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The attractive mixture of village vernacular and Victorian buildings suggests a sleepy backwater, yet Caerleon has been an important site since Roman times, when they turned it into a major fortress, and

It had been an inn until the 1840s, the Rising Sun, then a doctor's house, and finally became a café in 1896.

The Bell (right) has been an inn since the 1790s.

The deepwater estuary of the Fowey has long been an important haven, but especially since china clay exports were begun in the 19th century.

The twin towers have been an inspiring sporting symbol since the stadium was built in 1923 as part of the British Empire Exhibition.

There has been an inn on this site since the 12th century; it was originally a cider house, part of an orchard.

The red, green and gold sign has been an important and attractive feature of the High Street for over 100 years.

There had been an earlier marcher stronghold at Chirk; it was either on this site or nearer to the village, where traces of a motte and bailey survive, but wherever it was it had long fallen into disrepair

It had long been an old seafaring port but burgeoned into a sizeable town in the 19th century.

Thirsk has always been an important stopping place on the old Great North Road, and the Golden Fleece Inn, on the extreme right of the picture, was a coaching inn where horses were changed.

Thirsk has always been an important stopping place on the old Great North Road, and the Golden Fleece Inn, on the extreme right of the picture, was a coaching inn where horses were changed.

It had long been an old seafaring port, and it burgeoned into a sizeable town in the 19th century.

Arts and crafts have always been an important facet of this community.

In fact, it has not been an island for many years, but local terminology for places is not easily changed.

There might well have been an Italian street-piano player to entertain the crowds, a monkey or bright-plumaged parrot perched upon his shoulder.

Farnham had been an ecclesiastical estate since the 7th century, but it was Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester from 1129-1171, who began building a castle when he ordered the raising of a motte and tower

There has been an inn on the site since the 14th century.

The small farmstead (left) could have been an alehouse, like the one at Mason Green.

It was built on dean and chapter land, and has been an inn since 1497.

Great Harwood has always been an isolated community.