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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

The timber market cross dominates the photograph; to its left is the King's Head with its tile hanging and timbering, a finely-detailed town pub of 1899 by Shoebridge and Rising.

This shows the view looking along Reading Road, past the current Post Office and the Shell petrol pump, to the junction with Friday Street and into Duke Street as it heads towards the Market Place.

Sandbanks The Haven Hotel 46102 Standing on the slim, sandy peninsula jutting out from Poole Head, and facing the castle on Brownsea Island, this isolated hotel must have lived up to its

The Boot, the Royal George, the Rose and Crown, the Unicorn, the Bull's Head, the Griffin and the Black Horse were all a part of the Hastings' extensive grip on the town.

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

Lead mining was a major employer here, but now the stone quarrying is further north, leaving Redmire in peaceful seclusion.

Equally as interesting as the boats are the sheer legs erected on a timber foundation with a runner leading to a hook, and a vertical support on the diagonal, to which is fixed the slewing (or

An iron cage protects the ornate lead pump head.

The late Georgian Saracens Head Hotel beyond stood there until 1959 - it had many wartime RAF connections. Ottakars bookshop is there now.

The late Georgian Saracens Head Hotel beyond stood there until 1959 - it had many wartime RAF connections. Ottakars bookshop is there now.

The second of the Pier Head buildings was the Royal Liver Building. This must be one of the most recognisable buildings in Great Britain.

Victoria Pier used to be known as Crab Head until it was renamed following a visit by Princess Victoria with her mother the Duchess of Kent.

Hundreds of the town's women had donned scarlet clothes in order to look like soldiers, and this bluff, together with the effects of the alcohol, forced the French to surrender.

Whilst a Jaguar 2½ litre heads a row of cars in 1955, only a little boy with a pram uses the road in 1898.

Often referred to as 'the Alpine village' because of its sylvan setting at the head of a wooded valley, the cluster of houses known as Hutton Village dates from the mid 19th century, when Mr Thomas

As queen of the Essex Iceni, she was incensed that the Romans broke her dead husband's treaty.

John Horrocks was a Preston success, and was always held up as a shining example of man's ingenuity. He arrived in Preston in 1791 from Edgworth, near Bolton.

The new building was occupied in the period leading up to the Great War by the Forbes family; Eileen Baillie recalls old Mrs E M Forbes 'lying on an elegant couch ... having her beautiful hair dressed

Also scheduled for redevelopment was the remaining old part of the town between Church Street and the river, which had suffered bomb damage in the war.

from his loved home of Lindisfarne, here, after long wanderings, rests the body of St Cuthbert in whose honour William of St Carileph built this cathedral church, and at his side lies buried the head

The leading two are Wallasey ferries, one probably heading for New Brighton and packed with day trippers for the once-popular resort.

The three-storey building to the left is the Nag's Head Inn, and buildings with the finial on top are the Manor Street School.

The horse-drawn tram heads off towards the Town Hall. The Sudell family can be traced back to the reign of Edward VI. They owned land in Blackburn and out at Oozebooth.