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There have been race meetings in Doncaster since 1600, but it was the St Leger of 1776 that put the town on the racing calendar.

The Institute for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge has stood up well to the passing of time.

Markets and ports were an important part of the trading network during the Middle Ages. Indeed, by Domesday Arundel was already an important river port.

The Street at Lancing was originally part of the main route through North Lancing, but it became an access road after the creation of the manor ground and a by-pass route in the early 19th century.

On either side of the High Street, some of the former well-stocked shops have become estate agents, marketing the many bungalows and houses that were built for families who came year after year to enjoy

Weather-boarded and glass shop fronts line this Edwardian street, which boasts a jeweller's, a draper's and silk mercer's named Stokes & Sons, and a trader by the name of J F Gammon.

The High Street branches left at the junction. It is unusual in being mainly residential, with commercial development centred on Bridgnorth Road.

The building to the left with stone columns at its entrance was once home to a painter named Millet.

Standing in its own grounds, this fine house is thought to have been built as a monks' rest-house at the end of the 12th century for the convenience of the abbot of Furness when visiting his estates in

Just off to the left is the site of the earliest Baptist chapel in Suffolk, registered in 1731.

We are looking across the waters of the Kinder Reservoir. The drystone-walled fields lead up to the rocky heights of Kinder Scout, at 2,088ft the highest point in the Peak District.

We are high on the limestone White Peak plateau with this photograph of farm buildings and cottages in the hamlet of Small Dale, north of Peak Dale, to the north east of Buxton.

The coming of the railway in 1884 prompted the tasteful residential development of this new part of the village of Oxted, overlooking the Weald.

Lines of local authority housing climb the hill at Stanmore on the south-west outskirts of Winchester, which has evolved and expanded over the years.

This was a coaching inn on the London to Norwich turnpike, now the A11, since at least the mid 18th-century. The gabled red brick front dates from c1680.

The original part of the town of Alsager was to the north of here.

On the right are the buildings of the Community of St Denys, now part of Warminster School.

The ornamental floral beds that here border St James' Street have now been removed, but buses still use the area as their terminus.

The ornamental floral beds that here border St James' Street have now been removed, but buses still use the area as their terminus.

These 18th-century stone cottages were built for workers at the nearby mill, which was originally water-driven - its wheel was second only in size to that of Laxey on the Isle of Man.

Built around 1840 to carry the London and North Western railway line north through Lancashire, this splendid six-arch bridge strides across the River Wyre just below Scorton Lakes.

The lovely old parish church of Ibberton is on a slope of the chalk downlands around the Blackmore Vale.

The little town, named after the Battle of Hastings, grew at the gates of the Abbey built by William the Conqueror to atone for the slaughter and to give thanks for his victory.

It is a quiet day, but some repairs seem to be taking place to the left. The row of shops can be more easily seen in this photograph.