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The new building stands at the right hand end of the flour mill, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Some of the silo sections can be seen at the edge of the wharf.

Drummond's library was one of the finest of its day, containing about 1,400 books in English, French, Latin, Greek, Spanish, Italian and Hebrew.

Comparison with a similar photograph of c1905 shows few changes in the shop's stock of books, postcards, artist's materials and stationery over the years, although the shop's name, F & E Tooth, changed

Amongst ancient artifacts at All Hallows church are a leper squint, a Jacobean pulpit, chained books and the tomb of Sir Richard Shireburne of Stoneyhurst.

In fact, it is the only church in Cheshire that Simon Jenkins in his recent book England's Thousand Best Churches placed in his top one hundred.

The millennium project book, 'Westbury & Westbury Leigh, A Celebration of the Town & its People' details the development.

Ipsley was in Warwickshire when it was mentioned in Domesday Book (1086), and only transferred to Worcestershire in 1931. It predates Redditch, but has long since been swallowed up by it.

The new building stands at the right hand end of the flour mill, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Some of the silo sections can be seen at the edge of the wharf.

In his book, Pevsner asks: 'why are they not in line, and why does the easternmost bay on the north side differ from the others?'

At weekends they flocked to Sydenham in their thousands to enjoy the displays and exhibitions - Blondin once walked a high wire here and cooked an omelette seventy feet in the air!

To the right is the Liberal Club, also of 1893, and further along is the old Mechanics' Institute (1889) with its own collection of over 800 books.

Acquired by the Borough and used as offices (gas masks and ration books were collected from here in the war), it was transferred to the regional water authority when local government was reorganised

Looking across Bristol Bridge towards High Street. Dominating this picture is the church of St Nicholas. Bishop Secker's Diocese Book has an interesting comment on the church wardens.

Boots' double-fronted shop is now Harts book shop, and Lloyds Bank is just a little further on.

One Victorian guide book writer described Beer as 'a rare subject for the pencil'.

The manor is mentioned in the Domesday book, the detailed survey of property which was conceived by William the Conqueror at Christmas 1085 in Gloucester.

William Gladstone laid the foundation stone for this impressive building in 1899 and donated his library of 250,000 books; after his death his family built a further wing in 1906, to the

A coffee shop now occupies the 'pure ices' premises beyond, whilst the gable-fronted building has since become a book shop.

elegant Georgian house on the right of the road has been converted to offices.To the right of it is the entrance to Botley Mills, an 18th-century mill complex, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book

Ruswarp, standing at the tidal limit of the River Esk, was at one time as important a port as neighbouring Whitby, and a mill was mentioned here in the Domesday Book.

Most famous as the church where Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) was baptised in 1832, the church now has a memorial window with scenes from the Alice books, and draws visitors from all

There have been relatively few changes here, one of the best being that the Imperial Café is now a second hand bookshop called Castle Hill Books.

The bungalows to the left were demolished quite recently, and the site awaits redevelopment as this book was being written.

It used to have a famous library of 8,000 books, including the copy of the Messiah used by Handel himself at the first performance; these treasures are now housed in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.