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In the 10th century, when permission was granted for a house to be built on the bar, the yearly rent charged was sixpence.

The house on the left has been totally restored and renovated. The building opposite has changed beyond description.

It is said that in the late 1800s Wareside boasted seven public houses; the White Horse and its sister, the Chequers, were the sole survivors in 1955.

Warren House, an ancient cruck-framed building, situated adjacent to the Warren marshes behind the promenade, was the home of the warrener, who was a gamekeeper for the Luttrell family.

This club house was opened in 1898 by Mrs W J Pirrie, wife of the managing director of Harland and Wolff; among the well-wishers was Mr Gustav Wolff, also representing Belfast craft of a larger size.

Retail parks invariably host the major retail names, often housed within superstores with free parking, and have proved very popular and an established alternative to the conventional town centre

The Tudor-style building at the end was constructed in 1940, and above that on the magnificent Chevin is the White House, a former barn, later used as refreshment rooms for the Victorian perambulators.

It has functioned as a concert hall and meeting-house. The near absence of motor cars makes street scenes such as this seem quite alien to us now.

The Old House Hotel, left, later became Baines Private Hotel and Tea-rooms. The Town Hall of 1890 (right) became the Working Men's Club and Institute, and the Angel Inn closed in 1907.

Next door is a fine town house, now a restaurant, but which at the time of this photograph was occupied by a pawnbroker, whose sign of three gold balls can be seen on the upper storey.

Next door is a fine town house, now a restaurant, but which at the time of this photograph was occupied by a pawnbroker, whose sign of three gold balls can be seen on the upper storey.

The access road to the Delapre estate can be seen (left), and Roger's Cottage, beside Long's Lane, is in the distance (left of centre), with houses Nos 76 to 68 being in the near distance (right of centre

Chideock House on the left was, at this time, known as Myrtle Cottage, with a Mrs Bindloss as its inhabitant. Beyond are an obscured Bridge Cottage, By the Stream , and Apple Tree Thatch (centre).

Here we see Cloister House on the left, opposite the old village pump. The parish church of St Mary has been much altered over the years, but its origins lie in the 11th century.

fish and chip shops sited directly opposite the Pied Bull pub needs no further comment, but one has to question the suitability of the branch of a national bank - apparently located in two converted houses

Adjacent to the public house was the range of New Swindon Co-operative Society shops, comprising menswear, footwear, shoe repairs, drapery, confectionery and grocery stores.

To celebrate these two new extensions a full-dress ball was held, and the money raised went to the Baths and Wash-House Fund.

Outside at its east end is Wing's monument to William Fortrey, and close by is the 17th-century Fortrey manor house.

It did have areas of back-to-back houses for the newly-imported workers, but there were never the slums of the older towns and cities. Soon Birkenhead became a town.

To celebrate these two new extensions a full-dress ball was held, and the money raised went to the Baths and Wash-House Fund.

The etching on the windows, 'Magistrates Room' and 'Solicitors Room', reminds us that the Magistrates' Courts were also housed here for many years.

Construction began in 1089 on a site where there had been ecclesiastical houses of one sort or another since 681.

In the 1930s the toll was 8d for a car, quite expensive at a time when a craftsman earned 1s 2d per hour.

Built as a town house for the lead mine-owner Charles Bathurst of Arkengarthdale c1720, its newly-fashionable hand-made bricks, three-storey height and eight bays must then have made it very prominent