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An idea of the number of people remembered can be gained when we consider that each metal plaque around the statue (just behind the seats where people are sitting) lists the people who died, and

The Lamb Hotel, in the centre of the picture, was built in 1861, and is currently being converted into flats.

Built in the 1630s, this is one of the few timber-framed buildings to have survived the 1694 fire. The travel agent Lunn Poly now occupies the greater part of it.

Silhouetted against the skyline, the south lock- house does not immediately appear to be a part of one of the county's major tourist attractions.

Known as 'The Sisters', the towers are all that remain of St Mary's Church - it was blown up in 1809 to stop it falling into the sea.

The churchyard in Daventry is reportedly one of the largest in the country, but is now closed for burials.

The original village, however, was at the bottom of the hill, centred on the church of St Peter, with the estuary of the Dee beyond.

This is a splendid county town; we see awnings shooting over the shop fronts and a number of cars dotting the kerbs. Bicycles propped up against the curbs predate modern bike racks.

It would be nice to think of this as an early example of disability awareness, but the truth is more prosaic: a level promenade was more likely to attract the infirm and elderly and their carers,

A sign in the river warns of hidden dangers for swimmers and small boats, but ashore there were plenty of safe ways to enjoy a summer's day on this pleasant, green, riverside corridor

Hunstanton's lighthouse was built in 1830, and crowns the chalk clifftop close by the ruins of St Edmund's chapel, where pilgrims offered their prayers and sought the healing powers of the town's efficacious

Not very far from this spot lies the Rufus Stone, which marks the spot where King William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, was accidentally killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrrell while out

A winged angel guards this tribute to the 'Honoured Memory of the Men of Lancaster Who Gave Their Lives in the Great War 1914-18'.

The black and white marks on the kerbstones indicate the junction. This is a small handsome town on the River Test with Georgian buildings that are rendered or red brick.

St Mary's contains a particularly fine group of sculptures, and is renowned for its collection of monumental brasses.

Hitchin Street formed part of the complex of parallel trackways which made up the Icknield Way.

In 1752 William Vick had left some money towards the eventual bridging of the Gorge. It was not until 1829, however, that a competition for a bridge was advertised.

The boathouse on the left was built in 1903. When this photograph was taken, the Reliance Motor Engineering and Yachting Co Ltd occupied the left-hand half of the building.

Here we see the castle after its restoration by the Marquis of Bute. The main residential block, including the great hall, was sited along the south side of the inner curtain wall.

The village pump was possibly introduced to improve water quality after the typhoid epidemics of the late 19th century. We can just see the bright water of the pond.

One stop short of the terminus at Cockfosters, Oakwood Station is one of the jewels along this northern stretch of the Piccadilly line, which also includes Southgate, Arnos Grove and Cockfosters.

In the distance, the tower of St Paul's church peers above the roof of the Globe Hotel. Nearby is the Perse School, established in 1625, and moved here from Free School Lane in 1890.

The open-air bathing pool was a new attraction, opened in time for the long hot summer of 1914.

Maidstone Museum occupies the former home of the Wyatts, Chillington Manor House, a splendid red brick Tudor house.