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There would have been about one thousand people in Morecambe whose employment was looking after or working with the horses of the town at this time.

The elegant Angel Hotel is no more, but at least the road is now surfaced. The ladies' long frocks in this photograph must have been impossible to keep free of stains.

The original hub of Witham was here, at Chipping Hill. As the town grew, its businesses drifted off to the main London-Colchester road. St Nicholas' was built c1330.

The Croydon brewery of Nalder & Collyer sold its ales at a rural-looking Harrow Inn 100 years ago.

A young girl with a pram stands outside the gates and vanished lodge house of Cane Hill Hospital, built in 1883.

If you need it, here is the evidence of unchanged houses over sixty years, although fish and chips are now on the national menu.

At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.

This lodge was built in 1831 after an outbreak of cholera in the area, so as to protect the officer cadets. Today, the gates are permanently closed, for security reasons.

These two views of the steep high street as it winds up the hill towards Canterbury show some of the rich assortment of buildings built of brick or black-and-white half timbering.

Houses at the hardly-a- hamlet Lower Hilcot still reflect the general style of Colesbourne.

Edward Melly was born in Liverpool in 1857, but came to Nuneaton after being educated at Rugby School.

The original Crown Hotel stands to the left of St Paul's Church; the clock tower has not yet been built.

On the hill is the monument to Sir John Barrow, which is a replica of the Eddystone lighthouse.

This churchyard stands at the top of Thundersley Church Road, well removed from the bustle of the town below.

In August 1405 a substantial French army in excess of 10,000 men landed here at the request of Owain Glyndwr.

King George III, wearing the uniform of a Roman Emperor, sits astride the Copper Horse. Many tales exist as to why he does not have any stirrups.

'P' Block was the home of the Production Engineering Department, and was therefore seen by many as the nerve centre for car and van production in Luton.

St John's contains several interesting features. The organ was acquired secondhand from Westminster Abbey; it had been used at the coronation of Queen Victoria.

This busy scene was taken at the Woodside ferry and bus terminus.

The population of Bridgend at this time was approximately 6,000.

It was once owned by the Falkland family, hence its name. The Falkland Islands were named after Viscount Falkland, who was killed at the Battle of Naseby in 1643.

This beautiful Tudor mansion was built at the end of the reign of Henry VIII by the successful lawyer Sir John Hynde, partly from materials salvaged when they pulled down the church of St Etheldreda in

The pretty little estate village of Ripley stands at the entrance to Nidderdale.

The headquarters of the Yorkshire Gliding Club at Sutton Bank, on the edge of the North York Moors high above the Vale of York with views to the distant Pennines, must be one of the most spectacular in