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Warringtonians would probably describe this as Market Gate, but Frith's view records the original concept of 1908 to create four matching corners, 'a spacious circus, perfectly symmetrical in shape with

The Frith archive consists of photographs taken for possible use as a postcard.

Axmouth's harbour, a mile from the heart of the village, is as picturesque as when the Frith photographers took this series of photographs.

The Frith archive consists of photographs taken for possible use as a postcard.

Inside, amid the immense display of ornament and sculpture, is a rare stone sanctuary chair known as the Frith Stool.

The Frith archive contains a number of these posed group pictures; the majority seem to have been taken during the 1890s.

Beneath it is the old road to Chapel en le Frith, which is now closed to traffic.

Francis Frith already has a stockist to sell his postcards. Until 1894, they had to be placed inside an envelope before they could be posted.

Francis Frith's Sussex A Century Ago

Francis Frith's coachman takes a well-earned rest. His carriage has stopped near the summit of Kirkstone, one of the most famous of the Lake District passes, which connects Troutbeck with Patterdale.

Francis Frith’s Sussex A Century Ago

Here, at about that time, Frith's photographer looks north along the main Hindhead-Farnham road towards the Crossways: this is what the main crossroads in Churt is called, and so is the pub at the

Frith's photographer was looking west down the High Street from the Town Hall roof. In the far distance the road curves into Ock Street, which is also lined by old buildings.

Frith's photographer was looking east, past the Town Hall on the right, towards St Nicholas's Church and the abbey gateway.

This cottage was well over three hundred years old when the Frith cameraman took this picture.

Frith's photographer has focussed on the north side of the street with its interesting variety of stone cottages, while opposite, out of view, are modern 1960s houses which clearly did not grab his attention

When Frith's photographer visited Kings Langley in the 1890s, cattle wandered freely along the High Street; but by 1955, the motor car was firmly established as king of the road.

Frith's photographer would have begged to differ.

Here Frith's photographer looks up Pauls Hill towards the Church Road junction with Holy Trinity's churchyard behind the trees on the left.

Francis Frith's Sussex A Century Ago

Picture postcards, hugely popular at the time, are for sale on the left - perhaps they included Frith postcards.

This view is one of several in the Frith archive taken from the Town Hall roof. To the left is the Queen's Hotel with its central flag-poled turret.

As in so many views taken of seaside resorts, Frith's photographer pointed his camera along the sea front from the vantage point of the pier.

Francis Frith's Sussex A Century Ago