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Just a few yards up the hill from All Saints' Church, Barn Hill is a far cry from the commercial bustle of Red Lion Square.

Behind them are the spired buildings of the new town cemetery, which was to be opened in 1894. The shadowed slopes of the Blorenge dominate the skyline.

When William the Conqueror finally took control of Durham, he combined the powers of the bishop and the Earl of Northumbria to create Durham's first prince bishop, a Norman called William Walcher.

A lot of history revolves around Brancepeth Castle, which in spite of modern restorations has a long story to tell.

Named for the Queen and photographed in the 60th year of what had become the longest reign on record, Victoria Grove encompassed the social and architectural extremes of the era, ranging

The Commonwealth Institute, with its forest of flag poles each flying the flag of a Commonwealth nation, occupies what was most of the southern end of Holland Park.

We are looking north on the approach from High Barnet Underground Station. The church of St John the Baptist dominates this readily-recognisable street scene on the crown of the hill.

The Guild of St. Mary was founded in 1218 to protect privileges granted to Chesterfield by King John.

A visit by Princess Victoria in 1835 helped to stimulate interest in Swanage as a resort, but it was the activities of the general contractor and collector George Burt, the controlling mind behind the

In 1801-02 engineer William Jessop came up with his own designs for a tide-free city dock area that would enclose the Avon from Rownham ot St Philip's.

Hucknall, surrounded by coal mining villages and with its own sprawling suburbs, grew greatly in Victorian times but did not acquire much architecture of distinction.

On the left is the cupola of the old Customs House. The near-empty Harbour is the result of many fishing smacks lost during the First World War; the remainder transferred elsewhere.

Built in 1154 by Henry de Essex on the edge of a valley, this lofty castle became the residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.

East of Sandy, the small village of Sutton is distinguished by its narrow medieval pack-horse bridge which took pedlars and carriers' pack ponies dry-shod past the ford, which is still in use today.

The bustling holiday town of Largs has long been famous as the site of a battle in 1263 between the Norwegians and the Scots.

At Kyleakin stand the ruins of Castle Moil. It is said that the castle was built by the daughter of one of the Norse kings of the Western Isles.

It was here in the 7th century that St Hilda founded one of the most famous monasteries of the Anglo Saxon world. Here worked Caedmon, the first recorded English Christian poet.

After its closure in the 1950s, the buildings were taken down and it became the site of a petrol station and tyre-fitting business; but in the late 1990s, this in turn was demolished.

Founded in the 12th century, the hospital of St John Baptist offered temporary relief to poor wayfarers and relief to the sick and poor of the city.

This view of Windsor is one of the most famous in England, with the great royal castle on its 100ft ridge above the river.

Most of these cottages were built at the turn of the 19th century, when stops at Robinson's Tea Rooms were part of the popular wagonette trips.

Between the wars, the five hundred inhabitants of this picturesque village included a wheelwright, saddler, blacksmith and farrier, carpenter, carrier, coalman, thatcher, thresher, shepherd, milkman, baker

At the top of Church Hill we find this Swedish-style church, built in 1902 at a cost of £2678.

Here looking down the High Street we see splendid views of Upper Nidderdale.