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This photograph is unfortunate in that it makes the village look a lit- tle ramshackle, but in fact it was rather smart.

These cliffs do not suffer as much erosion as those eastwards towards Cromer and beyond. The road from the village ends at this beach, which is known as the Gap.

These cliffs do not suffer as much erosion as those eastwards towards Cromer and beyond. The road from the village ends at this beach, which is known as the Gap.

Saint Andrew`s Church, at the north of the village and on the Causeway, was reported in 1636 to be `much ruinated`, and major repairs were necessary.

Situated at the head of the valley of the East Allen, Allenheads was an important centre for the lead-mining industry from the late 18th to the mid 19th century; the mines here produced around 14 per

Cliffe perches at the end of the long chalk ridges, overhanging the marshes of the Thames. It was formerly an important place until a fire in 1562 gutted the town.

King Charles I and Prince Rupert stayed here in 1642, but later in the Civil War it was used as a prison for Royalist officers.

Hazel Grove-cum-Bramhall became a civil parish in 1900; it was made up from the older parishes of Bosden, Norbury, Offerton, Torkington, and Bramhall.

It was served by the narrow gauge Tal-y-Llyn railway, the first of the slate railways of North Wales to be preserved. The railway runs inland from Tywyn on the Cardigan Bay coast.

The town, granted its charter by Edward I in 1294, still has something of an English air, and much fine architecture. Castle Street is one of the two main streets, the other being Watergate.

The Duke of York is one of Burnley's landmark inns, and gives its name to this part of town. The tip of a spire can be seen just off centre.

Dumfries itself became a royal burgh in the 12th century, but the two towns were not officially amalgamated until 1929.

In the background are the ruins of Bolton Castle, which was built by Richard Scrope in the 1380s.

In the background are the ruins of Bolton Castle, which was built by Richard Scrope in the 1380s.

For years it was believed that Bamburgh in Northumberland was the world's first lifeboat station when a converted coble was placed there in 1786.

Cromer's lifeboat has a reputation which goes far beyond its sphere of operation on the North Norfolk coast.

Built in the mid-13th century by William de Fortibus, Cockermouth's defences were enhanced on three sides by its location at the junction of two rivers.

The photographer almost had his feet in Sussex while taking this picture, so close was he to the county border.

This photograph was taken at a time when Solva's harbour was reaching the end of its time as a working harbour - the quay with its array of small boats looks somewhat run down.

Named after the original landowner, Justin de Cave, South Cave is a village of two halves, separated by the castle, built in 1787.

At the right in both views is Temple Island, the start of the course, with its gar- den temple by James Wyatt, erected in 1771 as a fishing lodge for Sambrook Freeman of Fawley Court.

The Sheffield branch of Thomas Cook & Son is dwarfed by its neighbour,Woodhouses.

Just to the left of Tendring Garden is the war memorial, erected at the edge of Parsonage Field and unveiled in November 1920.

This splendid interior captures the atmosphere of a 1950s pub beautifully. The shirt-sleeved landlord, his hair slicked with Brylcreem, has his sleeves rolled up and a tie at his neck.