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This is a fine view of the 'Royal Adelaide' (104 guns).

FOR hundreds of years this area seemed little different from any collection of Victorian villages.

The 15th-century tower of the church stands on Norman foundations, and houses the tomb of the last abbot of St Augustine's abbey at Canterbury who, at the time of the Dissolution, was given the manor

We can see the letters of part of the surname of the owner, John Prichard, above the entrance to the Angel Hotel on the left.

Tree-lined Criffel Street, in the handsome Solway seaside town of Silloth, is a reminder of the proximity of the Scottish Border.

A group of turn-of-the-century children overlooking the town of Haverfordwest.

A surviving glimpse of rural Borehamwood before the rash of new building swamped these remnants of village life.

Some of these features were already in place at the turn of the century and a number of other prestigious regeneration schemes are at an advanced stage in their development while others are on

Castle Hill is part of 365 acres of common land donated for “...the relief of the poor” in the 12th century. There are 20 miles of public rights of way.

Little remains of the chapel inside the castle of which Thomas Becket was once Dean in the reign of Henry II. The later Collegiate Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary is also just a ruin.

The grid-like pattern of the streets west of Laindon High Road preserves the layout of some of the early plotland estates.

The significance of the River Medway in the life and development of Chatham is well illustrated in this view of the town and the river from the slopes of The Lines above Town Hall Gardens.

Anstey lies in the eastward part of the parish of Alton. At the time of this picture, the house was newly built by Gerald Hall, son of Henry Hall, owner of one of Anstey's breweries.

This lovely half-timbered house is typical of many houses in this quiet neighbourhood, not far from the banks of the River Severn.

Here we have a fine overview of the town centre against a backdrop of the Fairfield Horseshoe group of mountains.

The pair of wooden houses were called Montpelier in 1885; the next building is of 1889, and the building partly hidden by trees was Harland House in 1885.

This view shows Middle Street and Village Road, between the flagstone-topped terraces of high raised pavements, looking towards the 1863-built spire of Holy Trinity parish church in the northern

The town's Parks and Gardens department is justifiably proud of its long record of good husbandry in the Embankment Gardens.

Fortrose stands on the Black Isle overlooking the inner Moray Firth. Its ruined cathedral dates from the reign of David I.

ALL SAINTS' CHURCH ZZZ04971 (Author's Collection) Much of the prosperity of Loughborough was built on sheep farming and the export of wool to France and Flanders where it was made into cloth.

These pictures highlight the benefits of a variety of small shops serving a close community.

This view of the western end of the High Street, seen from the forecourt of the Spread Eagle, is dominated by the clock tower built by Butler and Hedge in 1847-48, which commemorates the passing of the

Knowsley is the home of the Stanley family, and is one of the most imposing of the large houses around Liverpool.

Bottesford is tucked away in the far north-eastern corner of Leicestershire, in the middle of the magnificent Vale of Belvoir. The spire of St Mary's Church is the tallest in Leicestershire.