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We have two items of interest in this picture: the archway, the Gannock Gate, and the Red Mount Chapel behind the trees on the left.

Looming over the town is the tower of the town hall, clearly more than a little influenced in its design by its more prestigious neighbour at Leeds.

Holyhead is best known as the ferry port for Ireland, and stands on Holy Island, linked by a causeway to the Isle of Anglesey.

Magdalene Almshouses (left), were rebuilt in 1877 on the site of a lazar-house or leper hospital, apparently founded by a member of the de Leyes or Legh family, in the early 13th century.

When Basil Spence designed the new cathedral, he incorporated the ruins of St Michael’s into the scheme of things: the old church in effect became the new cathedral’s vestibule.

The Palace, designed by the illustrious London architects Ernest George & Peto and built in 1882 at the then enormous cost of £20,000, was funded by Viscountess Ossington, sister of the 5th Duke of

To the right of the picture is the foliage-covered Matrons' College, built in the 1680s as a refuge for the widows of priests who were ordained in the Salisbury dioceses.

The town was laid out north and west of the Abbey precincts, with the Market Place at the junction of High, Magdalen, Benedict and North Load Streets.

'Chepe' and 'stowe' combine to mean 'market place', which indicates the early origins of this town.

This view, showing the centre of Ewell village, was taken looking north towards the Horse Pond and Spring Corner, and includes several splendid examples of the motor vehicles of the period.

Lack of major industrial development in Tewkesbury meant that the town retained much of its 17th- and 18th-century character and did not experience much of an explosion in its population.

To the south-east of mediaeval Finchley, the High Road drops down from the North Circular Road between an almost standard series of parade shops built around the turn of the century, and past the Rex Cinema

The placename is derived from Haecc or gate. The village is on the north-west edge of Pinner Park, itself a 14th-century deer park owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The church of St Martin le Tours, on the right, was consecrated in 1962.

The church of St Lawrence is superbly positioned on the brow of a narrow spur offering splendid views to the north of the Greensand Hills.

With the waters of Lyme Bay visible beyond the Hillcliff grocery store further down this steeply-sloping street, the pleasing 18th-century façades of the shops and buildings frame this scene of late

Princess Charlotte, the only child of the loveless marriage between George IV and Caroline of Brunswick, made Crichel House her home for a time.

Cluntergate is one of the main roads leading out from the centre of Horbury, whose main claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of the famous 18th-century architect always, but erroneously, known as

Opened in 1860 on what was then the edge of the town, Runcorn's cemetery was to replace the graveyard around All Saints' Church. It covers an area of 13 acres.

Port Talbot is an industrial town in the county of Glamorgan.

Following the ferocious storms of 1286-88, the River Blyth was diverted, the harbour partly blocked and huge areas of land were devoured by the sea, all of which marked the beginning of the decline of

Elmley Castle is one of those delightful villages lying around the foot of Bredon Hill. Little now remains of the castle itself, once the stronghold of the Beauchamp family.

To the left of the gatehouse can be seen the royal palace of James V, which abuts James IV's Prince's Tower.

Construction of St John's Priory was begun about 1075-76 when the Bishop of Lichfield, Peter de Leia, transferred the seat of his diocese to Chester.