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At this time, Harnham has something of an identity of its own. Harnham Bridge crossed the Hampshire Avon just south of Salisbury between the twin hamlets of East and West Harnham.

Little can be gleaned of the appearance of St Peter's church from this picture.

A quarter of a century apart, this and the previous view of the High Street show how little it changed throughout the 20th century, with the exception of traffic problems and an increased number

This closer view of Market House also reveals the Crown Hotel (on the other side of the High Street and next to Larkinson's shop) which was the source of the Great Fire of Biggleswade in 1785.

The narrow steeply- sloping Union Street, east of the church of St James, leads the eye northward out of town and towards the stark ridge of Peaked Down; its visible notch gives the down

Though only a couple of miles to the north of Newcastle, Gosforth had a character and identity of its own.

The coming of the railway to Broxbourne in 1840 had further stimulated the growth of the village, and demand from London-bound commuters heading for Liverpool Street and St.

This reredos is a modern addition depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds (left) and the Entombment of Christ.

Mansfield lies some 14 miles north of Nottingham and to the west of Sherwood Forest.

Before the advent of the car moved shoppers to out-of- town stores, main streets such as this displayed a rich multiplicity of goods, with regional shops trading beside the more well-known

Some of the cottages in St Nicholas Terrace, which is located to the north of the church, are 18th-century, and one of them is dated 1771.

Even though it was obviously a busy time of day, it hardly seems necessary to have a Keep Left sign at this point.

This long and irregular village stands on either side of a switchback rise in the otherwise dead-straight Roman road that comprises this section of the A229.

This is another of Benhilton's 1870 villas in attractive wooded grounds. By 1898 Woodside House, in Woodside Road, had become a small private school.

This pretty scene with its unmetalled road and air of tranquillity could almost prevail in modern Totternhoe.

A tranquil setting for a fine pink granite church, mainly of the 15th century, with its solid buttressed and battle- mented tower rising in four stages.

Cobham is architecturally not the equal of the similarly named Chobham.

This Wednesday morning 9 o'clock photograph is the first view we have in this book of Sheep Street in the far corner of the Square.

All of this area of the sea front is now part of the Exmouth Fun Park, a modest theme park for the young and not so young who want a break from the miles of sandy beaches.

An excellent view of Boyd's souvenir shop, situated in Larne's Main Street. A wide range of knick-knacks of all descriptions are waiting for customers.

Knap is located in the quieter area of Barry, and here we see a very genteel-looking boating lake. Barry was to become one of the busiest of resorts on the south coast of post-war Wales.

A great deal of money was spent on the buildings of this charitable foundation.

As far as the St Neots area was concerned these were mainly in agricultural work, but the appointment that attracted the most notice was that of a Mrs Phillips as the town's first postwoman.

The east window is the work of Butterfield, who restored the church in 1853, ten years before he began work on Aldbourne.