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The building was named after William Fitzherbert, who was the great-grandson of William the Conqueror.

This is a scene that might have been familiar to Worcestershire's earliest residents, for Wyre Piddle's church was built on the site of a prehistoric burial ground.

The post office is on the left with its sign outside.

The church was built in 1840-1 to serve the needs of a growing population at a time when the nearest church was three miles away in Crondall.

This is one of the significant relics of the industrial past of the Ebbw Vale area, and at one time a busy railway line ran over the top of this arch.

This same view of two Tintagel castles could be photographed today.

This leafy approach to the village of Hermitage remains much the same today as it was in the 1950s.

One of the striking features of this photograph is that many of the shops have awnings to keep their wares cool and shaded in summer – a rare sight today.

Situated on a rocky site at the entrance to the Sound of Mull, the Maclean fortress of Duart dates from the 13th century with 16th- and 17th-century additions.

ST IVES, Bridge Street1955 S23004 Today, the bridge at St Ives is restricted to pedestrians, but up to fifty years ago, it was possible to drive a cart or a car over the bridge.

Often referred to as 'the Alpine village' because of its sylvan setting at the head of a wooded valley, the cluster of houses known as Hutton Village dates from the mid 19th century, when Mr Thomas

On one of Stony Stratford's first bridges over the River Great Ouse, Grilkes Inn had been operating since 1317, possibly the oldest alehouse in Buckinghamshire; and the Cross Keys (1475) and the

The Second Catholic Relief Act of 1791 once again allowed the building of Roman Catholic churches.

The focal point of Forty Hill in the 16th century was the great house of Elsynge, which lay between the site of Forty Hall and the Turkey Brook.

Its birth was due to the unsatisfactory situation of the previous 100 years, when the governments of the day were mostly supplied with arms from Birmingham, Liege and Hamburg, but these were not

The town was known as 'Wycumbe' in the 12th and 13th centuries, and by the 14th century it was known as Chepping Wycombe to distinguish it from West Wycombe - 'chepping' means 'market'.

This was dubbed at the time 'the largest room in the world'. It was 4,405 square yards in area, and 96ft high and 125ft high to the top of the central dome.

The National Westminster Bank (extreme right) is next door to a seed merchant, still an important trader in a country town before seeds were brightly packaged and sold by garden centres.

Some of the kerbstones which line Ashburton's narrow streets are made from fine pink marble, quarried locally.

The Fitzwilliam Arms, on the main road to Peterborough, was possibly altered from a row of cottages.

This photograph was taken at the bottom of the High Street. Notice the people queuing patiently outside the shop on the left.

A line of mainly 18th- and 19th-century cottages line the banks of the mighty River Tees at Croft-on-Tees, a small settlement to the south of Darlington and very close to the borders of County Durham.

Cattle were sold at the Rother Beast Market in Broad Street, which had standings with gutters down each side, hence the width of the street.

Bradpole is now a pleasant northern suburb of Bridport, but its heart still enjoys a village atmosphere.