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The land was acquired by the City Corporation in 1934 at a cost of £8,000. The Debtors' Prison was opened as a museum, which was then extended to the Women's Prison building.

At the turn of the century Wetherby was described in some tourist guides as 'a town of no interest'.

At the beginning of the 20th century Leeds had four theatres, including the Grand, which is featured on the right-hand side of the picture.

More rooftops, a passing steam train (they were being replaced by diesel- powered locomotives at this time) and the sweep of the park express progress. The bandstand has arrived.

The cross stands in front of Dalton Castle at the top of the town.

Two windmills once stood at this end of town, hence the name. Beside the clapboarded cottage is Franklin`s butcher`s shop.

The Palace Cinema is showing three films: Charlton Heston stars in The Private War of Major Benson, Jane Wyman in Lucy Gallant and Tony Curtis in Rawhide Years, which date this photograph to 1956 at the

As long ago as the reign of Edward the Confessor, Bridport was a town of considerable importance, boasting over a hundred dwellings, a priory of monks and its own mint.As its name implies, it was

Chambercombe is an ancient manor, named after the de Cambernon family, one of whom fought alongside William the Conqueror at Hastings.

Highcliffe is the most easterly parish in Dorset, famous for eroding cliffs and splendid views across to the Isle of Wight.

On Saturday 30 November 1745 a small advance party belonging to Prince Charles Edward Stuart's army entered the town and set up shop at the cross in the Market Place.

Anchored off Gravesend is the torpedo gunboat HMS 'Gleaner', built at Sheerness Dockyard in 1890 and sold off in 1905; by that time the faster torpedo boat destroyer, later abbreviated to destroyer, had

The Thames, or Isis, plays an important role in Oxford University life.

We meet Bazalgette later at the Embankment in central London; seen here from the Barnes bank towpath, his suspension bridge has a 420-foot main span, and the towers are finished with French-style pavilion

East of Southend, the Thames meets the North Sea at Shoeburyness and its long journey ends.

The Bude Canal was something of an oddity. For its first 2 miles, it was a barge canal - as seen here. Then, freight was trans-shipped into small tubs with wheels.

The attractive church stands in a wide open space in this pleasant village on the edge of the Weald. In centuries past, Rolvenden was by the sea, but it is now well inland.

Rolle Quay was the industrial area of Barnstaple, located on the seaward side of the river Yeo. Even in 1936, some trade is still in evidence.

This view shows Victoria Street at the crossing with Ann Street, heading for Queen's Bridge. The telephone wires must also have been going over the river.

The elegant exterior of the station, which belonged to the North Staffordshire Railway Co.

A mill close to the village was mentioned in the Domesday Book and the ruins, seen on the Trent's bank, were probably part of it.

This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years.

There was a castle here, which was besieged by King Stephen in 1138, but its keep has long gone; only its outline is marked on the grass of its hill at the end of Bailey Street.

Longridge stands about six miles from Preston on the Clitheroe Road. It still shows many of the signs of a country village, and is complete with its Market Square, as our photograph shows.