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When Chelmsford became the centre of a new diocese, it pipped several other applicants at the post.

In this photograph we can see the 'Bournemouth Queen' which was only at Bournemouth in the post-war years from 1947-1950.

Adjacent to the busy London Road and the western entrance to Nonsuch Park, this touching memorial and drinking fountain was erected after her death in December 1906 to commemorate the contribution made

This superb Ketton stone-faced Gothic Revival church was built at the cost of just over £20,000 in just over one year, apart from the spire, for Squire William Fortrey by local architect John Wing (1728

In 1811 the local boat builder at Salcombe completed the ketch 'Ceres' for Capt William Lewis of Bude for trading with north Spanish ports, though for much of 1813 and 1814 she was employed carrying

The canteen resembles a cave, but in its heyday there was far from savage fare to be had here! In the 1930s there were 3 lunch sittings, and it was routine to have 2 pints at the bar.

This view looks back towards Woolworth's from Bakehouse Hill, where the mini-roundabout marks the convergence of the High Street, Gold Street and Lower Street.

'The sands', says the Frith title, but as you can see, central Morecambe has always had a pebble beach, especially at high tide.

Brungerley Bridge is still popular today because of its proximity as a leisure area to Clitheroe town.

When Lord Bute left the Hoo, the living was sold to various patrons, who appointed a series of vicars.

This shows the Crammer at low water level.

Obviously still viable in these photographs, Southport Pier was closed in the 1990s; it was demolished and rebuilt at a total cost of £7 million, and was reopened in 2002.

St Mary's with its late 13th-century tower dominates the east side of the village green. On the south side of the tower is a recess which may once have held a monument.

Looking southwards from the Haymarket into Gallowtree Gate: it is the building immediately to the left of the Clock Tower which is of interest.

The Stone and Eccleshall roads used to divide in front of the Waggon and Horses public house, but by this time a roundabout had been built to the rear of it, on the left.

The three-storey building of Boots the Chemist at Nos 15 and 16 Market Place is not as old as it seems.

We see the Green from the far side.The village (the name means 'the dwelling by the bow of the river') has two greens; because it was all part of the Pudsay estate, there was no pressure to expand

St Mary's with its late 13th-century tower dominates the east side of the village green. On the south side of the tower is a recess which may once have held a monument.

The top part of the cross was discovered in the 19th century at Tresmarrow Farm, and was put in the town museum.

The photographer was standing below the high altar to take this view, which looks westwards the length of the quire and nave to the great west window.

This is the top of Market Street, adjacent to Piccadilly.

The Village c1955 Shotley Gate, at the very end of the Shotley Peninsula, was home to the former HMS 'Ganges', the Royal Navy's training school.

Rumour and gossip are not always to be relied upon. This is true in two cases about this early Victorian crescent.

This Snowdonian village on the Holyhead Road (A5) lies at the mouth of the pass of Nant Ffrancon, beneath the famous Penrhyn slate quarries, once the largest in the world and still producing slate today