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The lighthouse at this spot was first lit in 1836 to warn shipping of the perils below.

Ravenstown was built during the First World War as an estate for workers at a close by airship factory, and was originally known as Flookburgh West.

The high altar was designed by Pugin and manufactured in Dublin at a cost of £700; it was of Gothic design and made of Caen stone, richly carved. It was given by James Lomax of Clayton Hall.

Industry came early to Rugeley. There was a forge in the area by 1273, and glassmaking was well established by the early 14th century.

These are some of the substantial red brick houses built along the coast at Westgate in the prosperous late Victorian era—the 1880s and 90s.

We are looking at the Tower of London from Tower Hill, with hackney carriages lined up on a summer day above the moat.

Formed from two rocky islets connected to the mainland by a natural causeway, Worms Head derives its name from the Norse for serpent. The outer head rises to 200ft.

This photograph and H464004 show the same scene on the St Ives Road.

There was always a flurry of excitement and activity at the Bridge Restaurant and Tea Gardens on Nags Head Island when the pleasure boats arrived, especially during the summer.

The castle at Dover was built between 1181 and 1187 by Henry II. A Roman stone lighthouse, the Pharos, stands in the castle grounds near the Saxon church of St Mary in Castro.

Situated at the northern top of the green is the metal sign, showing a tower mill. It was erected by the Westleton Carnival Committee in 1963.

Enlargement of the photograph reveals the signboards with the various Sunday papers vying for your custom with such enticing lures as 'The world of the formerly married', 'Ulysses – the inside

Arthur Mee in his King's England series says about the church: 'It is naked and bare, and all the better for that'. The chancel arch, which we see here, is the narrowest in England at 3ft 6in.

These boats moored in the Cut show how the commercial river trade of earlier times has now given way to pleasure boating.

Queen Anne Terrace (right) remains intact, and is home to university offices.

'The Prisoner of Zenda' was showing at the Regal Cinema in the elegant North Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate when this picture was taken.

The Wish Tower, in the distance on the left, was built as a Martello Tower, one of over one hundred round-tow- ered fortlets built along the south coast during the Napoleonic Wars.

Lansdowne Terrace, now the Lansdowne Hotel, and, at the right, the Wish Tower Hotel, was the first major devel- opment west of the Wish Tower; it is in the style of the earlier stucco terraces, with

Althorp dates back to the 16th century. At that time John Spencer, a Warwickshire sheep farmer, acquired the estate and created a park of some 300 acres here.

A Howe, a ladies and gents' tailor, is now a florist; the coach builders' on the left has been replaced by a modern supermarket.

Built in 1776, the building has been enlarged and extended, and is now a part of the Metropole Hotel.

The tower, marking the eastern entrance to the High Street, dates back to 1492 and took seventeen years to complete. The delay was probably caused by lengthy financial problems.

For decades, music was a feature of everyday life during the Harrogate season. Late morning concerts were held both at the Crescent and the Winter Gardens.

St Ives fishermen favoured flat-bottomed craft that remained upright at low water in the harbour surf.