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The church was rebuilt in 1861 and the tower went up in 1873 at a cost of £3,500 in memory of Bishop Philpott, who is buried in the churchyard.

Avon Castle 1891 This late 19th-century mock castle was built 'at great cost and with the best materials and workmanship' by John Turner Turner, a renowned sportsman and big game hunter.

Holiday camps like Caister's offered inexpensive breaks for the whole family - with all costs included.

The land was acquired by the City Corporation in 1934 at a cost of £8,000. The Debtors' Prison was opened as a museum, which was then extended to the Women's Prison building.

The verandahed building is the pavilion, which opened in 1909 and cost £300 to build. It has since been refurbished with a coated metal roof resembling pantiles.

It cost £8,000 and all of this money was paid by one benefactor, Thomas Hazelhurst.

Holiday camps like Caister's offered inexpensive breaks for the whole family - with all costs included.

In 1965 one of the two-bedroom cottages beside the river sold for £2,350; it would now cost £235,000.

Repair costs were felt to be unjustifiable, and demolition followed in 1927.

The village was named after the bridges crossing the River Mole.The picture shows a well-stocked corner shop dealing in general and fancy drapery, and acting also as a Postal Telegraph office.

The picture shows a well-stocked corner shop dealing in general and fancy drapery, and acting also as a Postal Telegraph office. Window displays include net curtaining, boots and shoes and hats.

On the left of the picture is a poster advertising a sacred concert at the Bijou Theatre, one of a number of ways in which Victorian holidaymakers could celebrate their Christian faith.

The project was plagued with a lack of money from the start, and Street had to redraw the plans and cut costs. The lack of a clerestory makes the nave very dark.

This had been done in 1881 at a cost of £2,000.

The busy Dover promenade was very popular with visitors; a pier was added to it in 1893 at a cost of £28,000.

In 1967, one of the Georgian residences with seven bedrooms, two acres and a heated-swimming pool cost £20,000.

The school was built on the Green in 1872 at a cost of £700, with accommodation for 70 children. The side windows have gone and have been replaced by six sky-lights in the roof.

A poster advertising the Bric a Bracs, an entertainment troupe, adorns the building at the landward end of the pier.

It was built at a cost of £100, paid for out of guild wine funds. Beyond the cross are the municipal buildings complete with their 210 ft tower.

Boating cost one shilling (5 pence) per hour.

This bridge over the River Aire linking Silsden and Steeton was built in 1806 at a cost of £3529; it opened up trade between Wharfedale and Airedale.

The glass shades on the Bradford Boot and Shoe Exchange (left) carry interesting advertisements: men's nailed boots cost from 3s 11d.

The glass shades on the Bradford Boot and Shoe Exchange (left) carry interesting advertisements: men's nailed boots cost from 3s 11d.

It was erected in 1856-60 at a cost of £60,000 for Lady Willoughby de Broke as a memorial to her husband.