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This area, surrounded by buildings, was known as Exchange Flags when it first opened at the end of the 1700s. At one time you had to be invited to walk on the Exchange Flags.

Birkenhead, the largest town on the Wirral, was the dream of one man, John Laird.

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

Pinstone Street was laid out in the mid-1870s as part of a major development of Sheffield town centre that saw wide well-planned streets replace a hotch-potch of alleyways, small workshops, stables and

Sherborne Lane is shown here when the Crown and Anchor, the large building at the foot of the hill, was still open.

Holidaymakers are boating on the southern reaches of Windermere near Newby Bridge.

The cottages are outside the line of the old walls, and may not have been subjected to the ban on thatch which followed the fires of the 17th century.

Several of these lovely old buildings remain, though the shop fronts have changed.

The demolition of the Butter Market provided a site for the granite war memorial.

The changeover from sail to steam saw a resurgence in business for the port of Lowestoft.

Sidmouth was considered rather a select resort in Victorian times; it was frequented by royalty, and Queen Victoria had her first view of the sea here as a child.

Dodbrooke is now part of Kingsbridge, but it once had a market of its own.

It was here in February 1645, after a forced march across difficult terrain in appalling weather, that the Marquis of Montrose with 1,500 troops defeated a 5,000 strong force of Campbells and Lowlanders

Quay Street is one of the oldest parts of Yarmouth, and must have been familiar to the generations of seamen who frequented its inns.

The town has a long commercial history, and was once the home of many prosperous textile merchants.

This prospect, photographed from Capstone Hill, shows the sheer density of housing created by the Victorians to cater for the influx of visitors every summer.

The restored medieval Butter Cross, or High Cross, marks the site of a market. The town crier has long stood on this spot in order to communicate important news to the people of Winchester.

It is probable that Devonport abandoned its earlier name of Plymouth Dock as a gesture of independence.

Until the 1950s Middle Mill Weir occupied the centre of this view, but the bridge over the weir remains as an important pedestrian link to the sportsfields and parks on the north bank of the River.

The Victorian celebration of death.

This small village is on the busy Diss to Thetford road. It has a number of attractive buildings of knapped flint - the garage is a prime example.

The small boy on the left is leaning against the wall which formerly enclosed three acres of grounds belonging to the White Hart Hotel, but now occupied by a nondescript block of shops and offices.

The Island stands at the western end of Porthmeor Beach, visible behind the ruined mine building.

Pinstone Street was laid out in the mid-1870s as part of a major development of Sheffield town centre that saw wide well-planned streets replace a hotch-potch of alleyways, small work- shops, stables