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The land was given to the town in 1887 by the Lord of the Manor, Charles Marmaduke Middleton.

Dating from 1926, the war memorial was opened by the Earl of Derby, though its cost was borne by Caleb Thornber, a cotton manufacturer and former Mayor of Burnley.

By the date of this picture, its working days were over, leaving a pleasant riverside town, well loved for its ornate architecture.

It is owned by the Parish Council and provides 24-hour public mooring, but boat storage and other mooring is reserved for parishioners under a permit scheme.

Lying in the shadow of Magdalen Tower are the buildings of the University Botanic Garden, founded in 1621 by the Earl of Danby and established on the site of a 13th-century Jewish burial ground.

The ruined Romanesque chapel stands by the graveyard. Iona is the oldest Christian burial ground in Scotland and contains the graves of many kings and chieftains.

Two young lads stand by the harbour wall with their strings of onions. With their grimy jackets and trousers, they give every impression of having endured an uncomfortable passage.

Southampton's other main dry dock, Trafalgar, was opened in 1905 and probably would have been used by the 'Titanic' had she survived.

During the Civil War, Helmsley Castle was held by the Royalists, but surrendered after being besieged by Sir Thomas Fairfax.

Although damaged by the less than caring attentions of human hands in past centuries, it remains one of the finest examples of its type in the country.

The Nissen hut on the left has today given way to a building occupied by the Lifeboat Station and Dorset Police Marine Section.

This scene is dominated by the granite clock tower, which was erected in 1839. Behind it is the Town Hall of 1825, containing council chambers, a market hall and a police station.

This once thickly-wooded dell on both sides of the River Spodden had been thinned out somewhat by the 1890s.

In 1832 a consortium led by the Earl of Morley established the first steam ferry.

The present church was begun at the end of the 11th century by the Norman cleric Roger Flambard.

Southampton's other main dry dock, Trafalgar, was opened in 1905 and probably would have been used by the 'Titanic' had she survived.

The most obvious change is the replacement of the central lamp standard by the March Brothers' splendid war memorial.

The artificial lake occupies land formerly lapped by the sea before the railway cut it off from the shore. The houses were then just above the shoreline.

Penny Bridge over the River Crake was a creek port under the control of Lancaster; there was a quay by the bridge.

Taunton had neither a Mayor nor a Corporation for much of the 19th century: its affairs were administered by the Market Trust.

Imagine the pleasure of gliding along between meadow grass and wild flowers on the banks, accompanied by the music of birdsong.

As this was once the Wheatsheaf public house mentioned in the caption to A139009 (page 66), it had obviously closed by the time this photograph was taken. Today it is a private house.

This famous shopping street started in the 1760s as a row of elegant houses designed by the architect John Wood.

The building by the pole on the left was built as a Public Dispensary in 1804, and provided free medical attention for the poor.