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Looking down the High Street towards the river and Saluation Square. Note the tobacconist on the left advertising Players No 3 and the canisters outside Stephen & Fred Green on the right.

Looking down towards St Andrew's Street, with First Court, the oldest part of Christ's College, in the distance. The Capital and Counties bank (now Lloyd's) and Post Office are in the foreground.

The village cottages and houses crowd down to the river, surrounded by luxuriant vegetation. St Peter's Church stands guardian on its knoll.

This photograph looks down the High Street towards St Ives' Parish Church. The High Street remains the main entranceway to the older part of St Ives, and is an important shopping street.

With numbers of worshippers falling dramatically, and the prospect of the inner relief road being built, it was knocked down in 1980: a sadly short life for such a wonderful building, as this interior

This view is taken from Saunton Down over the popular holiday beach at Croyde. In the field below, the wheat is harvested and placed in stooks to dry. This was before combine harvesters were used.

This smart terrace of houses stands just down the hill from picture No 32349, on the western approach to the town.

We are looking down this attractive street to the St Thomas and Newport part of Launceston, where the old church tower is just visible.

Their great house was pulled down in the 1930s, and only a few tombs in the parish church are there to remind us of how powerful this local family once were.

Poulton Laundry has gone, and the Methodist church (far right) has been pulled down—the new church is on Queensway.

We are in Heathcote Road, looking down the High Street, with the grounds of the Staff College visible in the background.

The Old Etchingham Arms in the centre of the photograph had to be rebuilt in the 1900s after its predecessor burnt down.

A little further down is F Ward the boot maker's shop.

Looking down the steep Main Street of Robin Hood's Bay, across the pantiled roofs of the picturesque village to the sweeping curve of the bay and the headland of Old Peak or South Cheek in the background

The Co-op (left) now houses a fish and chip shop, and the small garage (right) just down from the Fox pub has gone, to be replaced by modern shops.

The Wye frames the town centre, running in a loop around the western and southern sides.

We are looking down the Main Street of the charmingly-named hamlet of Appletreewick in Wharfedale, with the prominent 1,550ft fell of Simon's Seat in the background.

The town climbs increasingly steeply away from the sea to the west of the Wish Tower, with an expansive green- sward, known as the Western Lawns, between the much lower promenade and the buildings fronting

Since the 18th century, substantial houses have been built with gardens leading down to the river, alongside the main road which runs parallel to but out of sight of the river.

This expansive view down the valley of Great Langdale shows Harrison Stickle (2,403ft) and Gimmer Crag prominent on the skyline.

Chalton Down Mill was a brick tower windmill located on a remote hill top overlooking the main London to Portsmouth road. It was powered by four patent shuttered sails and winded by a fantail.

The timbers in the Abbot's House, as this building is known, have recently been dated - the trees were cut down in 1457.

As with other glens, Dhoon also had its hotel, a wooden affair at the entrance which burnt down in 1932 and was never rebuilt.

This photograph shows Cornmarket Street running down to Carfax, with the outline of Tom Tower dominating St Aldates on the far side.