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In 1904, Winchester Street became Winchester Road, where houses ceased and countryside began. Here the picture was taken with Old Winton Road behind on the right.

A competition to design its bridge was won by I K Brunel; work began in 1831, but the funds ran out, and it was not completed until 1864, after Brunel's death.

The picture shows the mill in a disused condition before restoration work began. It is now conserved complete, and is open to visitors as part of a craft workshops site.

Though it opened in 1899, the 1800-seater theatre at the southern end was not completed until 1901, a full decade after work on the Palace Pier began.

It was his son, Matthew, who commissioned the Edinburgh-based architect John Patterson to rebuild Brancepeth, and the work began in 1817.

Jax, a cheerful low-price dress shop for younger customers, replaced the more staid Co-op; Millett's, which began by selling army surplus goods, branched into camping equipment and tough outdoor clothes

Like Neston, Parkgate saw increasing trade as a port once the River Dee around Chester began to silt up.

Then building began in earnest as visitors flocked to enjoy its safe, sandy beach and bracing cliff-top walks. The new town is gathered around an expansive green.

The largest seaside town in West Sussex, Worthing began to grow as a fashionable resort towards the end of the 18th century.

Sidmouth began as a small fishing town with a bustling local market, but even these activities had begun to decline by the time the first visitors arrived in the late 18th century.

Work began on the Parade in 1780, enclosing marsh and pastureland; a more substantial sea wall was built in the 19th century.

As the importance of farming declined, and woollen stockings – the main product of the women of Tregaron – were no longer wanted, the local population began to find other means of making an income.

Work began immediately on this new church in London Road

In 1897 the Dominion Line began a weekly scheduled service between Bristol and Canada, with the result that the importation of grain through the docks expanded.

The London to Southampton railway arrived in 1838, and 'new' Woking began to develop.

This attracted the wealthy, and so began the town's development. This was probably the earliest seaside resort in the country.

This parade was built in the years prior to the Second World War, as Pitsea's houses began to inch along Rectory Road.

On the same day Blackpool Carnival Week began; this was a great success, featuring tableaux from all over the burgeoning Fylde.

Construction work on Canford Bridge began in 1793 and was completed 20 years later.

Hulme Hall began life as a women's dining hall, and now plays host to a variety of social functions, minor exhibitions and fairs.

North Berwick's popularity as a resort began in the 1840s, but as late as 1859, when HRH The Prince of Wales visited the town, there was a serious lack of accommodation for tourists.

Local gentry applied for an Act of Parliament to allow them to build a new town and to develop the harbour, and work began in 1807, when the grid of streets was laid out.

Construction of Hulme Hall began on 5 March 1900, and it was opened on 29 July 1901. It was built to serve as the women's dining hall, and could seat almost two thousand people.

Manufacture ceased in 1835 but began again in 1937.