Places In Old Photographs

With emerging archaeological evidence pointing to its origins being as far back as the lost centuries after the Roman era, Hitchin has a long and f...

Jersey is the largest of the British Channel Islands and is just 14 miles away from the French coast. Once part of the Duchy of Normandy, it became...

As one of the earliest recorded towns in Britain, St Albans has had a long, colourful and distinguished history. Dominated by the great Abbey Churc...

'There is some deep satisfaction in being born in a place like Chard', said Margaret Bondfield the UK's first female cabinet minister, in her book ...

Pontypridd Through Time portrays the history of this iconic market town that sits at the gateway to three historic valleys of the South Wales coalf...

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

The importance of the attractive town of Hexham began when St Wifrid built his great monastery there in the 7th Century, of which only the unique c...

This illustrated history portrays one of Englands finest cities. It provides a nostalgic look at Liverpools past and highlights the special charact...

St Andrews History Tour is a unique insight into the extensive history of this beautiful town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. Local author H...

Miami, one of the most popular cities in Florida, is seen through 338 images, including over 140 pairs of Past and Present views featuring vintage ...

The West Midlands city of Wolverhampton has a fascinating history. Originally a medieval market town, it grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolut...

This illustrated history portrays one of Englands finest cities. It provides a nostalgic look at Plymouths past and highlights the special characte...

The market town of Altrincham, historically a part of Cheshire but now part of the metropolitan borough of Trafford, has a rich history. The name A...

The Manchester Ship Canal was a huge engineering achievement. It included seven swing bridges and the aqueduct at Barton, and helped turn the cotto...

Bideford History Tour is a unique guide to the fascinating past of an historic English port town. Sited astride the River Torridge, its two halves ...

Stoke-upon-Trent, described as a village in 1795, grew rapidly from the 1820s and 1830s, by which time a new Anglican church had been built as well...

'The Gateway to the Broads, Beccles is a thriving market town in Suffolk that has been central to local communications for two millennia, prosperin...

Devon has a range of beautiful landscapes, breathtaking coastline and historical heritage. Photographer Jonathan Neale has captured Devons essence ...

Taking his cue from this series title of Through Time, life-long Harrow resident and historian Don Walter here attempts something slightly differen...

Although its not the biggest town in the world, a lot has taken place in South Shields. It is also a town of contrasts. It has proved to be popular...

Helensburghs history begins on the 11 January 1776 when Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, on the shore of Loch Lomond, advertised land to be divided int...

Old photographs allow us to relive the past and the lives of the people in it, and through 162 superbly preserved images Gateshead From Old Photogr...

Experience the scenery and folklore of Edinburgh's iconic Old Town through new eyes in the latest installment in the Journeys and Evocations series...

Watford in Old Photographs contains over 200 previously unpublished photographs of the town drawn from the vast collection at Hertfordshire Archive...

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 c...

Calnes Heritage is a fascinating collection of mostly previously unpublished images of this picturesque Wiltshire town. With a range of topics cove...

For many years Dundrum was just another stop on the railway between Harcourt Street and Bray; it was a village in the foothills of the Dublin Mount...

This fascinating collection of archive photographs, taken by professional photographer Robert Banks working in Manchester during the 1900s, offers ...

In his new book Shropshire historian and author David Trumper has teamed up again with Ray Farlow, Shropshire postcard collector extraordinaire, fo...

David Trumper is one of Shropshires best-known historians. He has written at least one book on the county each year for the last two decades, formi...

This fascinating selection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary transformation that has taken place in Chatham during the twentieth century...

Drawing on his detailed knowledge of the citys history, in this book Brian Lee takes the reader on a pictorial journey of the Cardiff of yesteryear...

The remarkable seaside town of Tramore has a rich and vibrant history which is uniquely captured in this collection of archive images. Andy Kelly a...

Shrewsbury Revisited contains over 200 previously unpublished photographs of the town from David Woodhouses vast collection of postcards. The views...

CHESTER''s vibrant history is uniquely captured in this collection of photographs, postcards and lantern slides from the late Victorian and Edwardi...

Lismore has, without doubt, a fascinating history, and is widely regarded as Waterfords most historic town. From the foundation of St Carthages mon...

Herne Bay rose to prominence in the 1830s when a group of London investors recognised its potential and built a pleasure pier and promenade here, m...

Famous as the birthplace of rugby league and of former Prime Minister Harold Wilson as well as being the childhood home of Herbert Asquith, Hudders...

The county town of Devonshire, and at times ranked behind only London and Winchester in terms of national importance, Exeter has more than 2,000 ye...

Unseen Grantham features 200 previously unpublished photographs and postcards that will appeal to everyone with an interest in the period of Granth...

The village of Beer has a very special community spirit which has built up over the years. No doubt the rich history and heritage that Beer has is ...

The photographs in this fascinating selection document the changes which overtook the county town of Staffordshire in the century following the dis...

In the first half of the twentieth century, and in the years following the Second World War, Leamington and Warwick flourished as industrial centre...