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An elegant lamp standard adorns the zebra crossing in front of the Town Hall, and hanging baskets brighten the stonework.

Dominant in this photograph of the east end of the High Street is the Town Hall, which at the date of this photograph had just been rebuilt by local architect C E Ponting.

Eyam`s parish church of St Lawrence has many memories of the tragic visitation of the plague in 1665-6.

Horbury, three miles south-west of Wakefield, was once one of the busiest railway junctions in the country; hence, perhaps, the absence of any form of traffic in the High Street in this photograph.

Before the arrival of the railway, Middleton One Row was aptly named; it consisted of just one row of Georgian cottages.

Cliff lifts became a popular solution to the problems of beach access in the later years of the Victorian period, and were used at a number of seaside resorts.

The whitewashed façade of the Rose and Crown Hotel is a landmark on the main road through Wensleydale in the village of Bainbridge, once the 'capital' of Upper Wensleydale, which was known in the 12th

One of the fads of entertainment which has come in and out of vogue since Victorian times has been roller skating.

This stands close to the site of Assington Hall, which burnt down in 1957. Parts of the outbuildings survived, including the range to the left of the church.

A short stroll from the toll bridge brings you to the little church of St Mary's.

The 1920s were to bring about something of a mini-boom in the amount of traffic using Gloucester, for it was then that a number of companies, including National Benzole, opened oil terminals at the docks

The jam-packed stalls of Hitchin market reflect the higgledy-piggledy dwellings that it replaced.

The tulips bloom in beautiful profusion, and the house is reflected in the almost glassy stillness of the pond.

Joining the two courts of St John's College on either side of the River Cam is the Bridge of Sighs. It borrows the idea of the covered bridge from one of the same name in Venice.

Holidaymakers at this time could be forgiven for thinking that there was something of an army camp about the site!

The De Brus Cenotaph is the most significant surviving relic of the town's priory.

Part of the old Ramper Road, this end of Victoria Road passes the Congregational church where Mr W Gornall was a great supporter.

Of the priory buildings, only the mid 14th- century gatehouse survives, with the medieval market cross in front.

Following the death of Ambrose Dudley in 1589, Warwick Castle was once again in the hands of the Crown.

A sheltered location and mild climate have brought generations of holidaymakers to Ventnor. The town lies at the foot of an eight hundred feet hill with gradients in some streets of 1 in 4.

Another important source of income for the locals was smuggling.

Fawley stands on the western bank of Southampton Water, just where it flows out into the Solent.

One of the attractions of this coast was the health-giving quality of the sea air. There were two sanitoria in Mundesley, one of which advertised revolving shelters for TB patients.

The Church of England Primary School, founded by Thomas Benet of Salthrop in 1743, has been part of village life for over 250 years.