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The village stands at the edge of the park of Holkham Hall, the palatial 18th-century home of Thomas Coke, later Earl of Leicester.

Within a few decades, the face of Cleckheaton had changed beyond recognition with the establishment of machine manufacturing.

Unable to take the fortress from Robert de Mowbray, third Earl of Northumberland, William headed south, leaving the prosecution of the siege to others. Mowbray attempted to escape, but was captured.

The Co-operative's elegant range of buildings with a clock tower was another victim of 1960s development in the town. The Society was formed by a group of silk workers in 1864.

The old village consists of a number of small, picturesque thatched and timber-framed cottages to the west of the church and along a lane running west from the river bridge.

The name of this cottage is a reminder of a very important medieval and late medieval building tradition in this area, possibly associated with the abundance of oak trees in the Bernwood Forest and

The name of this cottage is a reminder of a very important medieval and late medieval building tradition in this area, possibly associated with the abundance of oak trees in the Bernwood Forest and

We are looking south-eastwards across the centre of the village towards the Springhead home of environmental guru Rolf Gardiner and the hills of Cranborne Chase.

Roman remains are extant at Caldecott, but it is the later thatched and slated farmhouses, and rows of cottages (some with date panels) fronting onto the High Street which present a unified entity

Rothley lies some five miles to the north of Leicester, and to the west of the busy A6.

Lyme Regis harbour, or the Cobb, was once a seafaring settlement separate from the old town.

Also known as Piper`s Hill Common, this beautiful nature reserve has developed from wood pasture; that is, rough grazing with a scattering of trees.

The market town of Baldock developed at the junction of a Roman road and the ancient Icknield Way in the mid 1100s.

East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (left), was built by J and T Gale in 1784 and has been widened.

The parish church of St Helen stands sentinel over the bridge in the village of Stillingfleet, south of York.

This Tudor Balcony is to be seen in one of the cloisters on the north side of St George's Chapel. It is of no historic significance, but is very attractive and picturesque.

The attractive old streets of St Peters are still one of the most delightful aspects of Broadstairs.

This photograph of the lovely interior of the church gives a good indication of how the former decay in the fabric of the church described in 1779 by Thomas Beaufort as “a large, old, ugly wretched

This view of the northern end of the Parade gives some idea of just what a prominent landmark St John's Church is when seen from out to sea.

Burrator Reservoir was created in the valley of the River Meavy in 1891 to supply the growing city of Plymouth; it was enlarged in 1928 to a capacity of 1026 million gallons.

The grassmarket was the scene in 1736 of the Porteous Riots. A temporary gallows had been erected for the execution of Andrew Wilson for smuggling.

The name Eccles comes from 'ecclesia', and means 'the place of the church', so it is no surprise that its central street is called Church Street.

In 1765 Thomas had been a member of a delegation sent by the Society of Merchant Venturers, of which he later became Master, to deliver a petition to Parliament against the renewal of the Sugar Act.

Prior to this, the Old Town Hall (1780), the offices of The Hampshire Post and Pince's School obscured the view of St Peter's from the Square. In 1898 these buildings were pulled down.