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Originally a part of the Cardigan Fields estate, Headingley was put on the market in 1888 and purchased by the Leeds cricket and football clubs in January 1889.

During the Great War, Cannock Chase was used as a training area for troops, and two military camps were established at Coppice Hill, near here, and at Brindley Heath, both connected by a railway.

Carlisle and Sons' delivery van waits at the level crossing near Silecroft Station on the west coast route between Barrow and Workington, which opened to traffic in 1848.

As well as being a market town, Ormskirk has a long association with the Earls of Derby who lived at Knowsley Hall.

We're not sure what our photographer was doing in Bentley: the children playing on the copper's helmet are all well and good, but the photograph was unlikely to make Frith's fortune.

A superb study of the Long Bridge, taken at low tide. The iron supports of the railway bridge, just 25 years old at this time, are visible beyond.

The vigorously carved Saxon cross which stands in Eyam's churchyard is thought to date from around the 9th century, and is similar is style to the crosses at Bakewell.

The quay at the head of Pont Pill, a branch of the Fowey river off Fowey harbour, could be reached at high tide; it was an important trading place with warehouses and limekilns.

Kirby's Hotel was at the other end of the Royal Hotel, beyond that we can just see South Terrace.

This settlement probably got its name from Andrew Wysmon, a tenant knight at the time of Edward II's reign.

This haunting and unusual picture shows a marching band at Frensham during the First World War.

The lights have been hung ready for the summer illuminations.The pier was always a spectacular sight at this time of year.

Thatch is still a major roofing material in Fremington, and it is often possible to see the thatcher at his work. At the end, the building at right angles is The New Inn.

This was the Royal Mail Steamer plying to the Isle of Man; it had just left the quay at Belfast at 4pm.

Though Dr Boddington was most famous for his work with TB patients, he also cared for mentally ill patients at Driffold House Asylum at the corner of Wyndley Lane and The Driffold.

At the other end of the Market Square is the bronze statue of James Boswell, drinking companion and biographer of Samuel Johnson.

In an area that once relied on agriculture and fishing, thatched cottages were once a common sight.

The Norman keep with its four corner turrets, similar to that at Rochester, was built between 1164 and 1170.

The road to Harlow was a turnpike costing 1s for a coach and horses, and 1d for a horse.

This is the junction of St Sepulchre Gate and the High Street. It was down Baxtergate that Freeman, Hardy and Willis had their branch.

St Peters was designed by architect George Richardson in 1789 (for Robert Sherrard, 4th Earl of Harborough) in the Classical manner that Pevsner describes as 'an attempt at combining the tradition of

This street has become estate agents' row - at Nos 4, 14, 18a and 24 Chalet Hill that is just what you will find.

This haunting and unusual picture shows a marching band at Frensham during the First World War.

It was possible to keep healthy on Princes Street. The Edinburgh Cafe at number 70 did not serve alcohol, and there was a Turkish baths at number 90.