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The 1100-seater quickly eclipsed the other smaller theatres around the town, offering a variety of plays all the year round. This imposing building burnt down in 1954.

The centre of the Market Place is marked by a splendid Victorian cast iron water pump, decorated with fish, crown and arrows, and the motto 'Defend They Ryghts'.

At this time, this Georgian building dating from 1751 was the home of the King's representative in Ireland, and is now 'Aras an Uachtarain', the Irish president's official residence.

The overhanging storeys were a feature of town architecture, which came into use some time in the late 13th or early 14th centuries.

On the left is the old Town Hall, which was built in 1846; the town fire engine was also kept here.

This carefully-posed photograph shows the site of this historic well, which is situated a little way down a lane from St Keyne village in the East Looe valley.

This view shows Bolton Cross on the road to Higher Brixham before it became the traffic-packed road junction it is today.

St Mary's Church dates from the 15th century, though much of the present building is a reconstruction by John James, after the original church fell down in 1713.

In fact, there were several weirs all along this stretch of the River Teme; they were built to hold up the river so that there would always be water available to power the mills.

There is little remarkable about the buildings, which are mainly of the 19th century.

In the Chapter House is a gravestone to the memory of nine martyred Covenanters.

Architects, like everyone else, tend to fling off their inhibitions at the seaside. Here a Chinese-inspired pagoda with veranda provides a welcome spot for visitors to repose out of the sun.

It dates from the 16th century, and formed part of the turnpike route from Kendal to Ulverston. There are pedestrian bays on each pillar to help those on foot dodge passing traffic.

The handsome building on the right with the flagpole is the Rothwell branch of the Conservative Club. Next to it is the Chequers Hotel, now a convenience store. The building is dated 1734.

Broadway is a tempting village for tourists, full of antique and craft shops.

This rather awkward-looking building was built on the site of a previous chapel. It was opened on 23 March 1873, and cost around £5,000.

Situated at the top of Lythe Bank, about four miles from Whitby, this charming 17th-century coaching inn still serves beer and refreshments to the public.

Those beyond went in 1923 for the mock timber-framed monster of Woolworths, itself also now

The canal provided a link between the navigable rivers Trent and Don, and with its opening Thorne went on to enjoy a new lease of life as an inland port.

It was to Port St Mary that the Scottish granite to be used in the construction of Chicken Rock Lighthouse was brought, and where each stone was cut and dressed to size before being taken out to the site

The neo-classical building with four columns was built by George Williams in 1860, and just beyond it is one of the smaller Victorian half-timbered buildings. Note the tram lines.

This yard, complete with children posed on the steps in the centre, led off Stramongate, the main approach to Kendal from the north-east, from Penrith or Appleby.

Now, an architecturally unsympathetic post office occupies the corner of Queen Street/Boutport Street, Clarkes printing works has become Clarkes Hotel and Symons has lost its glorious canopy.

A cricket match on the County Ground is still a familiar site during a summer in Taunton, as it has been since the club was founded in 1875.