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Boscombe developed to the east of Bournemouth in mid-Victorian times, attracting the wealthy and fashionable.

Looking towards Chapel Street from Cheapside, we see a variety of building styles.

The main road from Poole to Bournemouth was called Parkstone Hill until the 1890s, when a castellated house called The Castle was built on high ground near the top.

Here we see a corner in the old part of the fishing village, with a Victorian granite house added on the right. Flower pots are all around the upper bay window ledge.

A great deal of building took place during the years that followed; the population increased three-fold during Queen Victoria's reign.

The Doric column on the right is a monument to William Wilberforce, who was born in Hull, and was responsible for the abolition of slavery throughout the Empire.

It has lots of different bright materials and extravagantly overscaled carved detail, such as the gigantic capitals dwarfing their columns.

Nearby is the site of a Knights Templar hospice founded in 1274.

A lifeboat station was established here in 1871 as well as the one at North Landing, because the curve of the cliff gave shelter and made it easier to launch a boat from here.

The amenities now included a concert pavilion (at the pier head on the left), a bank kiosk and a Moorish pavilion (in the centre of the picture).

Barker's timber yard occupies the low range of buildings on the right. Further up the street the Hermitage cinema with its imposing entrance, is still open for business.

An early photograph of the crosses before restoration had taken place, as seen in 67326, page 98.

In September 1909 the 7623yds long Rivelin Tunnel was completed at a cost of £150,000.

This shows a packed beach with striped umbrellas marking the variety of stalls. These sold everything from teas and soft drinks to shellfish and souvenirs.

This lovely photograph shows a broad on the upper Bure, possibly South Walsham, showing water lilies which were common on many broads early in the 20th century.

The river near the new bridge now has rows of wooden houseboats moored along the right bank, where Wayford Farm has been developed into the Wayford Bridge Hotel.

The result was the removal of the bay windowed 1890s houses on the far right. Otherwise little has changed.

Ever since the arrival of the railway, Great Yarmouth has been a popular seaside resort, and whilst not the quiet getaway some might prefer, it was always a great pull for working class families from London

Looking north , we can see an electric tram and horse-drawn cart providing an interesting contrast of the old and the new.

The overwhelming view is always of the cathedral, which splendidly dominates all other structures.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, when these houses were built, the streets echoed to the hum of cloth looms.

Rearing out amid the stucco, the bright red brick and terra-cotta of Alfred Waterhouse's 1890 Metropole Hotel must have seemed remarkably intrusive when it was first built.

As usual, an exotic hybrid of Turkish-Oriental-Arabic style was selected.

In the distance is the tower of Harvey's Brewery.