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In the distance, right of centre, is the long, pale form of the recently-completed Keay House.

The minster's twin towers dominate most pictures of East Street, but Hawker's new drapery shop (centre right) comes a close second in this shot.

The attractively crowded buildings in the centre of Hawkshead village are well displayed by this early photograph, with the former Market Hall on the left.

Lexden Terrace (centre) was built in the Georgian style in 1843 by the builder and developer Captain John Rees.

The drinking fountain in the centre of this photograph was given to the town by R Grant JP in memory of his wife.

On the corner of Quay Road is Corner House of c1800 with black advertising panels (centre), now gone, alas.

Centre white lines, street lighting and traffic lights control the road junction, and there is an official bus stop outside the church.

The foreground in this view is now occupied by a roundabout and Village Way, which leads off to the right and the Cranleigh Leisure Centre.

The setting south-eastwards from the Mill Pond includes tenements in former Church Farm (left) and cottages on Church Hill (centre), though those below Wyvern Cottage have since been replaced by the

Peveril Point and its strata of Purbeck marble jut out seawards (centre right) with the chalk cliffs of Ballard Point (top right) rising northwards across Swanage Bay.

Seen in the centre of the photograph, but also marginalized, are the houses alongside the old Hereford Road and the steam of the Hereford to Abergavenny train.

By the 1950s, Bournemouth was at the height of its popularity and one of the most prosperous towns in England, as this view of the town centre shows.

The Cross in Geddington's village centre was built in 1294 to commemorate Queen Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I.

The central swing boat was popular with younger children, and the little girl in the centre seems to be anxiously waiting her turn.

The delightful timber- framed house in the centre of the picture is said to date from 1510.

Although the B1004 is called the High Street, it is South Street that provides the main shopping centre for the town.

The Old Neptune pub (centre left) has not changed much since the photographer snapped this picture.

Standing high above the town centre and attractively sited on the crown of the hill, the church with its elegant broach spire was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield in c1861, but not completed until 1881

Arts and Crafts-style buildings, and the churches of St Michael and All Angels and the Sacred Heart and St Mary Immaculate set the pace and quality at this new Mill Hill, away from the old centre but close

Two of the older properties here - Lloyds Bank and the building beyond it (centre right) - still stand.

The former Cistercian monastery still dominates the grounds of Studley Royal, and is now served by an award-winning National Trust visitor centre on the hillside above.

Blue carts and yellow omnibuses, varnished carriages and brown vans, pale loads of yellow straw ... this is the vortex and whirlpool, the centre of human life today on the earth.’

Protected by the enclosing reef of Walney Island, Barrow flourished as a major shipbuilding centre in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

A century after his visit, the town had been transformed from a quiet village to a vibrant centre for the textile industry.