Places in old photographs

The development of the Tetbury that we are so familiar with today was closely associated with the wool trade, which enabled many of the buildings to be rebuilt in the most modern styles, to reflect the fortunes of the tradesmen.

This book takes a photographic tour of one of the City of Westminster's more distinctive areas, and with a wealth of archive images set alongside comparison photographs from the present day shows how old neighbourhoods have evolved through the decades.

A colourful, complex mix of contrast and continuity typifies much of what has happened to Handsworth during the past century.

The Moray coast contains a wide variety of scenery, from rocky coastlines, shifting shingle, rugged cliffs, sheltered bays, glorious stretches of sandy beaches and the largest dune system in Britain.

Chesham, a small market town in the valley of the River Chess between the beech-clad Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, has a long history of light craft industry based on locally produced raw materials.

Somerset's contribution to the Second World War was extremely varied.

Linlithgow, once the county town of Linlithgowshire, is now the 'Jewel in the Crown' of West Lothian.

Southampton Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country.

The Abbey, Britain's largest monastic ruin, was founded in 1132 by 13 Benedictine monks seeking a simpler life.

Tynemouth and Cullercoats are two villages on the north east coast with long and interesting histories.

Epsom and Ewell have been attracting visitors since Henry VIII built his lost Palace of Nonsuch in the Surrey countryside.

Yorkshire remains the largest county in England, and to those born within its boundaries it is unquestionably the greatest; whether this pride is justified or not, it would surely be difficult to find a county with more claims to the visitor's interest.

Buildings of Colchester Through Time records some of the town's best preserved historic buildings.

Winsford Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of one of England's finest towns.

In this second volume of Haworth photographs carefully selected by local historian Steven Wood, the focus has shifted to trade and industry.

Okehampton, a settlement where two moorland rivers meet was an ideal stopping place on the way to Cornwall for travellers.

Felixstowe owes its existence to the 19th-century fashion for seaside holidays when the gentry and businessmen chose to build their summer residences in the parishes of Walton and Felixstowe.

At first sight Wells has changed little over the last 150 years and Edwardian residents would still feel at home.

Before 1944 Heathrow was a hamlet lying in peaceful obscurity within the parish of Harmondsworth.

A Mersey ferry was recorded in the Domesday Book, and for around a thousand years, they have plied between Birkenhead and Wallasey on the Wirral and Liverpool.

Haverhill Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of one of England's finest towns.

Since Britain joined the European Economic Community in the mid- 1970s, the fishing industry along our coasts has been under pressure from overfishing.

Rutland is at the very heart of England.

The North York Moors is one of Britain's most beautiful and picturesque rural areas.

The author's interest in windmills reaches back well over ten years and culminated in Yorkshire Windmills, published in 1991, and the foundation of the Yorkshire Windmill Society.

Michael Rouse's photographic tour of the West Norfolk coast takes us from the Victorian vision of Hunstanton - with its spectacular coloured cliffs - to the salt marshes of Stiffkey and Cley-nextthe- Sea.

South Shields Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of one of England's finest cities.

Widnes is an industrial town within the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, with an urban area population of 57,663 in 2004.

Glossop's existence as a village, manor, dale, township and borough is recorded since the eleventh century, although 'Glotts Hop' is named somewhat earlier.

Three hundred years ago Southend was an insignificant hamlet at the south end of Prittlewell parish.

Southend Airport, one of the six main airports serving London, began life as a landing strip for pleasure flying.

Pairing archive and contemporary photographs of the same location side-by-side, Brooklyn Then and Now(R) provides a visual chronicle of the borough's past, full of rich history and culture.

Cardiff, the Welsh capital and home to the National Assembly of Wales, is a modern vibrant city with many attractions for visitors from all over the world.

The last 150 years have seen great changes in Grantham and the neighbouring villages of Belton, Barrowby, Bottesford, Denton and Harlaxton, with the loss of buildings, landscapes and institutions that had previously endured for hundreds of years.

Frodsham and Helsby lie comfortably between the lovely Cheshire countryside that once was part of the great Royal Forest of Mara and Mondrem, now Delamere, and the mighty River Mersey.

Acclaimed as the world's first cotton mill town, Belper nestles by the River Derwent, 8 miles north of Derby.

Buckingham Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country.

Brycgstowe, 'the place at the bridge', as the Saxon founders of Bristol once called it, is a city of destiny.

The history of Kibworth Beauchamp, Kibworth Harcourt and Smeeton Westerby is well-documented.

When Hockley was in the old Manor of Birmingham it was the largest district with clearly defined boundaries.

Witney grew up as the result of deliberate planning on the part of successive Bishops of Winchester, a spacious, wedge-shaped market area being laid out parallel to the river Windrush.

The districts of Stretford and Old Trafford are today best known for their sporting links to the football ground of Manchester United and the Lancashire county cricket ground.

The medieval town of Manchester grew at the confluence of the River Irk and Irwell.

Paddington is part of a hub of underground stations and is home to the world's most famous bear, named after the station.

Gloucestershire is a remarkably varied county.

Although Liverpool's history goes back to the Middle Ages, the opening of the port to the Atlantic trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries allowed it to grow rapidly.

Runswick Bay has been inhabited since before Roman times, as burial mounds found on the moors behind the village suggest.

Located on the north bank of the River Thames opposite Gravesend, with which there has been a ferry link for centuries, Tilbury Landing Stage is a fine vantage point for viewing shipping passing to and from upriver berths.

Whitechapel, situated in London's famous East End, was so-named after a chapel dedicated to St Mary that was destroyed during the Second World War.

Renowned for their illustrious ceramic manufacturing heritage, the Staffordshire Potteries originally centred upon six towns: Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, Fenton and Longton.