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The terraced houses and cobbled street of Long Row at Belper is one of the many legacies left by Jedediah Strutt who, with Richard Arkwright, brought industry to the town in the late 18th century.

The seal of Queen Victoria was photographed around the end of her reign, which lasted from 1837 to 1901.

It is also interesting to recall that there was a prisoner of war camp in the village; it was in the grounds of Marbury Hall, which was demolished in the 1960s.

Constant removal of salt and pumping of brine from the underground salt mines left great underground holes, which then filled with water.

Situated between Basildon and Southend and the estuaries of the rivers Thames and Crouch, Rayleigh is an ancient place that once sported a Norman Castle.The mound still stands, known as Rayleigh

The eastern end of Hastings beach beside the RNLI lifeboat house is known as the 'Stade'- Saxon for 'landing place'; here the fleet of about 40 fishing boats are still winched up onto the shingle.

These gardens in Groundwell Road were officially opened on 15 November 1950 by HRH Princess Elizabeth on her visit to the town.

The display board to the right of the main shop window shows guide books and postcards of Cartmel Priory - the tree to the right is by the church.

Known locally as 'the church of the four ones' because it was founded in AD1111, St Mary's is the town's parish church.

A boat sails across the bay, which was known as Polkerris or Par Bay in the late-18th century.

A fine and impressive hall was an essential requirement of any man of standing, and Robert Wynn was no different in wishing to impress his visitors.

Lynn's market place is one of the very finest in England, enriched by a profusion of Georgian and Victorian public buildings, including the florid Corn Exchange built in 1854.

The house on the left has been given rough repairs for generations - its toppling dormer lacks several panes of glass. Wells has suffered more than most Norfolk towns from the impact of incomers.

The tower stands tall and proud, and it is not difficult to understand why St Margaret's was one of several beacons forming a connection with other churches from London to the coast.

These attractive 18th-century houses are good examples of houses which abound in this small town. A village sign by Harry Carter dominates the green.

A bridge of 1764 was replaced by this one of white brick and stone in 1798. The floods of 1939 resulted in a new single span bridge being erected.

The rest of the village is to the south. The driver of the Triumph Herald 1200 patiently waits, with his window wound down, for his wife to post a letter and buy a newspaper.

Since the 1930s thousands of houses have been built in Portchester. The A27 is at one end of Castle Street. From the White Hart pub to the castle there are a variety of Georgian red brick properties.

Horsley is one of the ancient parishes from which Nailsworth was formed in the 1890s, the others being Avening and Minchinhampton.

Here again we see a road that is now overhung with mature trees and was formerly clear of undergrowth.

Designed by Sir Aston Wenn and surmounted by a hart sculpted by Alfred Drury, it is built of Portland stone.

This view, with something of a frontier town feel in 1890, is now the brashly cheery High Street. At this time, though, it is much more sedate.

East of the town, on the Louth Road, is Lincolnshire's only racecourse, since Lincoln's closed some years ago.

Begun by William Lord Hastings in 1480, and never finished, Kirby Muxloe is an early example of the use of brick in castle building.