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At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.

Stebbing, strung out along a mile-long road, has a fine collection of old buildings: the house with the leaning frontage is late 15th-century, the other cottages slightly later.

The photograph shows Colt Hill Bridge and the rear of The Bridge House.

The idea that the celebration of Queen Victoria's jubilee should include an exhibition featuring Manchester's business, commerce, and industry was first discussed in 1886.

One of Hampshire's finest houses, The Vyne was built between 1518 and 1527 by William Sandys who became Lord Chamberlain in 1526.

In this view of the seafront just west of the harbour, a lone wagon stands on the siding from the Aberdovey Harbour branch line.

This view looks from the Mansion House balcony to the Bank of England.

In 1737 a Stafford mercer, John Stevenson, started a bank, one of the earliest outside London.

Opened in 1885, the pier cost something in the order of £30,000 to build.

The photographer stands in the shadow of the White Hart public house, later called Madison Exchange and the Newt and Cucumber.

Pilgrims came from all over the world to pay homage at the Shrine of St Swithun, a former Winchester Bishop.

The use of Crickhowell House itself has proved controversial, with Rhodri Morgan once calling into question its construction standards and the financial expediency of its occupation.

Honiton is the largest settlement on the River Otter; this ancient market town stretches along a mile of Roman road.

Here we have a range of hotels for those who could afford the comfort. The Grand was almost brand-new, and the Royal was rebuilding.

The slate-hung buildings are 11 and 13 High Street, two of the oldest in town.

The sign between the upper windows boasts that the shop was patronised by HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), the second son of Queen Victoria, who died before his mother.

As with so many other towns in the area, it was the Leeds and Liverpool canal which brought about the growth of Burnley, and there is a large piece of that canal history alive and well at the

In 1964 this beautiful and historic bridge, built in 1617, finally bent to the increase of traffic and was demolished and replaced with a modern concrete structure.

A little to the west of here, near the weir, is the old mill, also now luxury houses.

Opened in 1823, the Bude Canal served a large area of north Cornwall. The canal itself extended some 35 miles inland, though by the time this picture was taken much of it had already closed.

On the left of this scene we see R H and J Follett, a grocer's, and then Messrs Brown - notice the man in the plus-fours with his two dogs, and the window cleaner up the ladder.

W Heath Robinson, whose son was a monk at the abbey, painted a cartoon of the restoration work.

However, if the visitor looks at the upper storeys or, if opportunity presents itself, at the rear elevation of the buildings, they give the clues to their origins.

The flour mills (B399087, left background) are a reminder of the port's heyday when the trading vessels of the world would have queued to unload.