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The following morning the officer was telling the Mayoress that he and his men would protect her, when news came of the imminent arrival of Prince Charles Edward and his army.

The fountain, also by Thomas, was added the following year. The mansion was described by Pevsner as one which 'could hardly be drearier'.

It is said that Sprotbrough once welcomed strangers.There used to be a cross with a brass plate on it on which the following was inscribed: 'Whoso is hungry, and lists well to eat, Let him come

This and the following three photos, although from the same vantage point, span a period of 60 years.They show many changes in some of the buildings and in the mode of transport.Two horse-drawn vehicles

The scenic St Ives branch railway follows the coast, with a four-arched viaduct crossing the little valley behind the beach; the station platform is just beyond.

By the 1880s, following the development of nearby Crewe as a railway town, Wistaston had become a sizeable suburb, so the chancel was increased in length and the transept was added.

The first stronghold on the site was probably built by Henry Beaumont, Earl of Warwick, following his being made Lord of Gower by Henry I.

The barracks were opened in 1876, following the reorganisation of the army in 1872.

East of Malton we find the mostly Victorian village of Rillington - its development followed the arrival of the railway.

The present structure dates from the early 15th century, and has a leper squint through which lepers could follow the service.

Fortunately, it is possible to appreciate all of this river on its near five-mile journey from Lathkill Head Cave until it empties into the river Bradford at Alport: a footpath follows the whole course

Wherwell is famous for its ruined priory, established by the Saxon Queen Elfreda, mother of Ethelred the Unready, possibly as an act of repentance following several dark deeds.

Penrith Castle was built by William Strickland, later Bishop of Carlisle, who was given permission to build Penrith Castle in 1397, following the sacking of the town by raiding Scots in 1354.

The Stour is another Dorset river well worth following from source to mouth, to gain a feel for this part of the county.

With stalls creaking under the weight of locally grown produce, there is no hint of the rationing to come after the outbreak of war the following year.

In 1999 Weobley was named the 'National Village of the Year' and, in order to celebrate both this and the Millennium that followed, a sculpture was erected in the garden area in the foreground of this

Its avenues were planted following a visit by William III. The house was started by the 1st Lord Compton, later the Earl of Northampton, in 1574.

, this view looks along the Embankment from Charing Cross Bridge to Cleopatra's Needle, an Egyptian obelisk of 1500 BC, given to Britain in 1819 by the Viceroy of Egypt, but only erected here in 1878 following

Following the clo- sure of the hospital in 1992, the main building and the Round Tower of the Jubilee Wing were taken over by Nottingham Health Authority.

Until 1925 the settlement was known as Horeham Road, but following a ballot of the villagers the name was changed to Horam.

Hutton was really put on the map by the coming of the York to Scarborough railway, which follows the valley of the River Derwent to the sea.

This follows the course of a much older road, the Roman 'Fosse Way', which runs from the 'colonia' of Lincoln to Axminster in Devon, built as a military road around 47 AD.

This became a popular holiday area after Jaywick Farm was sold following the farming recession of the 1930s. The land was sold in small plots, and the area became a bungalow township.

After the Norman Conquest, the lands belonging to those theyns who had either fought for Harold or were implicated in the Northern rebellions were confiscated and awarded to William's followers.