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Constructed of wrought iron and completed in 1879, the Severn Bridge was the longest tied-arch, bowstring truss bridge on the British railway network.

The centre of Heswall was originally much closer to the shoreline, probably in the area around Village Road and St Peter's Church, but the advent of Telegraph Road - the A540 - has moved the commercial

The home of the de Hoghton family, the house (which is still there today) was mainly built in the reign of Elizabeth I.

Undoubtedly Bedford's most famous son - if only because of his imprisonment as a result of religious intolerance - John Bunyan was born into a tinker's family and lived something of the high life before

In 1956 Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone opened a Methodist church in Langdon Hills, and in the following year the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visited Kingswood Junior School, officially opened

At the top of the High Street on the right is the Cowes Advertiser office, but just before that is the NSPCC charity shop.

Dunstable Street housed most of the 'household' shops in 1955 - the situation has considerably altered since then as the town has expanded its boundaries.

The Duke of York is one of Burnley's landmark inns, and gives its name to this part of town. The tip of a spire can be seen just off centre.

Nestling in a combe between two rocky hills, the tower of the parish church of St Michael is clearly visible in this view of the town, taken from the Cobb, on which the Duke of Monmouth landed on 11

Tilgate Mansion was situated about a mile south of the town on the edge of Tilgate Forest, part of the woodlands that comprise St Leonards, Tilgate and Worth Forests; they run in a swathe from Horsham

In the background are the ruins of Bolton Castle, which was built by Richard Scrope in the 1380s.

In the background are the ruins of Bolton Castle, which was built by Richard Scrope in the 1380s.

Until 1864, Clacton had simply been a row of cliffs. It was Peter Bruff, a railway engineer, who bought the land and started to develop a resort here.

The name of the town does not refer to any beach, but comes from the Old English word 'beck', meaning 'stream'. Clayhithe was the harbour of Waterbeach; the word 'hythe' means 'landing-place'.

This view, with the Grand Hotel on the left, shows the extent of the beach.

This scene shows punting on the river in pre-war days. Nearby is Conyngham Hall, now a conference centre, but once the home of the toffee maker from Halifax, Lord Macintosh.

This old view of St Osyths Lane includes the beautiful 14th-century spire of St Peter's Church in the distance, beyond the market place.

A typical moss landscape of sedge and scruffy birch trees is in the foreground; beyond are some of the traditional peat cutters who were still working the area.

The cottage on the east side of Manor Road (left) is the one to which Sergeant William Lawrence retired.

The new seaside resort was mostly laid out south of the old town on flatter land between the Lower Town, largely destroyed by fire in 1791, and the sea.

Designed in 1865 and built at Chatham, she was completed in 1868 at a cost of £361,134 including machinery.

Beside the waters of the Great Stour, this great house in its pleasant parkland marks the original birthplace in 1380 of Cardinal Kempe, the ecclesiastical statesman.

The wheeled bathing machines of earlier pictures have been replaced by this array of circular tents, allowing Edwardians to divest themselves in privacy.

Once tree-lined, the pavement edge to the right of the photograph has given itself up to signage and lighting standards.