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Although increasingly a magnet for day-trippers, by the end of the decade the town boasted two hotels, and four large and up to seventy-five smaller guesthouses.

The hump in the road by the Plough and Dial is the bridge, which gives the street its name. On the right is Sale's garage, with a Pratt's petrol pump delivering Shell fuel.

This scene reflects a time before the First World War, now marked by the Great War Memorial at the road junction.

However, it is delightfully attractive in its own right, as we can see from this view, which shows late 15th-century timber-framed buildings close by the church.

Since the 1920s, the village has been bypassed by the A20.

This famous resort on the Holyhead road, in the narrow, deeply-glaciated valley of the river Conwy, became popular when it was reached by the railway in Victorian times.

The new college buildings were officially opened by the Duke of Devonshire in October 1873. The buildings pictured here are still extant; they are hidden from the main road by later buildings.

By the 1980s, half of all scallops caught in the Irish Sea were being landed in Man.

The old chapel front was purchased during renovation and can still be found sited by the lake at Kettlethorpe Hall.

The gateway seems to dwarf the children by the wall. The War Memorial to the left is in the form of a medieval calvary.

The full-length figure (which bears the arms of FitzOsbert of Drogheda) is probably a replacement procured by the Lord Deputy, Sir Henry Sidney, when the original effigy was broken when the south nave

The hotel replaced the Three Tuns Inn in 1938, and was requisitioned by the army for residential and office use during the Second World War.

They continued to operate into the 19th century, until ousted by the steam packet service in about 1815.

The harbour was developed by the railway companies—wagons of the London Midland Scottish Line are drawn up at the quayside.

By the 1900s the best stone had been worked out from the area so in the 1920s it was laid out as parkland.

They were supported by the RSPB, who said that an airport here would mean an end to the wildlife reserves nearby.

On the left is the weather-boarded former water and steam mill once owned by the Beere family.

The cross passage still leads to the service rooms on the right and the hall to the left, lit by the original six-light window.

Built in 1866 by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board to provide observations for the benefit of shipping, its records include a full set of observations dating from 1867.

During the Civil War the castle was ably defended by the Dowager Lady Stafford, but after it had fallen, it was slighted.

Stage coaches brought people and business to the town, and in years gone by the streets rang to the clatter of hooves as carriages arrived and left.

It, too, has some fine carved details - particularly the royal crest in the centre, supported by the English lion and the Welsh dragon.

The High Bridge timber-framed buildings had got into a deplorable state by the 20th century, and were extensively restored and rebuilt in 1900 by William Watkins, who also added the three dormer windows

Built in 1813 by Oxley of Alford, it is a five-sailer owned by the County Council and often open to the public.