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As the suburban semi-detached house with its timbering and Tudor detailing reflected the Englishman's home as his castle, so with the contemporary pubs.

This, the northern gate, stands on the site of the Roman Porta Principalis, the gateway of Eboracum. The barbican was demolished in 1835. The name Bootham derives from Buthum, 'at the booths'.

Chertsey was once the town at the gates of one of the most powerful abbeys in England.

Here we are at the junction of Cannon Street and the approach to the new London Bridge; the street was opened by King William IV in 1831, and named after him.

In 1891 a fire caused considerable damage to the fabric of the building, and the impression from the photograph is of a complete rebuilding soon after that date.

A striking building in the High Street is The Queen's Head Pub, mainly of the 17th century, with its welcoming atmospheric bars.

With five roads feeding into it, this famous junction (close to the access to the Queensway Tunnel under the River Mersey) is one of the busiest in the region.

This view shows the village spread out on the Fylde plain, an area prone to flooding. On the hill stood Preesall village school.

This rare shot shows the old turnpike cottage (left) at Holme Toll Bar, before the corner was cleared for road widening, looking westwards from Stoborough to East Holme.

The shop extension filled with shoes and boots is now filled with all manner of things for pets. On the other side of the road was a garage, which is now the Job Centre and the Sue Ryder shop.

The Stanhope Memorial stands in the middle of the space where the market is held twice a week.

No parking restrictions were in place at this date, and the Market Place served as the bus station. Car ownership was still a minority activity, despite the number of cars we can see here.

This part 16th-century timber-framed building is named after the Wylyot or Williot family, who held the manor in the mid 1300s as an outlier of the manor of South Mimms.

WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.

The dry dock served by boat builders and repairers has half solid swing gates maintaining the level of the water.

The flat-roofed Foreshore Centre (left) contained a first-aid room as well as an information bureau, left luggage office and lost children's shelter.

WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.

WH Smith is the only business surviving on the same premises today, although with a modern shopfront and a plain blue and white sign rather than the old wrought iron one seen here.

The shop extension filled with shoes and boots is now filled with all manner of things for pets. On the other side of the road was a garage, which is now the Job Centre and the Sue Ryder shop.

The Stanhope Memorial stands in the middle of the space where the market is held twice a week.

By now the impact of the alterations to the Market Place and Church Street of 1962/63 are clear.

At the time of this photograph, the fun fair belonged to Billy Butlin, and the Figure 8 was an exciting ride fifty years ago.

We can also see St Luke's Church at the top of the street. This church was designed in 1802 by John Foster Senior.

The Teifi begins its journey to the sea 70 miles away; it provided an inland route for the Normans to service the castles of Cardigan and Cilgerran.