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New housing developments are suggestive of more to come, which they certainly did.

One of the most distinctive features of Brompton Barracks is this very unusual variation of more common equestrian statues, with General Gordon, mounted on a richly caparisoned camel.

The Town Hall stands on the left of this photograph, which was taken from outside the church and looking down Highbridge Street.

The parish church is at the top of the street, out of camera shot.This is also an area of the town known as Petty France because, along with Ashbourne in Derbyshire, Leek was used to house French

This elegant suspension bridge, built over the Menai Strait by Thomas Telford as part of his Holyhead Road, gave its name to the little town on the northern side of the narrow strait, between the island

This is a splendid view of the terraces and their fine sea view. A sign in the centre left of the picture reads - 'Jones's Hotels and Cafés'.

The castle was built in 1539, and came under the control of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. In 1648 the castle was captured by Colonel Nathaniel Rich for Parliament.

Tetbury lies near the boundary of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire on the long stretch of high road between Stroud and Malmesbury.

At the centre of this photograph lies the Norman tower of Oxford Castle. Within its precincts lie a Saxon mound and a Norman crypt.

The village of Hinderwell lies between Easington and Runswick Bay. Here, in this delightful view of 1929, we see an early motorcar outside the Rectory.

This is one of the most popular of the Broadland river inns, equally accessible by road or river.

Back in 1900, Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire said of March's Market Place:'the Fire Engine House is in the Market Place; there is one 40 horse power steam engine by Shand and Mason, with about half-a-mile

Not part of Trinity College, but a college in its own right, Trinity Hall was founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.

On top of Table Mountain is a 2,500-year-old fort (a crug) of Hywel, from which the town derived its name.

The church of St Chad, with two bells hanging in its open belfry, stands a short distance down the lane opposite the Fenwick Arms.

This old wool town is situated north of Cheltenham in the deep valley of the River Isbourne.

Virginia creeper has now spread to every inch of stonework on the 18th- century house (centre right).

Prestatyn's station on the Chester and Holyhead section of the L & NWR meant that it became increasingly popular with holidaymakers, especially with those from the Liverpool area.

Today's visitors can repair to the bar in the basement of the hotel, which occupies part of the west range of the abbey.

Situated six miles northwest of Barnard Castle, the village takes its name from St Romald, the son of a Northumbrian king; he was born in Buckingham in about 800, his mother having taken refuge there during

The British School of 1859, demolished in the late 1960s, was much like the National School, now Andover Primary School (C of E Controlled) which still thrives today in lower East Street.

Well-dressed 'promenaders' stroll along the parade, while in the foreground a troupe of minstrels entertain a crowd of holidaymakers.

This is an archive photograph all right: few of these buildings remain, partly as a result of the tragic floods of 1953 when the sea burst through the sea walls.

Trams first trundled down Cheltenham's streets on 22 August 1901. By the end of the 1920s they had been rendered redundant by the quicker, go-anywhere buses, and the trams were withdrawn in 1930.