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Here we see a close-up of Compton House and Newmans. Behind the latter is a medieval vault known as Ye Olde Crypt which dates from c1230.

Much of the street plan was changed. One example was that Thieves Lane became Station Road.

Parts of Little Comberton's church date back to at least the 12th century, though there was considerable rebuilding in 1887.

Another view of the High Street, looking in the opposite direction. The ornate building on the left is no longer The Chippenham Co-operative Society, but a department store.

Quay House on the right now has a window where J P Stewart had his sign proclaiming `Builder Decorator`.

The new building was occupied in the period leading up to the Great War by the Forbes family; Eileen Baillie recalls old Mrs E M Forbes 'lying on an elegant couch ... having her beautiful hair dressed

Although much of the church is original 16th-century - the north chapel was built in 1570 - extensions and restorations were carried out in 1851 at a cost of £7,000.

It is 1897, and a golden age for the Clyde excursion steamer industry is dawning: operators sense that the ban on landings at some piers on the Sabbath will soon be broken.

On the left is London Square, where the obelisk of the war memorial towers above all else.

The Cotswold-stone Dorchester Hotel, seen on the extreme left of the photograph, opened in 1947. After extensive refurbishment, it reopened as the Feathers in the 1980s.

Even from distant Clee Hill in Shropshire they enable you to instantly pinpoint the location of Brierley Hill.

Over a century later, the Pavilion Gardens still provide the nucleus of the town's leisure activities, with Frank Matcham's beautifully-restored Opera House close by.

The bridge carries the A6 over the River Derwent in the background of this photograph, which was taken from the river.

The magnificent church of St John the Baptist, St Mary and St Lawrence has a 181ft spire.

It was to Sheerness dockyard that Nelson's body was brought, preserved in a barrel of spirit, following his death at Trafalgar.

The sandstone and brick structure originally had open archways on the ground floor, like the similar building in the centre of Bakewell.

Another view of Derby Road, Swanwick, a little further north, opposite Willgoose's newsagents shop, on the left.

Located in the border country between West and East Sussex, Keymer (or Kymer as it used to be known) has been held by some of the country's richest and most influential families over the centuries.

This is the reverse view of U10054 (above), looking towards the town. On the right, hidden by bushes, is West Bank; further down West Deyne protrudes.

On the bend of the street stands a timber-framed 17th-century farmhouse with a huge chimney stack.

This viewpoint on Coppice Hill is a favourite spot for photographing Chalford.

The centre of the village is located around the White Horse public house (centre right).

Looking up a half-deserted High Street on a sunny day. The 'island' block with Bank Street on the right is clearly visible.

The bridge was rebuilt at the beginning of the 15th century and widened in 1856.