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Though now a substantial settlement, it was built on the site of a modest fishing village in the 1700s by the 3rd Duke of Argyll.

The building may be the Priory Mill, which was owned by the Phillips family; they also owned the Porter Stores public house in Cross Street where Lloyds Bank now stands.

In the background is the Old College Hotel, a name that echoes back to the founding of the College of Jesus by the Archbishop of York in 1500.

How many were to return alive by the end of the following year? Frensham is known for its ponds and its common – now Frensham Country Park.

stretch of the North Pembrokeshire coast is studded with small settlements like Abereiddy, where low, single-storied stone cottages squat in sheltered coves and on the exposed clifftops, endlessly battered by the

Nothing appears in the photograph to shake the post-war calm of the village, bypassed on its eastern side by the busy A6.

In a road of rather mundane buildings is the Palace Theatre, a remarkable building designed in a Moorish style by the Robert Adam of theatre design, Frank Matcham, for Moss Empires in 1901, with a seating

Though the lines were owned by the North Eastern, no less than five other companies had running powers into the city.

The bank is now operated by The Royal Bank of Scotland. On the right, the Red Lion proudly displays its AA and RAC accreditation.

By this date the area had expanded southwards, no longer impeded by the dingle, with a bridge facilitating an extension of the parkland towards Cliff Road.

By the 18th century these boisterous gatherings had become distinctly non-secular and the scourge of Methodism. John Wesley himself bore witness to a 'revel' in Dinas Powis on 14 September 1741.

Gifted by the Earl of Plymouth in 1947, the castle and its gardens were not only to become the centrepiece of the museum, but also an integral component.

On the right is the Anchor Inn, at this time owned by the brewers Strong & Co of Romsey. It has now been converted into flats and a doctor's surgery.

Henry VIII later dissolved Chichele College, and the buildings were ruinous by the 18th century.

It seems that Godiva was distressed by the taxation imposed on the citizens by her husband, Earl Leofric. He agreed to reduce the burden if she would ride naked through the streets.

Cycling is a popular pastime: note the number actually in use or standing by the roadside to the left to the Clock.

On the left, the tea tent was run by the Castle Coffee House, based in Castle Street. To the right is a small shed advertising portraits 'painted and finished while you wait'.

Sad to say, the old hunting ground has been unsympathetically bisected by the motorway, though a footbridge carries the walker across its intrusive carriageways.

Boston never achieved the fashionable fame of other Yorkshire spa towns like Ilkley and Harrogate, however, the buildings here on the High Street illustrate the affluence generated by the mere mention

In earlier days Briggate was where the merchants and clothiers assembled to buy and sell cloth, the start of business being heralded by the sounding of the market bell.

This is an interesting photograph, for the view has been unashamedly doctored by the Frith company in the past for the Christmas postcard market, to look like a seasonally snowy scene.

Though the lines were owned by the North Eastern, no less than five other companies had running powers into the city.

Its typical Kentish architecture of weatherboarded houses is complemented by the Union Mill, the largest working windmill in England.

The spacious market place is dominated by the venerable flint church of St Mary's with its Norman tower, 14th-century arcades, impressive clerestory, and knapped flint chancel.