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The cost of the church was met by Miss Pilling-Taylor and her sister Mrs Edwards-Taylor of Moreton Hall.

Swanage has an advantage as a resort in that there is little difference between high and low tides, allowing good bathing at most times of the day.

This ornate fountain was erected in 1912 and cost £180; it was the subject of much public debate.

This high class variety proved expensive, so new leasees introduced less costly entertainment such as beauty contests and film shows.

Dedicated to Wisbech's most famous son, Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846): one of the key figures in the movement for the abolition of the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The construction of the Esplanade c1883-84, costing in the region of £10,000, would provide a stable and stylish platform along which the town's chic new visitors could indulge in the fashion for promenading

At the time this photograph was taken it cost 2d to go up the tower. The Beauchamp Chapel was built as directed in the will of Richard Beauchamp, fourteenth Earl of Warwick.

The Market Hall, (centre), opened on 23 April 1964; it cost £289,000 and holds 87 stalls, and replaced the old one which was in use from 29 August 1851.

Ashworth`s statue was unveiled on 1 June 1878 - it cost 800 guineas. The inscription states that he was `a devoted friend of the public`.

Prices by the mid fifties had doubled on what they had been around 1946: a pound of sirloin cost 4s 2d, 3lb of flour 1s 3d, a dozen eggs would set you back 3s 10d and a pound of butter 2s 6d.

The Town Hall is the tall building with the clock tower in the centre of the photograph; it was built in 1864 by E W Godwin at a cost of £8,000.

Prices by the mid fifties had doubled on what they had been around 1946: a pound of sirloin cost 4s 2d, 3lb of flour 1s 3d, a dozen eggs would set you back 3s 10d and a pound of butter 2s 6d.

Haigh Hall was designed by the twenty-fourth Earl of Crawford for himself and built at a cost of £100,000 between c1832 and 1840.

Netley Hospital, which opened in 1868, was a quarter of a mile long and cost more than £300,000 to construct.

The total cost was £3,700, and the architect was James Hicks of Redruth.

The parish church of St Margaret was rebuilt in the mid 19th century at a cost of around £3,000, having originally been erected in the late 15th century.

A new Ford Cortina saloon cost £669, and a Zephyr £933.

A mineral drink, crush drink or milk shake was 6d (2p), and TT milk cost only 4d (2p). The pot of tea, however, is unpriced. 'TT milk', incidentally, was milk that had been Tuberculin tested.

A mineral drink, crush drink or milk shake was 6d (2p), and TT milk cost only 4d (2p). The pot of tea, however, is unpriced. 'TT milk', incidentally, was milk that had been Tuberculin tested.

One such three-day visit by the king in 1634 is said to have cost the Duke £15,000, a phenomenal amount of money in 17th-century England.

Built from the bricks for which the town is famous, it cost £13,000, of which the Corporation borrowed £10,000.

Its excessive cost was once the talk of the city. Estimates ran as high as two and a half million pounds. In 1869 it was faced with cubes of Aberdeen granite.

The parish church of St Margaret was rebuilt in the mid 19th century at a cost of around £3,000, having originally been erected in the late 15th century.

Costing over £130,000 to build and opened in July 1864, the Assize Court was a blend of Early English and Victorian Gothic.