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The War Memorial is partly hidden by the left hand tree. In the centre of the view is Anne's Corner, a picturesque house with timber-framing to the upper floor.

By the eve of the Great War there were about 49,000 tied miners' houses in the county housing 260,000 people, or 20 per cent of the county's population.

The town centre is dominated by its very large triangular market place, which in its turn is visually overwhelmed by the mighty church steeple, completed in 1460 and universally known as the Boston Stump

Further east, Franklins Outfitters, a mid 19th-century Italianate building on the right has gone, as have those in the distance on the left, to be replaced by the tepid Neo-Georgian Talbot Court.

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.

It had been owned and developed by the Royal Belfast Botanical and Horticultural Society for its members to enjoy and stock with the natural spoils of the Empire.

This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

Special low fares after 6.00pm brought in evening visitors by the hundreds. The railway also turned Whitley Bay into commuter country for those who could afford to escape the grime of Newcastle.

Yalding was once a substantial market centre, but was desolated by the plague four times in the 16th century.

The Turkey Cock c1965 This village watering hole on the road to neighbouring Widford prided itself on being 'the world's most exclusive pub', as evidenced by the signs proclaiming 'No teenager

A closer view of Market Place, minus its Saturday morning stalls and with only the refreshment stand by the lamp- post facing onto the 17th- and 19th-century shops and offices.

Owned by the National Trust, the building houses a number of literary relics, which these visitors have come to peruse.

The renowned actor Seymour Hicks, and his wife Ellaline Terriss, were living in the 15th-century Old Forge House by the gates at the time when they were appearing in the play Quality Street during the

It is dated to the late 18th century by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, but it is said locally to have been built to a design by Sir Christopher Wren.

By the late 1800s there were three shops here; one of them, Grice the chemist's (in the centre), was to occupy these premises for many years to come.

This vital hub of the village was run for years by the Star family.

This photograph shows one of the late Victorian screw- driven steamers by the end of the pier.

Immediately beyond Blundellsands, however, visitors should be aware of the dangers posed by the proximity of the military ranges at Altcar.

St Bridget's is also the modern site for two war memorials; the first a simple cross in the churchyard, complemented by the second, a beautifully carved book in the nave of the church carrying

On the left is the City Luncheon Bar, and passing in the foreground carriers' carts, two owned by Henry Draper and another by the railway.

By the 1880s, it was the sixth most important port in the country. The promise has never been truly fulfilled.

St Fagans Castle, on a crag above the River Ely, was founded by the Norman Le Sor family and was the residence of the Earl of Plymouth.

The initial phase was in 1884, followed by the next a year later in tandem with a change of name – the Boat Club becoming the Yacht Club. The third section was not completed until 1905.