates.

Caister, just north of Great Yarmouth, has a strong tradition for both fishing and its lifeboat. In 1901, the lifeboat was launched into a storm, and nine out of the twelve crew lost their lives.

Eight miles further north along the coast is Sutton on Sea, another seaside resort somewhat overshadowed by Mablethorpe, the two linked by caravan sites.

In this view the photographer looks north from the lane that skirts Will's Neck.

Grinding up with slipping clutch and near-bursting radiators, it was, I recall, one of the trickiest parts of our summer holiday route in the 1950s to North Devon and Cornwall, with its

Here, at about that time, Frith's photographer looks north along the main Hindhead-Farnham road towards the Crossways: this is what the main crossroads in Churt is called, and so is the pub at the

At the far end is North Quay with the harbour tug company's office building.

'There is not any harbour like it in the world', the topographer Roger North exclaimed in 1582, as he described the new docks at Lyme.

Gawcott, a mile and a half south-west of Buckingham, lies at the head of a stream (flowing north into the River Ouse) whose course runs along the right-hand side of this road.

We are a little further north-west, and the clock tower disappears from view. The view is little changed since the 1950s, apart from more parked cars.

The Greedon Estate is situated on the north west side of the Seagrave Road. This is a particularly uninspiring view, but again it is a view so typical of peripheral village estates.

Trees have grown, and it is not possible to see this view now. The railway ran to Great Torrington when this view was taken; it later extended to Halwill Junction and the North Cornwall branch lines.

Kingsgate stands at the gap in the cliffs closest to the North Foreland. Its present name dates back to 1683 when Charles II landed here—it was formerly St Bartholomew's Gate.