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A large amount of building work was undertaken during the 13th and 14th centuries, and it appears that Finchale was used as a holiday centre by the monks of Durham.

In the background (centre) is the Market House, erected in 1836, which was converted to the post office in 1923 by building between and behind its open colonnade.

stages of the Great War, it was used for billeting soldiers of the London Scottish regiment; but at the time this picture was taken, it was being used by the local hospital group as a Rehabilitation Centre

Queen Elizabeth also definitely stayed here, when Cranbrook had become a rich centre of the cloth trade as a result of the arrival of émigré Flemish weavers.

This view looks back towards the town centre.

The White Hart pub (centre right) sits at right angles to the street, but the inevitable 20th-century interloper of considerably lesser architectural merit can be seen in the distance.

The dome of the Infirmary is on the left, and Lewis's tower is in the centre.

Skipton was a centre for sheep and cattle rearing, as we can see from this busy market day scene.

.` One of only eight mazes surviving in Britain, it of the unicursal type - there are no dead ends, and the narrow grass track leads circuitously to the centre without any deviation.

Traffic is parked solidly in the centre of the Market Hill; the sides are reserved for buses, and we can make out two single-deckers and a double-decker.

varnished carriages and brown vans … men and women fill the interstices between the carriages and blacken the surface, till the vans almost float on human beings … This is the vortex and whirlpool, the centre

varnished carriages and brown vans … men and women fill the interstices between the carriages and blacken the surface, till the vans almost float on human beings … This is the vortex and whirlpool, the centre

Queen Elizabeth also definitely stayed here, when Cranbrook had become a rich centre of the cloth trade as a result of the arrival of émigré Flemish weavers.

Skipton was a centre for sheep and cattle rearing, as we can see from this busy market day scene.

The gabled stone building (in front of the church) housed the Market Offices, and was also a drop-in centre for the unemployed.

The Society merged with the Chelmsford Star Co-op, and now occupies a prestigious site in the George Yard shopping centre.

King Osric's memorial is close by, and an oak carving of Robert of Normandy (son of William the Conqueror) can be seen in the centre of the choir.

Arrowe Park is quite a few miles from the centre of Birkenhead.

Gone even is W H Hattersley's general store in the circular shop (centre) - the whole area has been transformed by new housing development.

We are looking southwards from Walnut Tree Corner, and London Road is deserted apart from the wagon standing outside the Gate public house (centre left).

The dome of the Infirmary is on the left, and Lewis's tower is in the centre.

About five miles east of Haywards Heath (and halfway to Lewes) is Chailey, a scattered village whose centre is shown in the photographs.

The gathering in the centre of the picture could be an orderly queue to purchase tea and coffee, sweets and other goods from stall holders, or maybe even to see and hear travelling musicians.

Looking westwards, towards the King of Prussia, we can see the cupola of the Town Hall in the distance (centre).