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when railway engineers were convinced of the impossibility of constructing a rail link over Shap, Fleetwood was conceived in the 1830s to link trains from London with steamers to Glasgow and

The lanes and streets of Porlock wind delightfully between attractive whitewashed and thatched houses, including The Ship Inn with its characteristic external chimney stack in the centre of the street

Note the hay rake, coal-scuttles and assortment of pip- ing and rope adorning the window of the local iron- mongers in the centre of Lyndhurst.

With the east and west wings added in 1891 and 1903, the building housed a post office, the county court and the headquarters of various societies, with the market in fields behind.

Standing in the Severn Vale to the west of Stroud, Stonehouse was once a cloth-making town.

Blue Anchor is a hamlet in Carhampton parish, and it takes its name from the local inn.

The wide porch and twin gabled west front were part of Thomas Nicholson's restoration of 1881-82.

Although it is sheltered and here looks relatively tranquil, the estuary has claimed many ships.

This classic view looks west down High Street to the Wey valley and beyond to Guildown (The Mount).

The Chain Pier lasted from 1823 to 1896, falling victim to storms, neglect and a loss of business to the West Pier.

Looking west past the Abbey gatehouse to the tower of St Lawrence's church, the photographer was standing on the site of the great Norman nave of the abbey church.

Lying two hundred yards south-west of St Mary's the chapel is a small church built by Earl Odda and dedicated to the Holy Trinity in April 1056.

The higher rainfall and the natural lakes of Wales have always been necessary to meet the water requirements of England.

We are standing on the northern shore of the wide and shallow Usk, looking at the grand bridge.

This view looks south-west along the High Street.

The plaque on the second cottage on the left bears the initials 'CBAM' and is dated 1708.

A pair of ramblers (right) heading for the hills stride out purposefully past the Rayburne Hotel and cafe in the centre of Coniston village.The lack of traffic in the main street is in sharp contrast

Wincanton's High Street was part of the main route between London and the west.

Ainderby Steeple lies to the west of Northallerton.

Ingoldisthorpe is an open village on the sandy soils of north-west Norfolk.

The little village of Pilley lies to the west of Beaulieu Heath, above the low-lying ground surrounding the Beaulieu River.

The magnificent west front of the cathedral overlooks the Cannon Green; since this picture was taken the fence has been replaced by a new wall.

Set in the mining landscape of West Cornwall, this famous amphitheatre was fashioned from collapsed mine workings on the slopes of Carn Marth.

This road up from the beach was first started at the time that George Hudson bought the West Cliff Estate in the 1850s, and it got the name from the strategic pass important in the Afghan wars, which