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Looking in the direction of the town, the Holt estate lay behind the trees on the left.

The Market Square is at the busy cross-roads in the centre of this delightful small town.

We are looking west from the canal towpath towards the town, with the church spire in the centre distance.

On the left is a terrace of brick houses and shops built c1865.

Now known as the Stokesay Castle Inn, this hotel overlooks a new tourist attraction in the town - a museum of the Shropshire countryside.

In this peaceful scene, the fact that the village has a longstanding domestic industry tradition in framework knitting and basket making is not immediately apparent.

In this peaceful scene, the fact that the village has a longstanding domestic industry tradition in framework knitting and basket making is not immediately apparent.

These societies sprang up in the 19th century to help poorer families to save for rainy days, and to help provide decent burials for them.

Development was slow and gradual as the inhabitants dragged a poor existence from the sea and the land.

Standing on a limestone hill, Dudley Castle dominates the town.

The brewery chimney came down in 1959, and the remaining building became the site of the bus station.

The cemetery reportedly has a gravestone dedicated to a lady described as 'a weak and sinful worm, the vilest of her race'!

The arrival of the railway in 1866 gave this market town a boost, and it rapidly developed to serve a large hinterland.

In the 1870s John Noyes and William Gardener ran an ironmongery business here, and on market days they displayed their wares on the pavement in front of the Town Hall next door.

Since the 18th century, the town has been a centre for the brewing of beer.

The quiet little seaside town of Selsey was once part of a small island.

The arrival of the railway in 1866 gave this market town a boost, and it rapidly developed to serve a large hinterland.

The ferry still runs from Lymington to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, and takes 30 minutes.

The freedom of the road, when roadside parking was an inalienable right, can be seen in a view westwards to the Town Hall (centre) from opposite the Golden Road Cafe (far left).

The junction of Castle Street and Water Street, outside the Town Hall, has always been one of the busiest in Liverpool, and a natural meeting place.

The hall, parts of which date from 1550, has been re-built and added to over the years.

At this time these shops would close at noon on Saturday, and Sunday opening was unheard of.

At the Dissolution, the nave was demolished and the western arch of the tower was filled in.

It was here that both James II and James V were born and where Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI both lived for a number of years.