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The coming of the railways put York firmly on the tourist map.

The coming of the railways put York firmly on the tourist map.

The market is held on Fridays, with the stalls between the Victorian pump and the 15th-century Market Cross.

The War Memorial and White Swan Inn c1965 In the 1850s the locals' thirst could be quenched in the township's six inns and taverns; the Blue Posts, the Coach and Horses, the Green Dragon, the

The steep valleys, or cloughs, which run off the foothills of the Pennines were often utilised by Victorian water engineers for the construction of reservoirs to provide drinking water for the burgeoning

Gravesend has two Victorian piers: the Royal Terrace Pier of 1843 lies to the east of the slightly earlier Town Pier we see in this view.

It was built in 1870 for the benefit of the hotel trade in Victoria's reign, and several hotels survive to this day, though some of the buildings are now blocks of flats.

Here you can see the wide range of entertainment on offer on the beach.

Owing its rapid development to the Industrial Revolution, the town's streets and buildings tended to be functional rather than attractive.

The Port Talbot bypass opened in the mid 1960s - for its first 10 years it was the A48(M).

This photograph was taken further up the street from no C537055.The shops on the left bring back many memories, and F W Woolworth is there as well.

Many of the businesses seen here may be gone, but they are still remembered with affection by older residents.

The stream which rises at Lavenham Hall used to flow here, but now it runs in a brick culvert underground.

Once Gainsborough was a busy port on the river Trent, and Bridge Street runs parallel to the river.

The building in the foreground was the Chequers, an alehouse since the early 15th century, which closed in 1939.

Bangor's main street runs between the station and the harbour.

In the middle of Over and Nether Wallop, the river runs beside the road.

There are now traffic islands in the middle of the road.

As with so many East Devon villages, a tiny stream - the Beer Brook - runs down the main street, first on one side of the road and then on the other.

Children impatiently wait with their parents to board the buses.

Railton Road runs from Brixton and today, at its south end, it continues to be a one-way street.

Narberth was once part of the domain of the powerful medieval Mortimer family.

The New Inn, sporting its new Watney's Red Barrel sign by the door and the sign board with the house style lettering, stands up the hill in Road Weedon on the old London to Holyhead turnpike.

The old Town Hall (centre right) was built in 1752 on the site of the old Guildhall; the front is thought to have come from a demolished mansion.