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Because of its prestigious reputation and close proximity to the Bank, city financiers clamoured to live here, and annual rents from a single house could reach the incredible sum of three hundred

The houses in South Street become smaller in scale than in the other three streets meeting at the central Market Cross.

The central part of this fine Georgian building became the home of Sir Lionel Lyde, before the later wing on the right was added, and which at the time this picture was taken housed the Lullingstone

The clock tower is conspicuous near the pier, and the new lifeboat house faces the sea on the right.

The buildings now house the town's museum. The museum was opened by Lord Raglan in July 1959, and its first curator was Duggan Thacker. It was extended with the refurbishment .

White House cottage to its right, at the end of Bunker's Row, has now been demolished.

The landscaping of these gardens was only completed in 1964, following the pur- chase of Linda Vista House and gardens by the council in 1960.

The impressive Royal Insurance building and the premises of Abel's Pianos have both gone; the Admiral Rodney pub, Household Linens, the Queen's Arms and Victoria House, at the very end of the row, have

By 1960, the village was surrounded by housing estates. The woods conceal former ironstone quarries that fed the iron making industry of Corby.

The Norman castle building involved demolishing over 160 Anglo-Saxon houses; since the Middle Ages it has served as a prison and assize courts. This concludes our brief tour of Lincoln itself.

Roughly east of Navenby, where the limestone descends to the flat east of the county, Metheringham is a large village with a mix of stone and brick older houses interspersed with Victorian and later development

The stump of the windmill now has no chimney and is incorporated into the house next door, which is named Mill Terrace and dated 1860. Over the years it has lost one chimneystack.

The collection of houses on the left were built after the advent of the railway in the 1830s, and though named Fishburn Park, in honour of the local ship building family, they are known

From this low vantage point buildings on top of the headland go unseen, but the roof of Kymin House (left) peeps through the foliage.

The statue of Queen Victoria, which still stands on the corner, was taken from the front of the stone mason's house, Victoria Cottage, with the scaffolding (beyond the garage).

The house on the top of the gate is a much later addition. So are the corner turrets and battlements of the keep, which were added in 1812.

Today the Pavilion Theatre houses dances and concerts, both of the classical and rock music variety.

Opposite the Mansion House is the Bank of England, a single-storey monolithic edifice, designed in 1734 by George Sampson.

Rochdale adopted this red brick building, correctly named the Orchard, as the Manor House because it was the residence of the Deardens before they purchased the manor from the poet Lord Byron.

The thatched 15th-century Swan Inn, owned by Ind Coope, closed in 1983 and reopened as a free house in 1984.

The housing forming a triangular shape on the left was a unique example of early industrial dwellings, but it was demolished, despite protests, in December 1977.

Opened on 19 July 1911 to house the Royal Liver Insurance Company, this was the country's first building to be constructed from reinforced concrete.

The timber-framed Tudor House, one of the city's finest buildings, dates back to about 1500, and has hardly changed at all since this photograph was taken.

church is on the hill- side.The photograph shows the view from the side of Stane Street, which is now very busy.The scene now is little changed, although the almshouses have been converted into one house