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Piers allowed the visitor to travel easily over the sea and obtain views of the resort which otherwise would be only possible from a boat, but without any of the attendant discomfort!

In the 17th century, Lechlade was the venue for one of the largest cheese fairs in the south-west.

This view, looking west from the present Caversham Bridge past the Reading Rowing Club behind the coach, shows well the flat south bank in contrast to the steep and heavily treed Caversham bank.

Five miles south west of Betwys-y-Coed, Dolwyddelan was founded c1170 by Iorweth Trwyndwn (the Flatnosed), and this was where his son Llywelyn was born.

This classic view shows to good advantage the central tower and the west window.

Situated on Fulford Road, the barracks were originally built around 1795 for the 14th Regimental District and the West Yorkshire Regiment.

To the west of Compton Bishop, the former Crooks Peak Guest House is now a private house, almost invisible behind high beech hedges.

The school later became the foundation for Salford University, which has grown into an integral part of north-west education.

The photographer looks west from Hammersmith Bridge along Lower Mall, a good jumble of 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century building, including the well-known Doves pub.

Well off the beaten track and close to the West Sussex border, this village is now more commonly known as Oakwoodhill. It has a delightful old church standing on its own in woodland.

This view, until 1886 concealed by houses, shows the tall, elegant west tower of the parish church now dominating St Mary's Butts.

As we look west along Friar Street from in front of the Town Hall, the amount of rebuilding is evident: the occasional older building survives amid a lot of neo-Georgian dating from the 1920s to

Opposite are Timothy White and Taylors Ltd at 62 High Street, and Smeeds, who were wine and spirit merchants.

The priory was razed to the ground during the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539, and these ruins were discovered in 1886 during the construction of the London and South West Railway.

The Perpendicular north aisle has some windows, and in the south aisle on the west side there are stained glass windows by Powell of 1865.

Brentwood stands on the Roman road that ran from London to Chelmsford and Colchester. This view was taken looking west.

Hill Bottom (centre), south-west of Renscombe Farm is seen here in a view towards Chapman's Pool and Houn's-tout Cliff The slopes of the Plain and St Alban's Head (left) rise to the south.

Looking west towards Court Haw, a horse and carriage wait patiently outside the little single-storey post office built on to the side of a large house, all now swept away.

It was Bishop Story who made a gift of the cross to the city; he also endowed the Prebendal School in West Street.

Becoming St David's Hospital in 1923 it served for many years as the prime source of healthcare for West Cardiff's inner suburbs. Closure led to neglect and partial destruction by fire.

Alexander Keiller, heir to the Dundee marmalade fortune, gradually purchased the site of Avebury and the West Kennet Avenue.

A view taken from the west entrance, looking straight down the nave to the east window. St Patrick's is the largest church in Ireland, and this picture demonstrates its spacious proportions.

Dobson restored the chancel and nave and added a north aisle and the west tower. A porch was added in 1844.

The west side offered some of Warrington's finest shops.