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Fairfax Place was built in the 1880s, replacing some 16th-century properties.

The advent of the motor carriage did not prevent the hotel advertising the stables at the back of this famous coaching hotel.

On the right, the imposing 18th-century brick frontage of Lloyd's Bank, with its stone pediment and columned entrance, faces the small shops across the road.

Considered to be the best medieval hall in the country after Westminster Hall, the Great Hall dates back to the early 13th century and includes fine arcade piers of Purbeck marble.

The 1893 reredos is by Pearson, and the church has a remarkable painting of The Mourning of Christ after Van Dyck, the original of which hangs in the Berlin gallery.

All the hustle and bustle of Edwardian life is here in this photograph.

The word Shambles derives from 'shamel', meaning benches or stalls.

The overhanging storeys were a feature of town architecture, which came into use some time in the late 13th or early 14th centuries.

It is a quiet day in Tadcaster's High Street as a cyclist pedals unconcernedly down the middle of the road.

Considered to be the best medieval hall in the country after Westminster Hall, the Great Hall dates back to the early 13th century and includes fine arcade piers of Purbeck marble.

You could hardly travel further from London than here, but Williams the Padstow newsagent is displaying the very latest penny dreadfuls.

The Swan Inn, pictured on the right of this photograph, is still here today.

The left- hand ground-floor window now matches its fellow, three dormers have replaced the original two, the end elevation has plasterwork instead of tile-hanging, a larger window and more

This photograph looks uphill towards the great cliff of Carreg Du, which looms over the town's streets.

Her body was dragged out of the canal two days later at the Bloody Steps in Rugeley, where her grave can be seen in the churchyard.

The pub is called the Old Bush Inn.

The impressive façade of Oakley's Stores simply oozes prosperity as it faces the larger department store premises across Fleet Road.

The Marble Hall forms a magnificent approach to the spectacularly ornate Assembly Room.

In this later image, suits and towels hired by male bath- ers hang out to dry.

Weatherboarding - as seen on the inn - and tile-hanging are typical of this area of Sussex.

The Three Salmons Hotel, which stands on the A471 to Abergavenny, looks much the same today, except that it has now expanded to occupy the premises across the road.

During that time more than 70,000 boys aged between 14 and 17 were trained on her prior to entering the Merchant Navy.

Looking towards the junction with Lynchford Road, a rather downmarket- looking Fine Fare supermarket with what appears to be a corrugated iron roof has managed to gain a toe-hold, next to

This main street was once part of the Roman road which ran from London to Lewes in West Sussex.