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Atop his pedestal, James Ramsden (then flanked by street lights at each corner of his enclosure) is looking up Abbey Road.

This scene is full of industrial interest. The long range of buildings on the left is the Cornwall Minerals Railway locomotive works, built in 1872-74 by Sir Morton Peto.

The parish of Abbots Ripton lies a few miles north of Huntingdon. At the time of the Dissolution it was held by Ramsey Abbey.

This is a view from Bidston Hill, which was declared a place to be kept free of development when Birkenhead and the surrounding towns and villages began to grow.

This photograph, taken towards the eastern end of Victoria Road, shows what an important retail area this was.

We are looking eastwards from the end of Brotton High Street, and the chimneys of the Skinningrove iron and steel works can be seen in the distance.

The Transporter Bridge was opened on 17 October 1911 by Prince Arthur of Connaught, whose father had opened Albert Park in 1868.

Many of the houses here have the initials NEC, standing for the New England Company that once owned the parish. On the left is the post office, which closed in the 1980s, and the Chequers Inn.

We go north again to the centre of the National Park and the best-known town in Powys. The Frith photographer must have been impressed, as he took many views of the area.

This view of the former mining town has changed little since 1955. The Red Lion is now an estate agents, and The White Lion in the distance (left) is still there.

When the Lion Hotel opened in 1881, the stone lion was placed on the roof above the corner entrance.

Built during the reign of Elizabeth I, Dockacre House is the oldest home in Launceston.

This impressive and forbidding-looking castle stands to the south of Stonehaven on a rocky headland overlooking the North Sea.

The red- brick solidity of the houses presents an almost urban face, apart from the small front gardens.

This view down Silver Street, widened here at the junction with Gold Street in the 1930s, looks towards Dalkieth Place.

In the village itself, Gregory Gregory's hand is everywhere, as befits an estate village nestling at the gates of a great country house in its park.

This picturesque hillside village was to be immortalised in English literature in 'Cider with Rosie', the first novel of Laurie Lee, who was born in Stroud in 1914 and moved to Slad when he was three,

In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having landed at Pevensey to claim the English throne from King Harold, marched here and built a timber castle.

The Village 1902 Here we look south down the main road into the village as it nears the estuary.

Caddell's Printing Office at number 1, King Street, just visible on the extreme left and next door to the Jackson Brothers' drapery store, was founded by John Samuel Caddell, a stationer, bookbinder,

The new town of Amersham on the Hill developed from the 1890s when, after 60 years of opposition, the Drakes and then the Tyrwhitt-Drakes finally allowed the railway to come to Amersham, but up the hill

Continuing north-east along Portsmouth Road we reach Godalming, a market town since 1300, its centre now by-passed. These timber-framed buildings are fine examples.

The Crown Hotel, pictured here, is typical of many that were built in the middle years of the 20th century to cater for a population that was newly mobile, thanks to the availability of cars

He endowed many public libraries at the turn of the 20th century. Here, right, is Horbury's Carnegie Free Library, built in 1905 and opened on 14 February 1906.