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A unit of the Majestic class of nine battleships completed between 1895 and 1898 at a cost of approximately £1 million each.

Note the New Inn on the left of the picture, and how large the name-board of the publican was. The village policeman in his cape stands in the middle of the road.

The church of St Martin le Tours, on the right, was consecrated in 1962.

The church of St Lawrence is superbly positioned on the brow of a narrow spur offering splendid views to the north of the Greensand Hills.

With the waters of Lyme Bay visible beyond the Hillcliff grocery store further down this steeply-sloping street, the pleasing 18th-century façades of the shops and buildings frame this scene of late

Following the ferocious storms of 1286-88, the River Blyth was diverted, the harbour partly blocked and huge areas of land were devoured by the sea, all of which marked the beginning of the decline of

Opened in 1860 on what was then the edge of the town, Runcorn's cemetery was to replace the graveyard around All Saints' Church. It covers an area of 13 acres.

Elmley Castle is one of those delightful villages lying around the foot of Bredon Hill. Little now remains of the castle itself, once the stronghold of the Beauchamp family.

Port Talbot is an industrial town in the county of Glamorgan.

Cluntergate is one of the main roads leading out from the centre of Horbury, whose main claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of the famous 18th-century architect always, but erroneously, known as

Princess Charlotte, the only child of the loveless marriage between George IV and Caroline of Brunswick, made Crichel House her home for a time.

Few buildings remain which pre-date the Enclosure Acts, effectively extinguishing the ties within rural communi- ties in much of Leicestershire, and indeed the Midland counties.

The high viewpoint emphasises the rich woodland of the vale, with the prominent solid block of the present Rydal Hall, built in the 17th century, and the church of 1824.

In traffic-congestion terms much closer to the Southport of today, this photograph was taken at the height of the summer season.

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

A little more than one mile to the west of Leith is the small fishing village of Newhaven. It was here that James IV founded a royal dockyard where he could build his navy.

Gatehouse of Fleet is situated near the mouth of the Water of Fleet, a few miles north-west of Kirkcudbright.

Standing further back from the College, we can see part of the grounds in front of the building.

During its first year of operations the MSC handled exports totalling 299,407 tons and imports of 386,751 tons; in 1897 the figures rose to 494,862 tons and 1,053,637 tons respectively.

Towards the end of the 20th century, the population of Droitwich increased when the town took some of the overspill from Birmingham.

Visible evidence of medieval Sultan is sparse, but remnants of the castle motte survive to the west of the parish church.

At the east end of the Parade, by the last slipway, is the Island Sailing Club (left), which was founded in 1889, and is amongst the largest in the world.

A number of sources quote Ampthill's parish church as being 10th century, without offering a precise dating.

The history of Finchale began in about 1115 when St Godric built himself a hermitage.