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Although the base of the building may be older, the village pound, or lock-up, was certainly in use during Victorian times.

Wednesbury grew rapidly between 1851 and 1861 with the opening of firms like the Old Park Works and Lloyds, Foster & Co.

This is a daily sight around the capital of horse racing - stable lads exercising racehorses on Newmarket Heath.

The spire, seen here from the back of the church, has been a landmark for mariners for centuries.

A great field tree survives in this rather dreary comment on the quality of mid 20th-century domestic

The shelves at the front of the shops and the hooks overhead indicate that these were butchers' shops.

The Bishops' Palace building was almost certainly attached to the inside of the curtilage wall; the bishops' tower has long been named by locals 'Coverdale's Tower'.

Ten years before, Cockerell's prototype hovercraft had made its first test runs off the mouth of the Medina.

The entrance is the small gateway just in front of the car. On the left is Leicester's gatehouse, which had been converted into a private dwelling.

This thatched cottage sits at the northern end of the village and was once a pub whose custom came from those travelling to and from Shropshire.

Just a short walk from the Hydro and you are on Ilkley moor. In the top left of this photograph is the old Semon Convalescent Home.

The two stairs here are raised to reveal the entrance to one of the hiding places, a small room that was hidden beneath two floor levels.

This photograph shows the junction of Hope Street, Queensferry Street and Sandwick Street. St John's and St Cuthbert's Churches, along with the castle, provide the backdrop.

Construction of the bridge commenced in November 1882. The first test trains ran from January 1890, and the official opening took place on 4 March 1890.

Here we see the junction of Hope Street, Queensferry Street and Sandwick Street. St John's and St Cuthbert's churches provide the backdrop along with the castle .

Bicycles appear to be a popular mode of transport for the ladies.

It is hard to believe that the main York to Beverley Road passes around the pond on the left. The village was built around the Manor House, later surrendered to Henry VIII after the dissolution.

Built as a town house for the lead mine-owner Charles Bathurst of Arkengarthdale c1720, its newly-fashionable hand-made bricks, three-storey height and eight bays must then have made it very prominent

The Palace was built to rival the Crystal Palace on Sydenham Hill in South London.

On the left, Marks and Spencer established a bazaar in 1932, later enlarging and heightening the building several times. The Co-op Bakery and Elite Café (now Saxone) has its awnings out.

The ruins of the abbey are visible in the distance. This photograph shows how Tintern nestles in amongst the surrounding hills.

The name Trethevy means 'place of the dead'.

Another view of the mill, showing the attractive double fronted mill manager's house. Note the large haystack in the centre foreground.

In the background (centre) is the Methodist chapel, a common feature of most former lead mining villages in the White Peak.