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In the days of the Depression, weekend shoppers thronged it until late at night in their search for bargains, especially food.

St Luke`s Church was consecrated in October 1862 with seating for 1,000 and it dominates Heywood`s centre.

St Leonard`s dates back to at least 1183 and it was largely rebuilt in 1414 and 1524. Its wooden steeple was added in 1709 and it is a rare and distinctive feature.

This is our first look at Southwold Pier, which opened in the summer of 1900.

This view, looking north along what is now the main A34 towards Alderley Edge village, shows where Welsh Row crossed the old turnpike, connecting the old enclosed fields on the plain with the open

Henbury was not a parish until 1845; before then it was part of Prestbury, so St Thomas` Church and its parsonage date from this time.

Next to the circle is the railed King Stone, badly deformed by weather and people. The railings do little to enhance its setting.

This well-known inn is situated in a peaceful corner of the New Forest, close to Cadnam.

Cheshire and their Welsh allies were in armed revolt, and still were so when Edward died at Farndon in AD924.

Situated 4.5 miles south of Birmingham, Bournville was chosen by George Cadbury in 1879 as the site for his new factory and for a model village for his workers.

Here we see the area at the start of the West End Pier.

The south face was undergoing repair work at this time. Pollution, mainly from the smoke from the railways, did a lot of damage to both glass and stone.

At the other end of Frimley High Street, we cross the River Blackwater, which is the boundary between Surrey and Hampshire.

A mile south of Nutfield, a new village grew up around the railway station on the Tonbridge line named South Nutfield.

This quiet scene in the heart of the shopping district lacks the bustle of modern Newquay.

Situated on one of the main crossing points of the Tyne, Corbridge was occupied by the Scots in 1138 and burnt by them on at least three occasions; by William Wallace in 1296; by the Bruce in 1312;

The schoolhouse survives complete with its arch into the works.

A view of the King William IV public house, one of the four that existed in the village at this time.

It is a quiet morning in this pleasant small town, situated on a gentle hill a few miles west of Sevenoaks.

Nothing demonstrates the wealth of Belfast more than its ability to build fine churches ahead of the press of growing suburbs.

The town gave its name to the Rochford Hundred, an administrative area in Saxon times. This is recalled in the name of The Hundred Stationers.

Climbing westwards, the Taunton to Barnstaple road crosses the well-treed and young River Tone Valley at Waterrow.

St John's Church, Kate's Hill was erected in 1840 at a cost of £3,000, four years ahead of the ecclesiastical parish it serves, which was created on 15 October 1844.

One suspects that Frith's photos of the river shown on these pages may have been commissioned by Mr Leroy to sell to his customers - he appears in this one too, in a Canadian canoe, fashionable at