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The most striking change between this view and the 1903 view in image 49238 is the splendidly ornate bank building which replaced the two buildings beyond Patterson's.

Here we see another view of the street, which was cut in early Victorian times to become a channel of trade and industry. The vista extends to Cromac.

The local population in the Middle Ages made a living from agriculture, fishing, boat-building, and ferrying traffic up and down the river.

Warrington's Town Hall was originally Bank Hall, built between 1749-50 by the world-famous architect James Gibbs as a home for a local businessman, Thomas Patten.

Further east along The Embankment, Newnham Bridge crosses the north branch of the River Ouse at the south end of Tennyson Road. We are looking east from the north bank.

Note the boathouse on the far bank. I wonder if these people were charged every time they used the canal, or if they paid a one-off or annual fee.

A smart two-seater convertible is parked outside the imposing Barclays Bank, which had been built in 1910 as the Boston & Spalding Bank.

Hest Bank was the seaward side of the village, right at the southern side of the mouth of the River Kent. At one time, the area was referred to as Slyne with Hest.

Removal of the ivy enables us to admire the late 18th-century house (with a painter in action, left) and next door, a Georgian façade conceals a timber-framed house dated to 1454-55.

On the left bank is the single track Bristol & Portishead Pier & Railway, which opened as a broad gauge line in April 1867 and was worked by the Bristol & Exeter Railway.

Three years in the building, the Town Hall opened on 17 April 1889, and this day was proclaimed a public holiday in the town. The Italianate style reflected the prosperity of this weaving community.

The broad thoroughfare reflects not only the market town but also its link with the sea. Below the cobbles still runs the Belfast River, which once had quays allowing ships to come off the Lagan.

Today there are moorings along the river bank, and housing development has completely swamped the old village.

The Square looks remarkably spacious before motor vehicles arrive to displace the free-roaming dogs.

The Market Square is still the commercial centre of the town. There are several banks, and the market is held here on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

The River Stort, with the Town Park along its banks, has become a beautiful and popular venue for the people of Harlow, Old and New.

Archdeacon Stonehouse built this imposing gateway leading up to the lychgate of St Martin's parish church in the 1840s.

The shops around the market are becoming dominated by national chains. On the left, for example, are Boots, Foster Brothers and Freeman, Hardy & Willis.

The shop window at No 26, the draper Henry Octavius Bickley (right), contains clothing and parasols.

The District Bank, in the distance on the right by the pedestrian crossing, North West Electricity, next to J T Gilchrist chemist, and Lakeland Cleaners.

On the right, just above the Trustee Savings Bank, is the New Day furniture store; the building is now occupied by the 'Burnley Express'.

The Royal Hotel (left) vied with the George in attracting a superior local clientele. Next door, the drapers, Pritchard's, has a sun awning to prevent the window display fading.

The most notorious abbot of Furness Abbey was undoubtedly Alexander Banks. One William Case, on behalf of the people of Sellergarth, sued him in court in 1516.

The statue of John Howard, the founder of the Howard Leagyue for Penal Reform, broods over the Sqaure - and perhaps over the irony of its location - close to the old Town Gaol that allegedly once held