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The 12th-century foundations were uncovered during the extensive restoration of 1874- 75. There are several Norman features inside including the south doorway and chancel arch.

We are now standing in a position to the east of the Cross and are looking towards West Street, with Church Hill on the immediate right of the pantiled lean-to building and the Star Inn

Inside the church (not visible in this photograph) lies the tomb of Capability Brown, who became a cult figure among the aristocracy for his stylised landscaping.

The mullioned windows (right) may indicate that the building is of Tudor origin. The second cottage on the left in this typical row is, I believe, where my grandmother was born.

Here the visitor can find a remarkable collection of horseshoes in all sizes, for the tradition of the town requires all nobility, including members of the Royal Family, to present a horseshoe when visiting

Modern-day Warrington aspires to city status, but the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that the village of Thelwall briefly held that honour.

The central section still has remains of the open hall. The front has Edwardian mock timbering.

On the corner of Low Road, leading to the King's Head, are houses called St Margaret and St Mary (centre left). The prominent jettied timber-framed building facing us is Waterloo House of c1540.

On the left is the corner of the brick-fronted manor house. The top of the church tower fell in 1829, which gave it a castle-like appearance. It was not restored until the 1960s.

This scene was photographed from one of the upper floors of Mapledurham House, which was built during the 16th century by Sir Richard Blount, whose tomb can be found in St Margaret's Church.

The church of St Mary and the Holy Rood has many historical connections with Donington's famous son, the great explorer Matthew Flinders.

Work on the dam started in 1930 using stone quarried locally, but its construction was delayed for a while and restarted in 1934. The dam is of the 'hollow massive-buttress' type.

The Lion Enclosure was one of those specifically accommodated into a natural feature of Castle Hill. Here two of its occupants sun themselves.

This wonderful atmospheric view looks through Stonebow into the continuation of High Street which follows the line of the Roman road to London, later known as Ermine Street.

Wainfleet is famous as the birthplace of William of Wayneflete, later Bishop of Winchester and founder of Winchester College school and Magdalen College, Oxford.

Nether End c1955 Baslow, situated 8 miles west of Chesterfield and 12 miles south of Sheffield, was once a part of the parish of Bakewell, but became independent in July 1869, taking with it

The view shows the centre of Domesday Anstige, as the road drops down from the heights of Bradgate Park.

Since it was gradually absorbed to become a suburb of Royal Tunbridge Wells, this small village south of Tonbridge supported a number of businesses in its commercial centre.

We are obviously well into the age of mass tourism. This photograph shows one of the late Victorian screw- driven steamers by the end of the pier.

East and south of the church, the High Street has a number of good houses, including the 18th-century Elm Farmhouse in the distance.

In the late 1950s, prompted by the highly visible contamination of the coastline, scientists undertook an extensive survey of the problem.

The main body of the church dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries, and was here in 1180.

Visitors clamber over the site of the old castle. Little of its fabric survives, and it is thought to have been one of the very earliest of Scotland's stone castles, dating from the 12th century.

This magnificent tour de force of flint and stone chequerwork was built in 1421 for the Guild of Holy Trinity, a wealthy group of merchants.