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The famous street Steep Hill, the most aptly named street in England, is down to the right.

This 1903 view looking south down the High Street is full of detail. It seems to have been taken one warm morning - note the open windows, and the summery dresses of the girls on the right.

Behind the disused mill was the Wharfedale Brewery, which supplied many of the town's fifteen taverns. The brewery closed during the First World War, and was then used as billets for troops.

This building was pulled down in the early 1920s.

Meanwhile a butcher's boy cycles down the middle of the High Street, a reminder that delivery to the door was expected in 1922.

It is thought that the church steps were originally built in the early 14th century to enable access to the church from the old town, and at that time the steps were wooden, not stone.

However, Trew came up with a different scheme, one that would overcome expensive dredging operations, and the problems caused by several weirs that had been built down-river.

The 46-gun frigate HMS 'Unicorn', laid down during the Napoleonic Wars, was still building when hostilities ceased.

We are looking from the Town Hall down the grand vista of the largely 18th-century Market Place; it was known as the Shambles in the previous century, and designated for the sale of fresh meat

Station Road led down to the railway station, now long gone.

Cromer did its bit for the First World War by donating the ornate entrance gates for scrap metal - they were melted down and converted into armaments.

This view looks from the top of King Street down towards Cross Street. We can see that the street narrows towards the bottom.

Prior to this, the Old Town Hall (1780), the offices of The Hampshire Post and Pince's School obscured the view of St Peter's from the Square. In 1898 these buildings were pulled down.

The depot of H & G Symonds Ltd (further down the road) was the former North Wilts Brewery.

The grounds were being sold of for development at beginning of the 20th century; Lebanon House was being used for furniture storage when it burnt down in 1909.

The Shoulder of Mutton next door became a butcher's, and was later knocked down to give access to a new development.

The last serious religious troubles in Stafford were the Sectarian Riots of 1715, when a mob of 'lewd fellows of the baser sort' attacked the Presbyterian Chapel with the intention of burning it down

The Downs, like Horton and the common, were now part of London's Green Belt, and no further development would take place on them.

The famous street Steep Hill, the most aptly named street in England, is down to the right.

Stretching down from the north side of town towards the coble landing, Filey is still a mixture of a fishing village and a Victorian resort.

In 1879 the prince's stand burnt down, and was replaced on a larger scale, with a tower at the rear.

The pretty village of Thorp Arch with its green, Manor House and old mill leads down to the banks of the Wharfe, with the bridge (1772) carrying the road to Boston Spa.

The clean forceful lines of the neo- classical new town hall were in marked contrast to its rather sedate and friendly looking predecessor, built by the Luton architects John Williams & Sons

The cattle auction mart further down Gisburn Road closed in 1990.