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The entrance arch, with its green gates, was demolished in the 1980s to allow access for lorries building the new leisure centre.

This view of Streatley shows the village centre. The Bull was once a coaching inn for the Royal Mail coach to Oxford.

This was the period when few supermarkets existed and those that did were built in town centres, as most people relied on public transport.

It is situated to the south of the city centre, and was first established in 1849. It became a separate university about 10 years after this picture was taken.

White's 1860 directory listed no less than 38 fairs in the county, including Crewe, where its establishment was probably influenced by the town's extensive railway facilities, making it an ideal centre

There are now new shopping centres in the vicinity of this commercial area of the town.

St Mary's Butts is in the centre of Reading. The chequerboard flint and limestone tower of the church of St Mary's is a distinctive local landmark.

We are in the town centre. Note the branch of Woolworth's just visible at the end of the street, and the branch of Dewhurst the butchers among the other shops on the right.

The photographer looks back down the hill past 19th-century houses towards the village centre.

Older buildings are to be found behind the innocuous facades of 18th- and 19th-century prosperity in Melton, which was boosted by its being at the centre of the hunting world, and by its prosperous sheep

It underwent a large refurbishment in 1985 to include a leisure centre, and the pool was redesigned as an indoor heated facility.

The white building in the centre background was demolished, and a large block of drab-looking flats replaced the trees on the left.

The tall building in the centre of the picture is the former Barclays Bank, since demolished. To the front of it we can see the war memorial.

In the centre in the background is the Sugar Loaf.

The railway at Datchet runs between the Thames and the village centre. Datchet is mentioned in Shakespeare's 'Merry Wives of Windsor' and Jerome K Jerome's 'Three Men in a Boat'.

Here we see Evans Cliff and the view westwards to the Cobb at Lyme Regis (far left) beyond the landslips and mud-flows of Black Ven and the Shambles (centre).

Much of the large area included in the centre is woodland. Here the 'camp' title is well justified by the neatly erected tents, with two people folding ground sheets (left).

Note the Ever Ready delivery van in the centre of the picture and the branch of Hepworths on the right.

The white building in the centre background was demolished, and a large block of drab-looking flats replaced the trees on the left.

In the centre in the background is the Sugar Loaf.

The fully restored and working windmill here in the centre of Skidby is now a museum and tea-rooms, both of which are owned by the East Riding council.

In 1857, Ingleborough Cave was made accessible; thereafter, Clapham became a centre for potholing. Nearby is Gaping Gill, which has an underground chamber large enough to house a cathedral.

In the centre of the photograph is the parish church of St Cadoc with its distinctive tower.

It is a popular centre for fell walkers. The peak of High Spy is in the background.