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At the north end is Edwards College, built in Tudor-Gothic style as a home for clergy widows, founded by the will of Anne Edwards in 1834.

At the north end is Edwards College, built in Tudor-Gothic style as a home for clergy widows, founded by the will of Anne Edwards in 1834.

This evocative photograph shows cattle being rounded up at Chideock (always pronounced with the 'e' silent), on a peaceful day over half a century ago.

The garderobe pits—the medieval toilets—are shown on the foreground, with the stone and flint walls of the tower behind.

In 1905, Haymarket was turned into a grassed square, and standing in it was a statue of Sir Thomas Browne, the 17th-century religious thinker who lived nearby. It is sad that the grass has now gone.

Beyond the playing field, we can see some of the Kingswood neighbourhood's dormy-style houses. These were the first 'quality' private homes to be built in the new Basildon.

The upper windows of Warner's Café are attractively surrounded with half-crown tiles. Both Warner's and Bailey's across the square were well-frequented on market days.

The wooded valley of Crimdon Dene is an unspoilt area close to Blackhall, where the beach is not polluted with coal spoil.

The Pleasure Beach actually started as a fairground on the South Shore. One of the early rides was the Sir Hiram Maxim Flying Machine.

Beyond the playing field, we can see some of the Kingswood neighbourhood's dormy-style houses. These were the first 'quality' private homes to be built in the new Basildon.

Gardeners tend the remarkable holly hedge of Penny Hill Park, which grows in places up to 40 feet high. Penny Hill Park was built in 1873, and is now a hotel. It has a beautifully landscaped garden.

The wooden posts on the right are all that remains of the two original piers. The white wooden huts on the left were used by the local air-training

Among other features, the college is renowned for its magnificent hall, impressive timbered roof and fine collection of portraits, including Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey.

The school was built in 1880 in The Stennack, the main road that leads out of St Ives to the west. The building was a school until 1984. It was converted into a doctor's surgery in 1992.

Methodists who broke from the parent society in St Ives in 1838 to form a Teetotal Society later joined the 'New Connexion' Methodists at the end of the 19th century, and moved to this neo-Gothic building

Bethesda House was once a Wesleyan Meeting House for the benefit of older folk who found it difficult to walk up the hill to the Wesleyan Chapel.

1925 saw a part of the south green made into a bowling green, and three years later a rather rough, but functional putting- green was made next to it.

No mention was made of a church at Dronfield.

At the time, television was still a growing medium: the only channel available in Scarborough was the BBC, and only a small proportion of the population had sets.

This area of the city is known as The Cross. In Roman times several roads met at this spot and, until it was demolished during the Civil War, a medieval cross stood nearby.

This photograph shows the Dolphin Hotel on the right of the square, next to the mid-19th century Market Hall.

The Ferry c1955 Passengers disembark for their holiday on the Isle of Wight. Many return - as Queen Victoria did - year after year.

It is lunch time in the village; the post office is closed, and the lady street vendor is resting on her cart.

This is another postern gate surviving from the Town Wall, which was built to defend Richmond against Scottish raids shortly before the Battle of Bannockburn.