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The heart of the city changed almost continuously throughout the 20th century as new public buildings, office buildings and department stores were constructed and road building and widening schemes

The heart of the city changed almost continuously throughout the 20th century as new public buildings, office buildings and department stores were constructed and road building and widening schemes

Here we have a fine aerial view of the large No 9 dock and the area around it.

It stands on the foundations of a fort built about 1639 by Sir Arthur Hill after he left a post at Carrickfergus Castle. It was given Royal approval and the garrison was paid for.

This is part of Old Leigh, with the railway on the right and the sea behind the buildings on the left.

An attractive village south of the railway line and the River Wreake, Frisby has a number of good houses.

Substantial tree growth has filled the gaps around the dwelling house in our picture, and the height of the trees has rendered the windmill barely visible from Moor Lane.

This is a charming photograph of the area outside the churchyard entrance. Many refer to this village as the most perfect in Lancashire, with its village green next to the church, and old inn.

This is one of the county's most famous beauty spots on the crest of the North Downs, providing breathtaking views across the Weald to the South Downs and Littlehampton, and into Sussex from its height

In the 1600s it would not have been the horse-drawn wagons that the visitor first noticed, but more likely the smell, for Stanstead Abbots was a centre for the manufacture of woad.

The first castle on this site was built by Robert de Todeni in the 11th century, and it was improved upon by subsequent owners until the 1470s, when Lord Hastings ordered it to be dismantled to provide

On the right is the Mole Valley Council Offices, opened in 1984; the building is not in keeping with the character of the town, but architecturally it is a good design.

This fine building shows a pleasing mix of different styles. On the left we can see medieval stonework and windows, whilst a Flemish influence seems apparent on the right of the building.

Here we have another view of a track in the forest. Here we might catch glimpses of fallow deer and even roe and red deer.

The village takes its name from the river that flows through the valley and from the earls of the de Vere family. This photograph is typical of the type of rural scene to be found in Essex.

This part of Chatburn, leading to Downham, is reminiscent of the many stone villages hereabouts, which according to legend and tradition are steeped in witchcraft.

The interior contains many monuments to the Cary family of Torre Abbey, covering four centuries: there is a brass to Wilmota (died 1581), wife of George Cary; the tomb of George Cary (died 1758), who

Situated 3.5 miles south-south-west of Crieff, Drummond Castle was originally built by John, first Lord Drummond in 1491. It has endured its share of troubles.

This archway and wall date back over two hundred years; it is known as Gannock Gate, and forms part of a huge park known as The Walks, where it was the perfect place for fashionable folk

The event that prompted this wonderful assembly of motor vehicles of the day was probably related to St Paul's Church in the background. Unfortunately, history does not record what it was.

The Redcliffe had a hydropathic plunge bath on the seaward side of the building, connected to the house by a subway that filled with seawater at high tide.

The body of the church is 14th century, but any patina of age was effectively neutralised by the over-restorations of 1849 and 1857.

There could not be anywhere more northern-sounding than Mytholmroyd, the woollen village crammed into the bottom of the Calder Valley west of Halifax.

The Neville stronghold of Brancepeth Castle was forfeited to the Crown during the reign of Elizabeth I.