Places in old photographs

The photographs gathered together in this book reflect changes to Thornbury over the last 130 years.

The Gloucestershire Forest of Dean is one of Britain's last ancient crown forests.

New Malden is situated between the much better known Kingston and Wimbledon.

Colchester's history goes back to the Iron Age and the Roman settlement that was for a while the capital of Britain.

This second volume takes you on another fascinating journey through this city's history, which once bore the name of Medeshamstead until 992 when it was changed to Burgh.

Dorset has always been an important railway county, catering for holidaymakers heading to the resorts of Bournemouth, Swanage and Weymouth.

It is doubtful that the appearance of a town has changed as much as Galashiels has in the last ten years.

The East End of London has always been looked down on by those who live in the rest of the capital.

Waverley is Scotland's largest railway station and covering an area of 25 acres it is the second largest mainline station in the UK after Waterloo.

Unlike many areas of the country, which have seen many pubs closing down in recent times, the Gloucestershire Cotswolds has luckily been able to retain most of its picturesque inns, and many of its local breweries and ales.

It was inevitable that certain areas of Wales would be chosen as locations for airfields in times of conflict and war.

Tirol vor 150 Jahren – vertraut und doch ganz anders.

Bonnie Colne upon the hill is a town whose antiquity reaches back into the mists of time.

Hythe is situated on the south-east coast of Kent, just 25 miles or so from France.

Once a relatively small rural settlement on the River Clyde, Glasgow expanded dramatically over the centuries to become the largest city in Scotland.

Dunstable, once a stagecoach centre, then a hat making town, and lately a major base for printing and vehicle manufacture, is once again reinventing itself to adapt to a changing world.

Lyme Regis is Dorset's most westerly town, lying hard by the Devon border.

London's Docklands have a rich and varied history.

Greenwich was home to a royal palace from medieval times and was a particular favourite of the Tudor monarchs, and the Royal Observatory was built in Greenwich Park in the reign of Charles II.

Southampton has been a major port on England's south coast since the medieval era and sections of the ancient city walls remain today.

Staffordshire's county town was home to Iron Age settlers before the Romans and then the Saxons contributed to its history.

The Port of Liverpool handles more container trade with the United States than any other port in the UK and now also serves more than 100 other non-EU destinations, from China to Africa and the Middle East, and from Australia to South America.

A safe route from London to Bristol was long a dream of traders and ship owners.

Exeter has long been an important city in Devon, centred around its medieval cathedral.

Historically part of Lancashire, Bury grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolution as a mill town producing textiles alongside many other expanding towns in the area and now lies within Greater Manchester.

Nineteenth century visitors to Ashby entered a world of make-believe, thanks to Sir Walter Scott's romantic hero, Ivanhoe.

Jersey is the largest of the British Channel Islands and is just 14 miles away from the French coast.

Lundy Island lies far out in the Bristol Channel, between the coasts of North Devon and South Wales.

Salisbury is often described as 'the city in the countryside', and has recently been declared one of Lonely Planet's Top 10 Cities in Best in Travel for 2015.

Wiltshire is one of the largest counties in southern England and has a wide variety of landscapes, from river valleys lined with picturesque villages to the expanses and open skies of Salisbury Plain.

Brentford was once one of the most important towns in Middlesex with its own market and fair.

Ivybridge, South Brent, and their surrounding villages and hamlets, occupy that part of South Devon which borders the outskirts of Plymouth to the west, and the southern slopes of Dartmoor to the north.

Derby is an exceptional and underrated city.

Kingston upon Hull is a fascinating city and over the last 150 years or so has witnessed great changes.

This part of the Stour Valley line dates from 1865 and survived for 102 years; the Saffron Walden branch followed a few months later.

The town of Lancaster has long been a centre for culture, education and commerce.

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

The former shipbuilding centres of Greenock and Gourock sit on the coastal strip, offering breathtaking views north to the Argyll Hills and Scottish Highlands.

York Places of Learning Through Time tells the unknown story of York's role as a seat of learning and culture.

From its foundation as a Roman fort, Chester has played an important role in the history of north-west England.

The Wyrley & Essington Canal began as an independent waterway, carrying coal from Essington and Wyrley Bank to Wolverhampton.

The town of Blyth is not a very old town like its big neighbour Newcastle.

This selection of over 200 photographs offers a further perspective on the life and times of Thirsk and its surrounding districts, showing how they have changed over the last century and beyond.

Dedicated local author, Michael Richardson has assembled a unique archive of photographs and postcards of Durham which chronicles the history of the city from 1855 into the 1960s.

If folk were able to travel back in time to visit towns and villages in and around the modern Telford conurbation, these are the scenes they'd see a hundred years ago.

With digital TV, DVDs, Blu-ray players and internet downloads, there have never been more ways to watch your favourite movies.

Reading some of the descriptions of the Black Country in the nineteenth century, one could be forgiven for believing the area stood at the gates of Hell.

For centuries Uxbridge, whose origins lie in Saxon times, was a market town serving much of West Middlesex and South Buckinghamshire.

Today Warrington is a thriving business and commercial centre where its workers might be found sitting at computer terminals in offices and business parks, building societies, call centres and travel agents; or scanning goods at supermarket checkouts and super stores; frothing cappuccinos in cafe bars or delivering pizzas.