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The Jacobean House in Queen Square is constructed of the same beautifully coloured stone as many of its simpler neighbours.

The village has long been famous for Basing House, a ruined building reduced to rubble by Cromwell and his army during the Civil War.

This photograph demonstrates very clearly the relationship between church and manor house in earlier times.

rough seas breaking over the Lower Promenade, with a fine view along the Promenade: from the right we can see the Esplanade Hotel, the Grand Pavilion, the Westward Ho Hotel, and private houses

This quaint public house was probably built on the site of a coaching inn. The present building was constructed in the late 17th century, and it underwent remodelling in the 19th century.

Though altered over the years, parts of this old house dated from the 1400s. Though not ideal, its replacement is at least in keeping with the character of Bancroft.

The lane is narrow and has its attractive, individually designed houses which appealed so much to William Cobbett and, indeed, to others who see them today.

Children's wear apart, this view is unchanged save the removal of the trellis to the left-hand front of the house. Needless to say, the trees have also grown a little.

Featured here is the Red Lion Hotel, a rare example of an urban tower house built for defence against Scots and Border raiders, though it does not have a vaulted basement.

Many of the buildings along the main street are imposing, three-storey houses, dating from the period when the town was a centre for lead-mining, cotton and worsted manufacture.

the long, staid High Street of this small village on the banks of the river Lea viewed from the opposite direction from photograph No 81859, with the Pied Bull over on the left, and the bow-fronted houses

Today the flats` distinctive roofline has been renewed; the approach road is metalled now, and there are houses to the left.

Nearby is Blaise Castle House which even in the 1920s had the best golf course in the area; green fees were 3s, Sunday play was available, and members of the ladies golf union were permitted.

The Tudor-style houses in the village are, however, imitations constructed around the middle of the 19th century.

The house on the right with the double flight of moulded steps, known as The Cedars, is late 18th- century.

This was a large mill on the River Nadder just upstream from the confluence with the Avon.The Millers House seen here is all that remains of a much larger building; it is now almost invisible from

People walk in the roads, obviously unused to avoiding traffic - there is only a horse and cart and one small car in sight.

The extended garden of the house is now a forecourt for a modern hotel built on the site of the old rock garden, which used to be the kitchen garden with glasshouses.

The photographer is standing on the Mansion House balcony looking directly at the Royal Exchange. Proclamations announcing a new monarch or a dissolution of Parliament are read from the steps.

The large house on the left has been built on South Back Way with a pleasant southerly aspect and a spacious garden.

Though by no means unchanged, this riverside house is still recognisable and has an enviable situation.

The houses were then just above the shoreline. Neither Yewbarrow Terrace to the left nor the war memorial on the promontory on the right had been constructed at this date.

The building on the corner of Broadway with the stylish curved frontage (right) housed Woods the tobacconist's and Porter's Wallpapers, both familiar names to Accringtonians over many

Close to the quays at Poole is the 18th-century Harbour Office, once the Old Town House, a club for ships captains.