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The ship pictured here is one of their successors, built by the famous Lairds Shipyard in Birkenhead in the 1890s.

With its castle and town established by the Normans at the end of the 11th century, Ludlow was later to become a most important military base controlling the Welsh Marches (or borders).

A close-up of the cottages nestling by the side of the River Medway, with St Peter's Church in the background.

Piel is one of three islands off the coast at Barrow, and is crowned by the ruined remains of 14th-century Piel Castle, which boasts the largest medieval keep in the north-west of England.

The stocks and whipping post were moved from their previous position against the Bridewell wall to protect them from the 'increase in traffic' generated by the newly- built Fire Station.

At some point in its history, the fort was occupied by the Romans, for the coins of several emperors and other imperial artefacts have been found there.

Seaton is highly recommended by the medical profession for invalids and convalescent cases'.

It stands to the east of Darlington on a tributary of the mighty Tees, crossed here by the village bridge.

The 14th-century Abbey was built on land which once belonged to Abingdon Abbey, and was used as a summer retreat by the monks there.

Built in 1806 and known as Burton Hall, this gracious old building was considerably altered in the 1900s by the new owners of the Burton Estate, the Gladstone family, who also changed its name to Burton

The concrete slipway is for fishing boats, which are dragged to the water by the tank-like vehicle.

It is supposedly haunted by a phantom coach and four, which is driven by the Devil, dressed as a Bishop: it appears at midnight and plunges from the bridge into the water below.

The churchyard was the setting for the Snettisham Ghost, a late Victorian apparition described by the writer Andrew Lang and others.

Loders was built in the domain of a Benedictine Priory founded by the Norman grandee Baldwin de Redvers during the reign of Henry I.

The well is protected by the picturesque 15th-century chapel erected over it.

Colwell Bay, just west of Yarmouth, has a good mile of sand sheltered by the low cliffs behind.

One row of houses further on is the line of the old Roman wall, whilst just off-camera to the right are the ruins of the Norman St Botolph's Priory, the first in the country founded by the Augustinian

The yard to the left no longer exists and this view of the castle is largely obscured by the new public toilets!

The grace of the pier is matched by the best dresses and suits of the promenaders.

After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it was acquired by the Crown before becoming part of Pembroke College. Its members worshipped here until the college built its own chapel in 1732.

The bridge was a favourite place where people could stop for a chat, or simply stand and watch the world go by. The

In the distance is Straight Point, a firing range much used by the Royal Marines, who are stationed at nearby Lympstone.

It was converted to a hotel in 1878 by the Great Western Railway Company. Though a much modernised hotel today, the main building has changed little in external appearance.

The structure was severely damaged during the Second World War, though it had been sympathetically restored by the time this photograph was taken during the following decade.