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We are looking up Aytoun Street towards Piccadilly, with the dome of the Infirmary building in the square, and the Grand Hotel building dominating the right of the photograph.

This is a good close-up view of the main exhibition building that backed onto Talbot Road, which got its name when Sir Humphry Trafford married Lady Annette Talbot in 1823.

The Post Office of 1839 was superseded by a new one in Bow Street (1891). The air of Victorian prosperity is clear to see.

Here we have a close-up view of the Overhead Railway, which ran from north to south in the city and yet did not hold up traffic going down to the Pier Head.

A beautifully proportioned view of the High Street, looking southwards towards St.

Exeter's canal was built at the request of the city's Tudor merchants and traders, who were exasperated by the weirs on the River Exe that obstructed the free flow of water transport into the city.

Here on the High Street was the busiest part of town, once the coaching and postal services began in 1660.

The stone jetty that we can see in the background was the main terminal for ships to Ireland and the Isle of Man, until Heysham Harbour was cut in the 1900s.

This photograph shows part of a hypocaust (underfloor heating) system and the remains of mosaic floors.

Boots the Chemists' library (behind us, at the corner of Market Street) was upstairs, approached by a wooden staircase.

The medieval stone screen dividing the nave from the choir was demolished some time in the 16th century and replaced in about 1665 by one of richly carved wood.

The future of the controversial Queensgate Market site, the piazza and the library are all under discussion as the Council has ambitions to redevelop the area to rival Kingsgate.

The bridge over the River Calder is no longer the main arterial road from the south, having been superseded by the new bridge of 1933.

The bell tower and part of the chancel wall are from this period.

Redmire lies 3 miles west of Leyburn. Lead mining was a major employer here, but now the stone quarrying is further north, leaving Redmire in peaceful seclusion.

The picture gives us an idea of just how steep the ridge is upon which the castle is built.

Hesba Stretton is a little-known writer who was born in New Street, to the left of the timber framed building at the far end of the square.

Looking east back downhill from the junction with Bowstridge Lane, the gable on the right is the remnant of a cottage demolished to improve visibility from the lane.

Take a stroll down Church Lane and you can see that the scene on the right of this photograph has not changed at all.

Boston, Botolph's Town, was laid out along the banks of the River Witham some time around 1100, within the parish of nearby Skirbeck, and rapidly became a great port, although it only received its first

There was certainly a castle here of sorts in 1106, as Robert Curthose, elder son of the Conqueror, was held prisoner here after being defeated at Tinchebrai.

There are swings on Lytham Beach and a few children paddling – no longer to be seen in the 21st century, as the sand is now overgrown with invasive Spartina grass.

The AA sign on the Amroth Arms beckons as a recommendation in this pleasant Pembrokeshire village.

The squire here, Sigismund de Trafford of Croston Hall, said that he 'preferred trees to chimneys', and was opposed to selling land for industrial development.