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This is the Medley section of the Thames - or Isis, as it is known hereabouts. Only a glance at this wonderful photograph gives an idea of the phenomenal popularity of rowing a hundred years ago.

In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants; they saw a canal as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and getting other goods out to the towns in the heart of Lancashire, and to the growing

The Corporation's policy of providing a sufficient number of public parks and recreation grounds for both residents and visitors was actively pursued during this period of expansion.

The Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire is unique: modern village life and ancient stones live side by side in a common and mutual existence, where the past is indelibly a living part of the present.

On his shoulders would be placed the responsibility of appointing an appropriate workhouse matron with similar attributes, and any other staff required.

OF ALL the villages in this collection, Nether Alderley perhaps gives us the best impression of what a north-eastern Cheshire village was like before the Industrial Revolution changed both the

On the north side of the village is Manor Farm, with its astonishingly complete array of farm buildings.

His neighbours were a mixture of old and new residents.

The chapel is almost Byzantine in design, but its transepts are reminiscent of Italian Romanesque rather than Byzantine.

This panorama of the river through broad lawns and lofty trees reveals the bridge’s graceful character.

Most of England's Celtic legacy is to be found in Cornwall.

A magician entertains a crowd of well dressed Victorian holidaymakers on the beach.

The bustling village of Hawes is the 'capital' of Upper Wensleydale, and the economic and social centre for the farmers of the dale.

Woodbridge is undoubtedly one of the most attractive small towns in Suffolk, and stands at the tidal limit of the River Deben.

The bishopric was one of the poorest in England, and even in the mid 18th century its net revenues were only around £300 a yar. Because of this, bishops were given additional church preferments.

There are a number of Neolithic monuments on the island; the Meayll Circle is of a unique design with six pairs of lintel graves arranged in a circle.

The residential nature of the place led to the establishment of quality retail outlets.

This is a classic view of Tarn Hows, near Hawkshead, with the peaks of the Langdale Pikes in the centre background.

As we turn right along Cornmarket Street, the most striking building amid the shops is the rough-hewn late Anglo-Saxon tower of St Michael's Church, with its two tiers of paired belfry windows.

Taken from the Southwark side, this photograph gives a fine view of St Paul's Cathedral, Sir Christopher Wren's Baroque masterpiece (1675-1711) which replaced the medieval cathedral destroyed in the Great

We are in a large village at the foot of the Downs, which has several commons. The Premonstratensian monastery of Our Lady of England is still in use.

This later view of Anchor Head shows yet more developments on Birnbeck, including the construction of the low-water westward jetty, which allowed steamers to berth at any time or state of the tide.

One of the highlights of shopping along Briggate was the glass-roofed arcades, such as the Queen's and the County.

The 15th-century St Mary's church is the burial place of Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, and noted for its decorated 'Angel Roof' nave.