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The Battle of Largs was important because it led to the Treaty of Perth, under which Man and the Western Isles were purchased by the Scottish crown.

Today the wooden gates are gone, and so is the fountain in the road, erected by the Hender family in memory of their son Leonard, who drowned near Land's End in 1894.

The first tourists to the Lake District arrived by coach-and-four, but by the time the photographs in this book were taken, the railway had arrived.

Straddling Stock Ghyll, which runs by the side of the main road, this curious little structure is probably the best-known feature of Ambleside.

Originally quarried by the Hayward family and later rented to the Webber family, Dancing Ledge was owned by schoolmaster Thomas Pellatt of Durnford Preparatory School.

Recreational Facilities also with those who wish to experience invigorating walks by the sea during the sometimes less inviting off-season weather.

The horses are steadied from the front by the ferryman, and the driver holds the reins in case the animals bolt: it is a chain ferry, drawn through the water by a steam-driven boat alongside, so a sudden

Formerly, a railway line from the station to the slate quarries ran across by the mound (centre).

of the owners of the abbey (who at this date would have been the Stricklands), ready to escort them up to their private gallery in the church; the gallery was built in the early 17th century by the

The castle was constructed by the Welsh in a loop of the river as a 'new castle' in 1240.

By the 18th century it had civilised itself to 'Hollyport' and by the early 19th century had assumed an odour of sanctity with 'Holyport'.

Today the wooden gates are gone, and so is the fountain in the road, erected by the Hender family in memory of their son Leonard, who drowned near Land's End in 1894.

Dunster was held by the Mohun family until 1404, when it was purchased by the Luttrells.

By the date this picture was taken, Doncaster had been a racing centre for nearly three hundred years and had been the home of the oldest classic race, the St Leger, since its first running in 1778.

The foundation stone of the new Odeon Cinema was laid in 1959 by the actress Lauren Bacall.

Several of Frith's 1921 views of the river have the same river launch loitering in the foreground (compare with 70432, 70435 and 81732, a return visit by the same photographer in 1929?).

The village has two halves, one by the church and the other the north-south High Street, separated from each other by the grounds of The Abbey, another former grange to Abingdon Abbey with a fine aisled

The modern shopping area is dominated by the offices of Eastern Electricity on what was clearly a very warm summer's day, judging by the number of opened windows.

The 18th-century Exchange was demolished in 1926 and replaced by the present Council House, opened in 1929 by the then Prince of Wales.

The town also had two primary schools, one run by the church, the other by the chapel. The former is now the popular Red Kite Centre and Museum.

The canal had fallen into disuse by the 1930s but has been gradually restored by the British Waterways Board, with support from the National Park and others since 1968; it was reopened to the public in

This is in essence the same building today; it is now painted white and green, with bigger windows and no veranda, surrounded by the car park.

The Caryl Chapel was desecrated by the Royalists in 1643 and later by the Parliamentarians, and left in ruins. A variety of houses of all shapes and sizes are seen in the foreground.

The parish church of St Peter, with its solid flintstone tower dominating the high street shops and mid-morning traffic in this picture, was originally built by the Normans alongside the spacious