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Deckchairs and beach tents were available for hire, and the donkeys are saddled to take different age groups.

This road runs between Coggeshall Road and Bradford Street; it replaced the old road, which ran 30 or 40 metres back from the left-hand side of this picture, when Sydney Courtauld built Bocking Place

Further north-east along the High Street, Frith's photographer now looks back in the Clapham Common direction past Cato Road (left).

Bargate was originally built to guard the main road into Southampton.

The lad may be returning from the castle, which could be approached on this road at that time. The four houses on the right, built in 1817, are now private residences.

A royd is a northern name for an assart, a practice going back to medieval times when the population of a hamlet cleared land, usually sufficient to make one or two fields, for crops.They would sow

A royd is a northern name for an assart, a practice going back to medieval times when the population of a hamlet cleared land, usually sufficient to make one or two fields, for crops.

The squire here, Sigismund de Trafford of Croston Hall, said that he 'preferred trees to chimneys', and was opposed to selling land for industrial development.

This chained library is the finest in the world, containing books and manuscripts that date back a thousand years and more. Chaining the books was an important security measure.

The interior of St Andrew's is just as pleasing as the outside, with its four-bay nave arcades, quatrefoil piers and double-chamfered arches. These give a feeling of openness and comfort.

The Queen Anne Inn, to the right of Benefit Footwear (left), is much older, probably dating back to the reign of Queen Anne, as it appears on Heywood Hall Map of 1718.

Our photographer has his back to the ABC Carlton Cinema, which stood at this junction.

The church dates back to the Norman Conquest, but very little of the original church remains; the initial period of restoration in the 1820s dramatically altered its structure.

From the Bridge 1899 A town when the Domesday Book was compiled, and a settled place as far back as the 7th century, Fordwich was a flourishing port on the River Stour for Canterbury when the river was

This popular inn on the harbour at St Ives is said to date back to 1312. In the 20th century it became a favourite haunt of the St Ives artists' colony. There is now a small porch by the doorway.

This post mill is thought to date from the 17th century, and is perhaps the oldest working post mill in the country.

The church is dedicated to St Lawrence. The nave and chancel date back to the 12th century; the tower is 13th century.

Set back from the A66, the King's Arms with its stables and courtyard to the rear was once a coaching- house serving travellers on the Penrith to Darlington turnpike, a route linking the

Ripon Cathedral stands on the site of the Saxon abbey church of St Wilfrid, of which this crypt still remains. It dates from about 672, and is one of the oldest Christian survivals in England.

The southern part of Morecambe (referred to as the west end), towards Heysham, soon developed as the more genteel side of the resort, with smart hotels; it was thought to be a little superior.

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.

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.

St Leonard`s dates back to at least 1183 and it was largely rebuilt in 1414 and 1524. Its wooden steeple was added in 1709 and it is a rare and distinctive feature.

The manor house dates back to the 13th century, and formed part of a large estate. Its most famous resident was the poet Alfred Austin, who was Poet Laureate from 1896 to 1913.