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The small kiosk in the centre of the picture housed the camera obscura, which reflected a view of the surrounding area into a large white dish.

This picture was taken in the year when the Mappin Terraces for bears and goats were built and new animal houses constructed.

The houses on the right were often occupied by boot and shoe makers, including John and Thomas Tull, Thomas Albury and George Parsons.

From the 17th century it was a pumping house for the town's water supply - the wheel was turned by horses. Nearby we can see the York Water Works Offices.

Today, it is once again it is a religious house, but for the followers of Buddha.

Known until 1933 as the Kings Arms, the Pack of Cards was built in 1626 as a town house by George Ley to celebrate a win at cards.

The college opened in 1876 in two houses in Park Row with just 87 day students and 234 evening students.

Housed in Kennerley's drapery store, local mail would be sorted and delivered from here. There was even a delivery on Christmas Day.

Goring collected a number of late Victorian and Edwardian riverside houses and boathouses between the river and the village proper. The now tiled boathouse on the right is today a doctor's surgery.

Behind the hipped roofs of Corner House loom the pinnacles of Eton College chapel, built between 1449 and 1483.

The buildings in the foreground and the far left have gone, although the mansard roof of Lindsey House can be seen beyond the stuccoed M-roof.

Further down the Thames are the Houses of Parliament - or rather, the Palace of Westminster. This replaced the old palace, which burned down in 1834.

Crusoe' in a back-room above the wash-house.

A small village, built to house Parham Estate employees, Cootham is situated near to the foot of the downs.?

There are more houses among the trees on the hillside.

On the left, The Golden Lion was a 17th century merchant's house. Today it is called The Bank inn. This district was known locally as The Hearts of Oak.

In this 1960s view of the top of Cheap Street can be seen the White Hart public house; the area known today as Blackmore Vale was previously called the Vale of the White Hart.

An unusual aspect of the bridge are the three-storey houses, dating from the 19th century. The road opposite leads to Willow Vale.

The stone clapper bridge has been replaced by a concrete one, and the buildings to the right have been replaced by a housing estate.

Through the trees we can see the roof of the house in which William Palmer was born in 1824. A new bridge now carries traffic on the busy Station Road.

In the centre we can see the Grapes public house, and to the right is the sign for the Sun Inn, behind which was a smithfield, or cattle market.

Its ornate style contrasts with the plainer stone houses that are more characteristic of the town.

The wall of the house on the right is smothered in trade posters and advertisements for the forthcoming attractions at the Empire Theatre.

Where Heath Park Road (on the right) meets Brentwood Road and Slewins Lane (in the centre), meets Manor Avenue and Balgores Lane (on the left), is the Drill public house.