Places in old photographs

From humble beginnings, Wolverhampton grew to become a significant railway town.

The town of Lewes in the South Downs has a long and fascinating history.

Elgin Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Scotland.

This volume takes the reader on a carefully planned tour of a large and diverse segment of Brighton, using illustrations which in many cases have never previously been published in a book.

Modern Ladywood, with its high-and low-rise housing, dual carriageways, open green spaces and trees on nearly every street corner, bears no resemblance to the old Ladywood many generations experienced.

Greenwich has become a well known tourist attraction through naval and royal connections dating back almost two thousand years.

Las Vegas Then and Now pairs vintage shots from 100 years of the city's history with the same view today.

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

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and has been a major port and industrial city since the nineteenth century.

Woolton Through Time contains 180 photographs of Woolton, of which 90 are old photographs.

The origins of Cranleigh date back to the clearing of the Wealden forest and the building of shelters for inhabitants.

Rising in the chalk hills to the east of Shaftesbury and fringing the Salisbury Plain, the River Nadder begins its route through the most beautiful pastoral country in south Wiltshire, its meandering course adding much to the diversity of the landscape.

Picture postcards first began to appear in Colchester in 1902, used by people from all walks of life as a cheap and easy form of communication.

Following on from the successful publication of Folkestone's Disappearing Heritage, Pam Dray has gathered together another fascinating collection of old and new photographs to show how this area has changed over time.

Richmond upon Thames was the first borough to be known as the 'Queen of the Suburbs', before Ealing or Surbiton were known by this sobriquet.

The North Devon town of Bideford, situated on the estuary of the River Torridge, has a long and fascinating history as a port.

Weymouth Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of one of England's most treasured towns.

The historic city of Durham is still dominated today by its Norman cathedral and castle, which were designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, but it is also now a major centre for the county.

The Festival and King's Theatres are two of Scotland's most historic theatrical venues and both have their own engrossing stories to tell.

Ayr has always been an important economic centre on Scotland's south-west coast.

Many parish churches and chapels are the oldest building in their town or village; some of them may be over a thousand years old.

Doncaster has always benefited from its location.

An inter-war suburb of North West London, Kingsbury - now part of the Borough of Brent - has late Saxon origins.

Chester, the county town of Cheshire was better known as Deva Victrix by the Roman soldiers who were based here.

Until the railways arrived, Westonsuper- Mare was a town without a history.

With its famous hotel, St Pancras is now the London terminus of the Eurostar, with a high speed rail link to the Kent coast and the Channel Tunnel.

The municipal borough of Ilford, in north-east London, grew from a sleepy Essex backwater in the seventeenth century to become a major coaching town, thanks to its strategic position on the London-Colchester road.

In the twelfth century the abbots of Burton began to produce beer.

Swanage lies in a particularly attractive corner of Dorset, in a sheltered bay overlooked by the Purbeck Hills, with chalk cliffs along the coast and views across to the Isle of Wight.

Did you know that the city of Oxford is built on a series of islands?

Around Conwy From Old Photographs offers a captivating glimpse into the history of this area, providing the reader with a visual representation of Conwy's intriguing and chequered history.

The splendour of Victorian and Edwardian life in St Annes is today nothing more than a fast-fading memory.

The historic East Sussex town of Rye has been an important place since medieval times when it was a member of the Confederation of Cinque Ports, a series of Kent and Sussex coastal towns formed for military and trade purposes.

Into the Sound Country is a story of rediscovery--of two North Carolinians returning to seek their roots in the state's eastern provinces.

Milford takes its name from the Milford Haven Waterway, a natural harbour on which the town stands.

This outstanding collection of nearly 250 images complements the author's previous book on Pickering in this series.

Radstock and Midsomer Norton have a rich and ancient history, the former having been mentioned in the Domesday survey.

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

Lowestoft, on the Sunrise Coast, is as far east as you can be in the United Kingdom without getting your feet wet.

Lancaster was once a small Roman outpost located on the River Lune that over the centuries expanded into one of the most important hubs in the North West.

Besides having a fascinating geology, the North Kent Coast bears the marks of most periods of our history.

The market town of Stockton-on-Tees, or 'Stockton' as it is known locally, began life as an Anglo-Saxon settlement on the northern bank of the River Tees.

The city of Portsmouth, on the Hampshire coast, has been an important naval base for centuries and is still home to much of the Royal Navy's fleet today.

Norwich Through Time contains 180 photographs of Norwich, of which 90 are old photographs.

Kent has an impressive collection of castles, over sixty including the scanty ruins and earthwork remains of now vanished ones, as well as the more celebrated castles, such as Leeds, Rochester and Dover.

This is the first book to be published which takes a then and now view of Selby, Goole, Cawood and Howden.

'The jewel in Waveney's crown'.

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

Nottingham was established as a settlement even before the Normans built their castle there, but the castle became an important stronghold and the medieval town grew around both it and the original settlement in today's Lace Market area.

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.