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By the time of this photograph, the old wharves along the river had been cleared away to create Victoria Embankment Garden, a more fitting context for the Mother of Parliaments, which was rebuilt in Gothic

The grotto in Pontypool park was believed to have been the home of an old hermit, and is considered by academics to be the most important example in Wales.

This striking view across the bay was taken from the grounds of The Kymin. The house is one of the very few left that are 'pre Esplanade', itself occupying the site of an earlier farm.

This is a detail of the frontage of 34 West Street, which was the 'Bridport News' office and West Dorset Printing Works in 1909.

The town was once under the control of the powerful de Montfort family. At Evesham on 4 August 1265, Simon de Montfort led the barons against the forces of Henry III.

This fine old building houses a large water-mill, which like most of Norfolk's water-mills has a hidden undershot wheel.

Aylsham is a pleasant market town steeped in the history of woollen manufacture. Back in the days of Edward II, it was the principal town in the region for making fine linen.

No longer England's second port, Bristol was still busy handling imports for the west of England.

We are looking from the start of the High Street towards the green.

The castellated entrance to Townley Hall, on the A671 Todmorden Road at Burnley Wood, was photographed when it was still a private estate.

Stanhill is a small community on one of the B-roads between Oswaldtwistle and Blackburn. It was in this building in 1764 that James Hargreaves lived when he invented the Spinning Jenny.

Ancestral home of the Marquesses of Bath, and sometimes described as the first true Renaissance house in England, Longleat was built by Sir John Thynne between 1547 and 1580.

St Mary's Church 1907 Moving north-east to the western end of the Sussex Weald, we reach the town of Horsham, which expanded greatly after the railway arrived in 1848.

This rather posed picture shows the lower part of the village. The two men, one holding the horse and one with his dog, are everything a photographer could want in a village scene.

The views here concentrate on the historic core of the market town.

The building to the right of Beecroft's was the Tudor house of the Earl of Mansfield. All these buildings were pulled down to make way for the new Council House in the 1920s.

Stand in the corner of the churchyard and you can see that this view of All Saints' Church has hardly changed at all since this photograph was taken.

The Village c1955 Despite the steady encroachment of urban and residential development along the shores of Southampton Water, we may be thankful that the quaint lit- tle village of Hamble remains

Quay Street is one of the oldest parts of Yarmouth, and must have been familiar to the generations of seamen who frequented its inns.

Changing times - instead of a schooner on the beach, there is a fine parade of classic cars - but look carefully and the old telephone box is still there.

Construction of the Citadel commenced in 1670 on the orders of Charles II. It is now home to 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery; it was considerably extended in the 1980s.

Now known as the 'Gateway to the Moors', Pickering is a small market town still served by the steam trains of the North York Moors Railway.

Tannery Corner, in the Airedale village of Silsden, takes it name from the tannery of William Laycock and Son, seen in the right background of this picture.

Studland has the reputation of being one of the prettiest villages in England, with unspoiled cliffs to the west and the wilderness of Studland Heath, now an important nature reserve, to the east.