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Brassington lies in the heart of the White Peak lead mining country, and there are many reminders of the work of 't'owd man' – as the lead miners were called – in the surrounding fields.

Another view of Market Square, with the ivy-clad building of Wilson's High Class Confectioners and the Esthwaite Cafe in the centre of the photograph, and the King's Arms in the background.

The pretty estate village of Hovingham in the Vale of Pickering is famous for Hovingham Hall, built about 1760 by Thomas Worsley, Surveyor General to William III.

The trams of the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co linked Clifton to the city by way of Hotwells Road.

The quiet village street at Appleton-le-Street, west of Malton, shows little passing traffic outside the village pub.

In this quintessentially English scene, one can almost hear the sound of bat hitting ball, followed by the ripple of applause from the knowledgeable spectators.

Sir William More, advisor to Elizabeth I and related to Sir Thomas More, built this Elizabethan mansion in 1568 for the then princely sum of £1,640 19s 6d.

At this time, the reconstruction of the cloister gardens had not long been completed.

In 1797 a committee of seven was appointed by the trustees to negotiate with the proprietors of the newly formed Grand Junction Canal Company who required land for the extension of their canal.

No shortage of holidaymakers on the beach at turn-of-the-century Felixstowe. The only shortage here, a hundred years ago, is that of exposed skin. This was an era when modesty prevailed.

This small stone circle has only eight stones; it is distinguished because of the size of the stones - one is nine feet high - and the fact that they are made of white quartz.

The mining of salt led to many buildings suffering the effects of subsidence; one of the more spectacular episodes involved The Witch and Barrel pub sinking one Saturday night into a big hole.

Built to link the Promenade to the attractions of Princes Park, the doubly-named bridge rests on two artificial islands in the Marine Lake.

Geese run loose on the grass at Mannington hamlet, midway between the villages of Holt and Horton in the hills north of Wimborne.

The gatehouse has distinctive diaper brick patterning and the arms of Bishop John Russel (1480-94).

Situated six miles north-west of Barnard Castle, Romaldkirk in 1898 was not in fact in County Durham but in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Eastcote is a mediaeval settlement; it is only as one emerges from the shopping parades of the 1930s grouped around the underground station into a series of timber-framed vernacular buildings of the 16th

It has to be said that Kingsbury is an area of contrasts.

The Lido is situated about a mile to the north of Ruislip village.

The Rectory in South Street, on the south side of St Mary's Parish Church, was the home of the Rural Dean, Rev Henry Richard William Farrer, who was an honorary canon of Salisbury Cathedral.

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north-west corner of the Town Hall.

A prominent Norman castle mound, the remains of the town walls, including Prince Rupert's Gateway, the castle hall and St Mary de Castro church form the finest historic enclave in the city.

This is the west side of the market place; we have a better view of the church with its massive tower and noble parapets.

Whether Harborne is famous for being a good place to catch newts and minnows is not recorded, but it was famous as a place for growing gooseberries; the annual dinner of the Gooseberry Growers' Society