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The surrounding gardens contained tennis and croquet facilities, together with delightful wooded walks.

In the distance and slightly to the left of the clock tower is the obelisk erected to the memory of Henry Bell, who built the first steam-powered vessel to sail on the Clyde.

On Friday, 18 October 1644, the Cavaliers of Prince Maurice's Regiment spotted the Roundheads watching them and chased them to town in the 'Battle of Andover'.

This pleasant stone-built market town, on the western side of the lovely vale of Clwyd, climbs the hillside crowned by its ruinous castle.

This busy scene looking along the river terrace steps on Victoria Embankment shows the1860s Town Arms pub by the bridge, the gabled building with bay windows and white stucco dressings.

Castle Gardens were laid out in 1905 on part of the old town.

Whereas Marton and South Fylde worshippers had to bring their dead to St Chad's, the parish church of Poulton, people from the new town of Fleetwood had to come to Meadows Avenue, which used to be called

It is hard to believe looking at this unremarkable village centre that just round the corner lie the remains of an important Roman town, Calleva Atrebatum.

Lincoln's celebrated Stone Bow is the later 15th-century medieval gate into the walled town, above which is the basically Tudor city Guildhall.

There was no bus station in the town, so buses parked in designated ranks painted on the road surface.

Mr C H Elkes, a local businessman, offered an eleven-acre field sloping down to the Picknall or Hockley Brook.

The Town Hall is to the west of the cathedral.

Speculators built many homes, and this substantial little town is now a favourite place for retirement.

This was the site of the Old Town Hall.

Angell Town was an estate of 1850s Italianate villas, mostly semi-detached, built on curving roads centred on St John's church, whose 1853 tower is crowned by four pinnacles.

A hooded bathchair stands before the Victorian buildings and the bronze statue of William Harvey, a 16th-century native of the town; he achieved renown for his work in discovering the fact that blood

One suspects that these groups of children, with one accompanying nursemaid, seated on the benches and the steps of the canopied bandstand, have been induced to pose by the photographer, to complement

Though originally a market town, Dursley has long benefited from the presence of local industries making such things as agricultural machinery, diesel engines and furniture.

It is showing 'Jungle Jim' starring Johnny Weissmuller, ex-Tarzan, and features the yet-to-be-famous Superman actor, George Reeves.

Looking South This view of the Town Hall shows the main entrance at the centre.

A smart two-seater convertible is parked outside the imposing Barclays Bank, which had been built in 1910 as the Boston & Spalding Bank.

A hooded bathchair stands before the Victorian buildings and the bronze statue of William Harvey, a 16th-century native of the town; he achieved renown for his work in discovering the fact that blood

The peak years for Barrow were the 1870s and the 1880s.

The paved area in front of Moot House was a sunny meeting place with mature trees, flower boxes and seats.