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It grew from the humble beginnings of a bathing shelter on the border of North Meols into the sizeable conurbation depicted here.

Situated on the edge of the Cherhill Downs, just below the earthworks known as Oldbury Castle, this is the second oldest of the Wiltshire white horses.

Behind the high brick wall to the extreme right of the photograph is Southgate House of the late 18th century, built in the form of a neo-classical villa by Samuel Pole; a short distance along the Bourne

We cooked anything cookable we could get hold of, pinching potatoes and turnips from fields on the way there, and apples from orchards.

The main street of Alllington village (bottom left) leads into this panorama of Bridport town, looking south-east from Allington Hill, with the outer parish's St Swithun's Church being the prominent building

The openness of the village centre is striking, with some good later 18th/early 19th-century houses ranging either side of the grass-banked brook, with its modest urban district council railings

Such shops would not have been out of place when the first Frith photographs of Hitchin were taken.

St Mary's has undergone several periods of renovation and in 1843 some schoolboys accidentally knocked some plaster off the arcade to reveal capitals of exceptional quality.

In earlier times, war had only affected the soldiers and sailors directly involved and people who happened to live on or near the battlefield, or the route of the marching army.

Again we are looking west from the central part of East Street with the illuminated sign carrying the initials of the Cyclists` Touring Club (far left) having dropped its `Wines and Spirits` in

Harriet Windsor-Clive, the Countess of Plymouth, took an interest in the layout of Penarth, owning much of the land in the locality.

Grassington's boom time was in the 18th century, when a Klondike rush of workers from Derbyshire and Cornwall came to work the lead mines.

The Priory, and what is left of the Priory church, has an ancient history. Two nuns from here were shipwrecked at Reculver on their way to Minster in Thanet.

We are east of Bognor Regis. The poet and biographer William Hayley lived in the Turret.

It looks as if it was intended for Portrush, and is an enthusiastic example of the architecture of the time.

Here we see a close-up view of the Market Hall with its imposing front and large statues mounted over the entrance. There was a corn market in Accrington as far back as the 16th century.

At the western end of the Mall is Buckingham Palace, with the massive 1911 memorial to Queen Victoria designed by Sir Thomas Brock and Sir Aston Webb.

The Cistercian abbey, founded in 1131, was enlarged several times over the course of its life until it was dissolved in 1536.

The fells sheltering this village, most of which lies at the foot of this steep main street, rise to 1,000ft. The rest of the village follows the high road above the River Ribble.

Here we see the heart of what many claim is Kent's prettiest village: the tower of its 15th-century flintstone church of St Mary's looks down on this spacious square lined with half-timbered Tudor and

The best group of older buildings is still at the east end of the High Street.

The stationmaster watches carefully as the little girl is brought back from the edge of the platform by her mother, whilst the boy clutches his wicker basket.

The 1880s red brick house beyond with veranda under the gable was part of the Berners' estate at Woolverton Hall. Set back out of view is the Methodist chapel of 1879.

This picture gives an impression of a disused military establishment surplus to World War II requirements. Nothing could be further from the truth.