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This view, looking south towards Aylesbury, shows some of the range of buildings, including the rendered and jettied Tudor House in the middle distance.

In days gone by, anyone whose house was robbed after the sounding of the horn could claim compensation off the Wakeman, if it could be proved that he had been negligent in his duties.

This view looks south towards London, along the narrow stretch of Ermine Street or the Old North Road, with its overhanging 17th-century houses and gables.

The last barge, the 'Shamrock', is now berthed at Cotehele House on the bank of the Tamar.

It now houses the town museum, which is open from April to October. Next to this now stands the Tourist Information Centre.

This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.

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

Situated in the shadow of the grand church of St Helen's, the castle, now in the care of English Heritage, originated as a Norman manor house; it ultimately become the property of the Breton La Zouch family

It subsequently belonged to Zaccheus Walker, who rebuilt the house in grand style, calling it The Hollies. It was the most imposing mansion in the neighbourhood, but it was demolished in 1937.

In return for granting permission to the GWR to build the line across his land, local landowner George Frederick Muntz demanded the provision of a station: houses and shops inevitably followed

Smarts occupies part of a block known as Bordeaux House, so named because when it was built in 1894 it was the home of a wine importer, Rutlands.

He was addicted to cock fighting, and had his own cockpit at the Church House.

Parts of the original castle were incorporated into the 17th-century manor house. The castle appears to have been rebuilt in the 18th century and repaired during the 19th century.

A large inward- bound tanker approaches the entrance with due caution: its captain is doubtless taking due advice from the Trinity House licensed pilot, himself an ex-master mariner

Many of the wealthy clothiers' 19th-century houses were built on terraces cut into the hillside, with the result that the front doors are several storeys above the garden entrances.

A shop, a café, a guest house and two pubs feature in this view, and all are still there today in one form or another.

On the right is a fine display of baskets and tinware, although the street was known at one time for its slaughter houses.

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.

Such is the demand for eating places that the old lifeboat house opposite has also been converted into a cafe.

Most of the buildings in this view survive, and even the painted lettering on Atlas House can be seen through later paint.

In this later view, taken a little further south-west from photograph 26717, Dales' premises, Lindum House, on the corner of Wellington Road, has been rebuilt, but the former hotel beyond, now shops, can

In the shadow of the 13th-century church of St Mary, to the south of Petworth House, the two young girls and the driver of the horse and cart pose for the camera in one of the innumerable nooks and crannies

This country town is close to one of the noblest houses in Kent - the Jacobean home of the Sackvilles, Knole. St Nicholas's Church (left) has a 90ft-high tower and turret with a cupola.

In 1951 it was bought by the Carmelite Order and used as a 'desert house' for its members - here the sisters could spend a year in contemplation before going back to their professional lives.