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Blinkhorn & Son is clearly to be seen on the left, and beyond that is Currys electrical store, which also sold cycles.

The church on the left is St John's, the tower of which is topped off with a small spirelet and dates from the 13th and 14th centuries.

Walmgate has been burned and bombarded with cannon fire, and there was an attempt to undermine it using gunpowder during the siege of York in 1644.

The halfpenny toll on the original Blackfriars Bridge caused riots, and in 1780 angry protesters burned down the toll-house.After a succession of expensive repairs a replacement was suggested, and

The halfpenny toll on the original Blackfriars Bridge caused riots, and in 1780 angry protesters burned down the toll-house.After a succession of expensive repairs a replacement was suggested, and

A royal burgh and port, Irvine was, by the 1920s, a town of 7,000 inhabitants.

The parish church of St Martin is described as 'Anglo-Saxon origins, c1200, C13, C15, restored 1850' (Department of Heritage List).

The village used to be called Auldkirk, because the people of Greenock worshipped here until they built their own church at the end of the 16th century.

We are looking at the medieval Cobb harbour (centre) from the tennis ground on the cliffs south of Langmoor Gardens.

According to Tacitus, the Roman historian, the first Roman settlement at Colchester, Camulodunum, was built as a colony for retired soldiers; it was dedicated to the emperor Claudius, after the defeat

Besides a devastating fire, the original village of Cockerham also experienced flooding from the River Cocker, another reason to move to higher ground.

Hothfield Place was the seat of the Tufton family, but was pulled down after the Second World War.

According to Tacitus, the Roman historian, the first Roman settlement at Colchester, Camulodunum, was built as a colony for retired soldiers; it was dedicated to the emperor Claudius, after the defeat

Visitors clamber over the site of the old castle.

Designed and built by George Stephenson, Stockton & Darlington No 1, 'Locomotion', achieved a maximum speed of 15mph when she hauled the 34-wagon inaugural train from Shildon to Stockton on 27 September

But in 1727, a company of players gave a performance in a nearby barn.

The village of Braemar is situated on the banks of Cluny Burn.

Of the 11 locks on the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, this is something of a halfway house.

From the Market Place our town tour heads south along perhaps the best street in Abingdon for the survival of older buildings: East St Helen Street.

Looking like a refugee from Disney World, or something dreamed up by mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, the Shakespeare Memorial Building was erected in 1879.

The village used to be called Auldkirk because the people of Greenock worshipped here until they built their own church at the end of the sixteenth century.

No longer an eating place, it was well patronised in its day, and well situated in pleasant country near the River Wyre; it was not far from Meadowcroft, the home of Miss Poole, who opens her garden annually

Gregory Gregory, a bachelor, was probably responsible for as much of the design as his architects, Anthony Salvin and later William Burn, as it rose slowly throughout the 1830s and 1840s.

North of the Palace of Westminster, Whitehall heads north towards Trafalgar Square.