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For a few brief years Rotherham became a centre of learning, until the college was closed during the Dissolution.

This is a classic view of Tarn Hows, near Hawkshead, with the peaks of the Langdale Pikes in the centre background.

Here, looking towards the town centre, very little survives. The pub on the right, now Anthonia's Bistro, is one of few surviving reference points.

Abersoch was not just a centre for visitors - there were lead mines nearby.

Despite additional building and road widening, this scene is still easily recognisable, although a walk down the centre of the road (as the two men are doing) is not advisable.

This perfect little town, the capital of the Kentish Weald, was formerly a centre of cloth weaving.

As we look east over Skeldergate Bridge and the River Ouse to the left we can see the Assize Court; to the centre, standing out against the skyline is the spire of what was the Debtors' Prison and is now

Just beyond the banner advertising the attractions of the new Shopping Centre was the local branch of J Sainsbury's, with its tiled walls and marble counters, suffused with the subtle and distinctive

Note the building in the centre by the attractive street lamp - we will see it again.

It has not been long since a horse or two trotted along this Edwardian street, as the evidence in the centre of the road reveals.

This group includes the Bull (centre left) and the late 15th-century Weaver's House beyond the parked car. On the right is a former 16th-century pub with a decorative Victorian front.

Prominent in the centre of the advancing detachment are the three members of the colour party, carrying the regimental colours encased in protective covers.

The village school, centre, closed in 1973 and is now used as the village hall. Behind is the church of St Andrew, built between 1230 and 1250.

Standing at the foot of Pendle Hill, which is 1835ft high and just short of being a mountain, the stone-built Pendle Inn is in the centre of Barley, the heart of Pendle Witch country.

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

In this picture, The Square is beginning to acquire its modern layout with marked parking bays in the centre, one-way arrows and white lines to define the bus-stop outside the Midland Bank

In the centre is Parker & Son, a grocer's and general stores.

The railed tomb (centre) is that of John Barnes (d1845). The white headstone to the left had only been erected in the previous year. It is for Ezra Cotton (d1898) and his widow Lucy (d1908).

The Tiger's Head, in the centre, also had a taxi service run by Sid Bonnett.

In the 21st century the option of a toffee apple being 'made before your eyes' (as the stall centre right boasts) without an EU directive is something at which one can only wonder.

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.

In 1915 it was purchased by the then Wesley Guild, and is now used for holidays and a conference centre.

Next door is the Adult Continuing Education Centre, a division of Peter Symonds College, attended by the comedian Jack Dee when it was a grammar school.

To the north-west of the centre is the church of All Hallows, where parish rooms were added in 1974.