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A close-up view of the roadside trees forming an arch. The Norman church is just visible through the trees, beyond a horse and cart.

The left-hand side of Duke Street has not changed much since the 1950s, but the opposite side has. The building nearest to the camera, Rainsford House, was built around the turn of the century.

City dwellers from West Yorkshire flooded in to take in the sights of this picture postcard village.

Turning left out of Castle Hill, Bailgate follows the course of the Roman Ermine Street towards the old Roman north gate from the city, the Newport Arch.

At this time, close to the end of the Victorian era, staying fully clothed on the beach was very much the norm, with sand castles and donkey rides the prime amusements for the children; the

Well-known stores occupy buildings of very different periods.

On market days hair cutting was performed at the side of the Market Place just outside the White Horse Inn (the white building, centre right).

A scene of undramatic terraced houses. In the background the tower of the Town Hall dominates the street. Trowbridge was famous for its cloth trade; the Bristol Drapery company is on the right.

The pub is the one feature of this scene to stay relatively unchanged.

With the decline of coking coal as a fuel, benzole production fell, and in 1957 National Benzole was acquired by Shell-Mex & BP Ltd - and Leonard North's garage is now selling Shell petrol

Witley has some lovely old buildings, one of them being the White Hart. It is claimed that for four days in 1305 the court of Edward I met at the inn.

Hermitage, about three miles to the north of Newbury, is one of Berkshire's larger villages, comprising houses and bungalows built between the wars and then later in the 1950s and 1960s,

At the end of the road from Countersett is Stalling Busk, looking out over Semerwater.

Cheltenham is (rather self consciously) the capital of the Cotswolds; it stands in the Vale under the western escarpment.

Started in June 1838 to accommodate the Liverpool Music Festival, which was held every four years and had become a very popular event, St George's Hall is one of the greatest buildings in England.

Villagers cut rushes growing by the River Wyre; rushes were made into rush lights or stored in readiness for the rush cart, which was led in procession twice a year for the strewing of fresh rushes in

The town had been keen to keep out of the National Park when it was created in 1954 as it perceived that this may restrict such development, whereas places like Lynton, Lynmouth and Porlock saw the

Holy Trinity, with its superb timbered ceilings, 15th-century stone pulpit, brass eagle lectern, and octagonal font with panelled stem, is one of just a handful of buildings that survive from Coventry

it is about ten years before photograph E154014 (above) was taken, and on a sunny (Sunday?)

This is a very quiet view of the east end of the High Street. Just beyond the 'Keep Left' signs today is a busy roundabout, though the High Street beyond is now semi-pedestrianised.

Public access to Endcliffe Woods was extended in 1887 when an additional nine acres were purchased through public subscription and presented to the town in celebration of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee

Poole's Town Cellars, in the heart of Poole's mercantile district, are seen here on a busy day .

A scene of studied elegance outside the Imperial Hotel. Under the white tent (left) rustic chairs are provided for guests.

Another view of the beach at Canvey Island shows children busily playing around the many deckchairs. Most of the older holidaymakers are well wrapped up against the cold.