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The larger premises were soon put to good use, and he was able to display a wide range of furniture that he had not only made, but had also bought in, thereby widening the choice for his increasing

On 30 August 1940, a 100kg bomb scored a direct hit on Park Street bus depot, killing one person and creating a temporary bus shortage.

This was originally the West Riding Proprietary School, built at a cost of £15,000 and opened by its President, Earl Fitzwilliam on 6 August 1834.

It looks northwards over the Teme valley and into the neighbouring county of Shropshire.

Situated to the south east of St Hildas's Church, South Crescent and Albion Terrace were built in the early Victorian period.

Another view of the pool, this time looking the other way, showing the rocky shore with the town in the background.

This photograph shows the churchyard just before the removal of the monuments in 1958, although the rails have already been removed.

On the left is Everard's Hotel with a Greene King dray outside. The pub had become the Woolpack in 1780 and Everard's in 1845. It closed in 1987, and was replaced by Pizza Hut.

The first bridge on this site was built in the 12th century; this one dates from the 15th century, but probably incorporates part of the earlier structure.

At Colesbourne the River Churn is joined by Hilcot Brook, one of the tributaries that swell this normally slow-flowing waterway on its meandering way to Cirencester.

This view, looking across Lower Close, has changed remarkably little since 1896; it shows how the cathedral dominates its surroundings, towering over the houses of Lower Close.

Outside the hall, Nicholas Sotherton's traceried bay window is flanked by Francis Cock's staircase bay of a century later. Both were added to a 15th-century structure.

The recently-demolished underground lavatories are on the right. To the left of centre are Blackbourn's shoe shop and the Nat West Bank, partly hidden by trees.

Sunlight Soap signs adorn the pier structure, while to the right of them a sign advertises 500 perambulators for hire.

A policeman stands on point duty; once again, one is struck by the lack of heavy traffic.

By the time this photograph was taken, Crowthorne was firmly established as a community, though the centre of the village really only dates back to the 1860s.

Somerleyton Hall's impressive cast iron and glass-domed winter garden, with its rich abundance of ferns, climbing plants and typical Victorian ornamentation. It was demolished in 1914.

The imposing main block of Dewhurst's Mill. By the 1830s there were 44 cotton mills in the Craven district, the main centres being Skipton, Settle and Barnoldswick.

The church steps of St Nicholas's Church are behind the camara.

The design reflects a number of different styles: a mock-Tudor entrance, Chinese pavilions and an Indian-influenced palace. It must have looked superb when first opened.

This fine view looks across the clock tower and Morton Crescent to the estuary of the River Exe, with Starcross and the Haldon Hills in the distance.

This fine view looks across the clock tower and Morton Crescent to the estuary of the River Exe, with Starcross and the Haldon Hills in the distance.

The village of half-timbered and weatherboarded buildings clusters around the green, known locally as 'the Heath', but the village church itself is nearly two miles away.

Another of the stunted carved crossheads in St Buryan's churchyard. The crucified Christ figure is robed; this indicates an eastern Byzantine style rather than western Roman influences.