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This was indeed once the place where paupers and those down on their luck could seek food and a roof over their head.

The 121 acres of Farthing Down have in recent years seen the introduction of a small herd of cattle to graze the coarser grasses.

The arch led to the rear of the Angel Hotel yard, owned at that time by John Jasper Taylor, who also had a temperance hotel, Deanery House, further down Church Street.

Looking towards the Castle at the end of the street, note the agricultural implements on sale on the left, the Lion Hotel further down the street, and on the right-hand side the arched

Much of the life of the town revolves around the Saturday influx to the weekly market.

The Buttertubs Pass leads dramatically down to this village, which is 9 miles west of Muker. It was hit by a natural disaster in 1898, the result of a cloud burst.

The striped cabin (right) supplied cigarettes, and down the main street was the Eagle and Child inn.

Among the market traders who used to draw the crowds were Mrs Gee, who literally sold crockery at knock down prices by shouting out the price and banging on an old tea chest.

The view is north-westwards to West Down (top left).

This view was taken from the top of Brunel's railway viaduct and looks down New Road to the bridge and the beginning of the High Street.

The last bow-windowed shop here, William Green's, was demolished in 1922, and the last surviving medieval building on Briggate, Wallis's Hosier and Glover's, was taken down and replaced by Timpson's shoe

This view looks south down Dunstable Street from Market Place; the Moot Hall is on the right with its slender iron-glazed casements.

The cyclist on the extreme right is about to pass the Hippodrome cinema, which burned down in October 1955.

The lifeboat was slung on a wheeled cradle which would be hauled out of the station, down the ramp immediately in front of it, and into the sea; the boat floated off once there was sufficient water under

The lifeboat was slung on a wheeled cradle which would be hauled out of the station, down the ramp immediately in front of it, and into the sea; the boat floated off once there was sufficient water under

The houses on the right were built by the council not long before the photograph was taken, and from their appearance several are now privately owned.

The recent news is that spa water has been found about six hundred feet down, and the Golf Hotel is about to resurrect the spa baths sometime during 2005.

Further down, past a wool shop, is the large brick-built Kettering Conservative Club, built on a site donated by the Duke of Buccleuch in 1876.

Alighting at the railway station, it was now possible to travel comfortably by carriage down Beach Road, admire the Esplanade, and return up Cliff Hill back to your train via Marine Parade and Plymouth

This narrow passage leading down to St Mary's Street was home in 1900 to a fishmonger and hairdresser, as well as the Hole in the Wall Inn, previously the Coach and Horses (although it is hard to imagine

The pier is a mile and a quarter in length; one may be conveyed right out to sea by the electric tramway, which runs down the pier in five minutes.

This view looks down Castle Gate and the road to Leicester and Nottingham. In later years the house on the extreme left of the picture would become the Castle Garage.

This most attractive of towns is sets amongst woods and gentle rolling hills.

Between the two world wars Jack Perrin, who lived in the nearby Hagg Cottages, used to sit by the entrance and sell half candles to people who wanted to go down the mine.