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Across the bay the rocky headland of Treryn Dinas is surmounted by the Logan Rock, a 60-ton block that can be rocked on its perch.

By the beginning of the 20th century, the town's population of 16,800 was served by no fewer than four railway stations; Altrincham & Bowdon, Hale, Broadheath, and West Timperley.

He became so concerned by the loss of seamen in local wrecks that he erected the Tower of Refuge in Douglas Bay.

The tiny church of St Olaf at Wasdale Head is said to be among the smallest in England; but surrounded as it is by the dramatic mountains of Wasdale, it is also one of the most visited.

All survives, including the terrace of boathouses and the central building, now reduced to two storeys by the removal of the weatherboarded upper storey; it is now the Richmond Canoe Club.

Land here was owned by the Quaker Philip Butler, Secretary of the Suffolk Tithe Payers' Association, which helped to bring about the abolition of tithes in 1936.

The house beyond is the Forge, run by the Stone family, who were also parish sextons. Walter Bowers is driving the carrier's cart.

The legendary resting place of Robin Hood's loyal lieutenant has been pointed out to visitors to Hathersage churchyard for many years, and has been 'adopted' by the Ancient Order of Foresters, who look

In the Second World War the castle was requisitioned by the military for the training of tank drivers. It was not until 1950 that Stafford Howard took control once again on behalf of the family.

A large number of wooden walls were retained by the Navy for various harbour duties. Some served as training ships, others were reduced to storage and coal hulks.

Shoppers still congregate at the other end of the street to this day (in a shopping precinct opened by the Queen in 1955, and therefore called Queensway), while this part has become rather run-down

Wells quay is made unmistakable by the granary and gantry built for F & G Smith, the maltsters, in 1906. Today this building has become exclusive apartments and flats.

It was later used by the United Reformed Church, and then as a saleroom. It appears disused today, and Spencer Street itself is noisy and congested.

The monastery was designed by the architect Coates Carter and completed between 1910 and 1913.

This is at the end of the village street, cut off by the bypass which nearly runs between the two 'goal posts' (left) - this idyllic view cannot be seen today.

Acquired by the Coal Board, the park was managed as a recreational facility for their mining village of Langold.

Despite its name, Newtown, nestling by the waters of the Severn, was founded in the 10th century.

This view of the village on the hill from Hebden Road is dominated by the two big mills, the Ivy Bank Mills on the left and Bridgehouse Mill in the foreground.

Now bypassed by the A616, Stocksbridge has been 'cleaned up'; it no longer has the constant pall of smoke hanging over it, as it did when this photograph was taken.

Chantries were added to the original structure by the 14th Baron Greystoke, who built the first Greystoke Castle.

Theatre goers were enjoying performances by Jose Collins in ‘Our Nell’.The glittering building was designed by the very fashionable architect Norman Shaw and opened to theatre goers in 1903.

In the 1880s, when the French wars were long forgotten, it was moved to Aldershot and replaced by the dramatic bronze by Adrian Jones, an allegorical rendering of Peace dropping out of the heavens

Set behind battlemented walls and surrounded by a moat fed by the resurgent waters, the palace was begun by Bishop Jocelin in the 13th century.

The name comes from the fact that the opening was carried out in 1833 by the Duchess of Kent and Princess, later Queen, Victoria. Its pavilion was added in 1894.