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This view gives a clear example of the impact commercial motor traffic had on the Great North Road, prior to the building of the M1 motorway.

In 1882, the wealthy lord of the manor and the father of the incumbent Rector of Ashtead, Sir Thomas Lucas, donated a small iron church for the expanding population in this part of the parish.

The manor of Barden lay to the south-west of Tonbridge. Barden Park House and its estate was in the possession of the Abrey family during the latter part of the 19th century.

Staines may have got its name from the stone- paved remains of a branch of the Roman road of Akeman Street, that once ran to the important Roman station of Ad Pontes nearby, or perhaps

The Priory Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation opened its doors soon after the old parish church of St Mary was abandoned.

This stream is crossed by the major A47 in the distance, now controlled by traffic lights owing to the large volume of traffic.

This view illustrates the three main occupations of the people of Borth – seafaring, farming, and tending to the needs of holidaymakers.

Cattle near the water suggest a hot summer's day in the village of Carrog. The fine stone bridge of 1661 has yet to experience the heavy traffic of more recent times.

Safe bathing brought thousands of early visitors to Shanklin, as we can see from the profusion of bathing huts and tents. Many of the boats in the foreground would have been for hire.

For some reason best left to the Frith cameraman, one of Bollington's more interesting structures is in fact just off camera to the left.

This autumn picture of Harnham Gate and the southern corner of the Close reflects then, as now, a secluded and quiet area of the Close.The house to the left of the Gate is an integral part of the wall.The

The view from the gritstone escarpment of the Ravenstones above Cross Hills, near Keithley, overlooks the broad Aire Valley and towards the distant limestone uplands of Craven.

These views of the Embankment Gardens clearly show the results of continuing are and attention. The town's War Memorial reminds of the sacrifices of World Wars I and II, and the Korean War.

The magnificent many-pillared clock tower of Leeds Town Hall, opened by Queen Victoria in 1858, dominates this view of The Headrow, one of the city's most important thoroughfares.

This view of High Row looks towards Bondgate. Over on the left is a branch of the Home & Colonial Stores, which, like Freeman, Hardy & Willis, was one of the early high street chains.

The Market Hall, built of red sandstone, dates from the mid 1600s and stands on the site of an earlier hall. The carving between the windows is of a bust of Charles II.

As Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick looked out over his land, he would have seen acres of the Yorkshire countryside full of villages (little changed today).

This view of Birkenhead Road was taken very early in the wartime decade - the parked vehicles lack the white painted edges to the front and rear wings, and none of the windows in the houses

This is a very popular view of the town, showing the three bays separated by rock outcrops. The pier was built on one of these outcrops in 1865, only to be damaged in a storm the following year.

Work on Denbigh began in October 1282 during the second of Edward I's Welsh Wars.

This substantial open space at the heart of the town is the original site of the Charter Market.

In that year the cutlers of Sheffield presented a successful bill to Parliament.

Bass, surgeon of Boston, Matthew Flinders of Donington and John Franklin of Spilsby.

Prestbury was the mother church of Macclesfield.