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By 1560 it was owned by Sir William Paget, who developed an iron smelting industry and deforested much of it for fuel.

This 29-arch viaduct carries the Sheffield to Huddersfield railway over the River Don. It was built in 1849 a short distance from Penistone station.

Chapel Street is framed by the arched entrance to St Mary's Roman Catholic Church and its grounds. The arch is a memorial to a past priest, Father Crank, and was put up in 1913.

The rounded arch of the Norman period gave way to the Gothic pointed arch, providing increased architectural strength and the opportunity for grander, more expansive buildings.The effect is

The Bear Hotel on the left has an early 19th-century stucco front; further on are the Chapel Arches.

Very much an 'estate village', much of the property forms part of the Grinkle Estate, owned by the 19th-century industrialists, the Palmers, of Grinkle Park.

Since this photograph was taken, the street has become much busier with traffic; these days it would be difficult to stroll about without fear of being knocked down.

One of the oldest surviving fragments in the town, this 12th-century arch now forms the entrance to St Mary's Passage, a narrow path running down towards the meadows.

Known as the Prince of Wales Arch, this was erected by the Rev Oliver Raymond (d1889), the third of six Raymonds who were rectors here.

There is not nearly so much of interest on the left of the picture because of the bend in St James' Street.

You can see Norman evidence here with the blocked arch into the long-demolished south transept from the tower, and also the doorway arch.

There was much rebuilding then, so the town has a predominantly Georgian character; there was further rebuilding after the railway, the east coast main line, arrived in the 1840s.

The chancel arch was rebuilt by Johnson, a Melton Mowbray architect, who achieved little of note. His work appears to have been virtually confined to the immediate area, which may be just as well!

These views show the town from the 1890s to the 1960s; they record both the many changes that have taken place and also, paradoxically, how much of the old town survives.

It has fifteen segmented arches of varying height and width; it is 1168 ft long and built of red sandstone. There is a third bridge at Berwick.

The viaduct consists of 16 arches in total; their heights range frm 45ft to 50ft.

Instead she became a pioneer of civil nursing, spending much of her life in Walsall, where she ran the Cottage Hospital.

Enamelled metal advertising signs, much sought after as collector's items these days, abound on the walls of this little village shop.

The Market is still very much a part of modern life, and fulfils its prime function on six days of every week.

These spectacular rock formations were crafted by the waves from a collapsed arch. They are home to colonies of guillemots, razorbills and kittiwakes.

In this picture, the mill owner's garden has been much improved since Mr Hoare's advertsing hoarding (seen in image 60095) has been tidied away.

This old view gives a fine impression of how long the cathedral is.The magnificent row of arched openings nearer the camera is the ruined priory infirmary.

Much of the building work along Foreshore Road that created the holiday resort is now completed.

The posters and the banner underneath the new arch suggest slightly risqué entertainment.