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The railway was built as part of the Cambrian railway, with two stations, Barmouth and Barmouth Junction. Northwards the line went to Harlech and Afonwen, where it joined the L & NWR.

Originally the first of the Cinque Ports, its Saxon harbour had silted up by the late 14th century, ending its role as the chief place of embarkation for the Continent and as England's premier naval station

In the photograph we can see Dent's, Pageant House, selling food and fancy goods; the other shop is a newsagent, stationer and tobacconist.

Apart from a petrol station on the right and an increase in traffic, the scene is virtually unchanged today.

The old fire station on the right was once the Town Hall, which had a cloistered market area underneath it.

On the right is the three-storey shop of the bookseller and stationer's William Pile, whose interior exuded the rich aroma of leather bindings.

Sandsend Station in the foreground is now a private house. The Sandsend Hotel (1899), centre, so dependent on rail links, has now been converted to apartments.

Dauntsey station was opened c1868.

Never again did it hold much importance, its stature being much reduced when it was rebuilt as a signal station.

The Post Office (1896) overlooks City Square, around which are now grouped the railway station, the Queen's Hotel and the former News Theatre.

The architect, J P Pritchett, also designed the station and Huddersfield College.

The railway was built as part of the Cambrian railway, with two stations, Barmouth and Barmouth Junction. Northwards the line went to Harlech and Afonwen, where it joined the L & NWR.

This interesting view was taken from the western side of the river from the site of today's police station, and shows many of the yards along Church Street.

Seatown hamlet consists of the Anchor Inn (seawards) and a coastguard station, comprising a watch house (facing the sea), Guard House Cottages, and the boathouse.

On the corner of Station Road is a three-storey block of Victorian shops. The gable beyond is Thurlows the draper's in Friars Street.

The building glimpsed to the left of centre with the white pediment and the tower is the old fire station built in 1922; the tower is its practice fire- fighting tower surmounted by a siren

Originally the first of the Cinque Ports, its Saxon harbour had silted up by the late 14th century, ending its role as the chief place of embarkation for the Continent and as England's premier naval station

The railway station, demolished in 1968, stood on the old drove road leading to the fells we can just see in the background.

Warrington did once have a horsemarket, but it was further down the road, along Winwick Street outside Central Station.

This is the main shopping street, and it leads up to the Victorian clock tower at one end from the railway station at the other.

It was replaced by a housing estate, Belmont Heights, with access across the railway line from the Brighton Road, north of Belmont Station.

The 1909 police station in Carshalton Road is in the distance. Behind it is the side elevation of the Congregational Church of 1888.

There are 18th- and 19th-century houses, and a fine group of public buildings comprising the Town Hall of 1900, the Public Library of 1929, the Fire Station of 1911 and, at the junction with Church End

All traces of this picturesque forge have now gone - the site is now occupied by a modern service station.