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Most of the region's towns have fine buildings and churches paid for by the wool trade that flourished in these parts.

By then the bank had become the London and Midland Bank, and by the 1960s it was a branch of the Midland Bank.

It was bought by the fledgling University in 1872, who made several alterations to it over the next 25 years; in 1901 they agreed to allow the Town Council to build a promenade around it, so long as the

The main road used to pass very close to the church by the sea, but it was washed away and moved inland, leaving the church rather isolated.

Further up the village is High Hall, built by the Craven family.

Brotton is another settlement with an ancient history; it was also seriously influenced by the ironstone industry at a later date.

Owned by the Townley family, Kettledrum was reared at Stud Farm. A trout hatchery is now on the site of another old stables.

Temple Bar was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672, to replace the earlier City of London gate destroyed by the Great Fire, and was the last of the old gates to survive.

William Cobbett on one of his 'Rural Rides' was much impressed by the tower, calling it 'the most singular thing I have ever seen'. It is now protected by a preservation order.

Downham is another example of a village which was tightly controlled by the lords of the manor, who refused to let industry into the village.

This last view in Dicker looks towards the main crossroads and The Dicker, which is hidden by the distant trees.

It is now run by the Benedictine Order as a monastery and public school. In the picture we see the Priest's House and the lychgate; both have Horsham stone roofing.

The South Cliff Tramway offered an alternative means of escape from the beach to the Esplanade; the other way up was by the 224 steps cutting through the Spa Gardens.

The 14th- or 15th-century church of St John Baptist has a barrel roof, made by the shipwrights from West Bay which had been plastered over until the church was cleaned and renovated some 20 years

Note the stone mounting block by the wall.

By the early 1960s journeys to the Continent were becoming increasingly popular.

On the right is St Peter's, the parish church of Blaenavon, built by the ironmasters Hopkins and Hill in 1805.

Judging by the funnel colours, the two immediately in the foreground could well be part of the famous P & A Campbell fleet.

It is reputedly haunted by the ghost of Nicholas Herle, twice Mayor of Launceston and one-time High Sheriff of Cornwall.

Racing on the Downs was started in 1802 by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, and the course remains largely unchanged.

By the time the castle was finished in around 1200, Richmond had grown in size; a market has been held here since 1155.

This street scene is dominated by the façade of Lewis's store, with its broad plate glass windows and imitation rusticated pillars. It must have appeared very modern when it opened in September 1932.

The tramway creaked on virtually unaltered since the day it opened, only to be put out of its misery by the Luftwaffe in 1941.

Realising the threat posed by the bridge, Massey attempted to secure it for the King, but was seriously injured in doing so.