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This famous Dublin landmark is situated on the north bank of the Liffey, a little to the west of the centre. It was designed by James Gandon, and built between 1785-1802.

A rather similar view of the cathedral and the Jacobean house to its left appears on the current £20 bank note.

Outside the National Provincial Bank passengers alight from an electric tram whose days are numbered - only five years after this picture was taken the trams were withdrawn from operation.

The National Provincial Bank on the right is now the post office, while the shops on the left have since been demolished to make way for a car park.

The 15-inch gauge line was based on that developed by Sir Arthur Heywood at Duffield Bank near Derby. Much of the hall and the railway has been demolished.

This is very much an archive photograph, for only the bank on the left survives from 1890: Queen Victoria's statue, commemorating her Golden Jubilee of 1887, was moved to the abbey park in 1946, while

In 1850 South Shields (including Westoe) became a municipal borough; Harton was added in 1901, and Cleadon Bank and Harton Village in 1921.

Ships of 12,500 tons deadweight can travel the full length of the canal, and its construction encouraged industry along its banks.

Established by the Romans on the banks of the river Avon, it was known to them as Aquae Sulis; the Roman bath-house is now open to visitors. The river here passes over a weir.

The extensive sandy beach is protected by a bank of sand which has a natural windbreak of high fir trees.

A ferry once operated at this point to take people to the opposite bank of the river.

Today, the banks of the Wye are usually thronged with tourists feeding the ducks in the river.

Martins Bank is now occupied by a hair and beauty salon; although the Esso sign has gone, the Irby Motor Company still trades from the same premises.

There are familiar names here, with Barclays Bank, Woolworths, Currys, Freeman Hardy Willis and Hepworths. None of them remains on the same site, though Woolworths has not moved far.

Holdenhurst has retained its rural setting near the banks of the River Stour, despite the sprawl of Bournemouth across its more distant meadows.

The right-hand building, an Italianate palazzo at the corner of Milsom Street, built in 1865 as a bank, is now the Bath Environmental Centre.

Here we see the High Street from the foot of Bank Street, showing clearly the overhead cables for the trolley-buses, one of which is in the foreground.

A suspension bridge was constructed at Howley in 1911, linking the two banks of the Mersey.

The bank on the left was built as a private house in 1649, and the Cabin public house was built in 1930-31.

St Mary's Church at Kempsey lies close to the banks of the River Severn, a few miles south of Worcester. Much of this interesting cross church dates back to the 13th century.

On the opposite side of the bank is Bushy Park, and in the distance we can see the graceful Hampton Court Bridge.

At the junction with Paternoster Row, Cheapside swings from the north in an arc and heads east towards the Bank.

On the extreme right, partly visible, is the entrance to the local Conservative club, and on the left is the facade of the National Provincial Bank, now Nat West.

In this photograph we look west from the tip of Mill Meadow Island towards the Embankment and the north bank of the river.