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Hipswell Hall is a 15th-century fortified manor house built for the Fulthorpe family, whose coat of arms is carved on the bay window to the right.

The Cartwright Memorial Hall in Lister Park, Bradford, built during the time of Bradford's pre-eminence as one of the major woollen manufacturing towns of the world, now houses one of the city's best museums

About a hundred years later the low crossing tower was heightened to house a belfry, and the spire was added.

In the chapter house is the tomb of Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke.

The site itself is ancient: it was once the capital and principal fortress of the Dalriadic kings, and the place where the Stone of Destiny was said to have been housed before its removal to Scone.

Montrose is the distinctive red-brick house with dormer windows at the top end of Crock Lane (centre). Holy Trinity Parish Church is visible below it (left of centre).

Brandon's on the right is now Brandon House, and Broadway Court beyond lost its shopfronts in the 1980s.

The old corner house (right) is occupied by Hope Brothers General Outfitters whilst opposite, as for many years, stands Oliver's Shoes.

Long associated with the exploits of Billy the Seal the park even housed its own small zoo until 1941.

The public house (left) first opened as the Blue Bell in 1813.

From the plain late Georgian- character stuccoed terraces, the architecture gets more seaside Victorian, with a profusion of bay windows and the use of various building stones; the four gabled houses

The houses shown here are part of the tiny village of Timbersbrook. The chimney belongs to the Silver Springs Dye works, established here because of the purity of the water.

Although the castle has never experienced a siege, it has remained a military base, with barracks built inside the walls during the First World War to house conscientious objectors.

In the centre is the white façade of the Cliftonville Hotel, where now stand Thorley's public house and a bowling alley.

East Mill and its mill pool, looking eastwards from the north bank of the River Asker towards houses beside East Road (centre).

Adelaide Buildings, on the site of the former City approach, made way in 1921 for the bulky Adelaide House office and warehouse.

It was built by Frederick Crowley, who lived in a large house called Ashdell, which lay to the right. The lodge to it can just be seen in the distance.

At the entrance to the Alton House Hotel, on the right, is a sign showing that it was RAC approved. It was also AA approved, and appeared in the AA Handbook for 1972, when it had 2 stars.

On the left, where the road sweeps round the corner, is the toll house for Lendal Bridge, built in 1863; it is now used as a teashop.The tram lines are plainly visible.

This picture clearly shows how the shop fronts were added on to the fronts of the houses, when the town grew in size to warrant more shops to cater for the needs of a larger population.

St James' Church at Kingston, in effect the Scott family chapel of the Earls of Eldon from Encombe House, viewed looking southwards from cottages in South Street.

A previous owner, the Blaenavon industrialist James Hill, had spent a lot of money on the house. Today it is part of the modern Nevill Hall Hospital, which was built in the 1960s.

The White House Cinema is situated near the Midland Bank.

It may have been created in 1740, when two overhanging stones fell down the hill, making the houses in the Hough shake, and, according to legend, squashing an old woman and her cow.