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Swain Street runs south from the harbour; it is narrow and mixed architecturally, as can be seen in this Edwardian view.

Along the north bank of the Canch is a footpath that leads east to Priorswell Road, with the Memorial Gardens on the right bank behind the trees that line it.

A smart two-seater convertible is parked outside the imposing Barclays Bank, which had been built in 1910 as the Boston & Spalding Bank.

On the left stands Barclays Bank. This was built around 1905 on the site of the London and South West Bank, which in turn had replaced a Tudor farm house.

Walmersley was a township within Bury on the east bank of the Irwell.

The two small buildings on the right have been replaced. One was taken down, and apparently the other fell down! Now there is a spate of banks.

The two small buildings on the right have been replaced. One was taken down, and apparently the other fell down! Now there is a spate of banks.

The old lords of Kingston were the Norman nobles, the Lacys, but this palatial Restoration house was built in 1663-5 for Sir Ralph Bankes, the son of the former attorney general Sir John.

The River Windrush threads through Bourton, carpeted on either bank by broad greens.

Much of the woodwork was commissioned in 1938 from Robert Thompson from Kilburn, and his mouse trademark can be found on the pews and pulpit. The building to the right is the old hearse house.

This view looks south down the High Street past a motor bike with its acetylene headlamp towards the old Market House with its cupola.

Next to Singleton's the butchers is the Midland Bank's fine facade. The plainer frontage of Roberts' shoe shop is followed by the protruding shop windows of Hancock and Wood, shielded by sun awnings.

On the right the Market Theatre, now long gone, was behind the pub dispensing Weller's Ales, the Market Tavern.

Another quiet day in the High Street; perhaps the photograph was taken on a Wednesday, which was early closing day.

Bashall Eaves stands on the banks of the river Hodder in the parish of Mitton.

On the left, Marks and Spencer established a bazaar in 1932, later enlarging and heightening the building several times. The Co-op Bakery and Elite Café (now Saxone) has its awnings out.

The most striking change between this view and the 1903 view in image 49238 is the splendidly ornate bank building which replaced the two buildings beyond Patterson's.

Here we see another view of the street, which was cut in early Victorian times to become a channel of trade and industry. The vista extends to Cromac.

The local population in the Middle Ages made a living from agriculture, fishing, boat-building, and ferrying traffic up and down the river.

Warrington's Town Hall was originally Bank Hall, built between 1749-50 by the world-famous architect James Gibbs as a home for a local businessman, Thomas Patten.

Further east along The Embankment, Newnham Bridge crosses the north branch of the River Ouse at the south end of Tennyson Road. We are looking east from the north bank.

Note the boathouse on the far bank. I wonder if these people were charged every time they used the canal, or if they paid a one-off or annual fee.

A smart two-seater convertible is parked outside the imposing Barclays Bank, which had been built in 1910 as the Boston & Spalding Bank.

Hest Bank was the seaward side of the village, right at the southern side of the mouth of the River Kent. At one time, the area was referred to as Slyne with Hest.