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Wilton, once the capital of Wessex, was the most important town in early medieval Wiltshire. This is Kingsbury Square, on the A30, with St Edith's church on the left.

Here the River Mole cuts into the steep slope of Box Hill near the Burford Bridge Hotel. Lord Nelson spent some time here in 1801, and noted in his diary what a pretty place it was.

It offers a view of George Street running off to the south. The shop 'Chance' has gone and is now a private house. Outside stands a bus stop.

Traditionally the main industries of the area were connected with timber, shipbuilding and tanneries, although in the 20th century chemical industries became more important.

The cabin at the top of Clare House pier still occupies its site; however, it was demolished when the promenade was constructed.

It is interesting to see the ferry much farther down the pier, indicating the high tidal rise and fall of the river.

Shaftesbury had, and still has, though not to the same extent, a large number of ancient inns, catering as it did for travellers on the London Road.

Gatesgarth is a place name which comes from Old Norse language, as do many in the higher hills of the Lake District. It means 'the pass where the goats go'.

A steam train pulls into Newby Bridge Station, at the southern end of Windermere.

Bramber is located at the foot of a Norman castle guarding the tidal River Adur. The castle was stormed and wrecked by the Parliamentarians in the Civil War, in 1641.

An overview of Barnstaple taken from the Mount Sandford area. The lush fields are clear to see, as is the bridge, Raleigh Cabinet Works, and the estuary.

This is the elevation to Donegall Quay, with the entrance for the masters of ocean-going ships coming to report their arrival with goods which had to pay duty.

It was the centrepiece of the “Cliftonville” area around Shrubbery and Atlantic Roads.

The building on the left, now demolished and replaced by St Thomas's Church Hall, was a cottage for the tannery workers.

The Guildhall (left) with its tower was built in 1881, and the Town Hall (right) was added in 1887 in commemoration of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

Her funeral was to be long-remembered as the last great suffragette rally, a pageant in which thousands of women in white paid their last respects to the heroine who died for their right to vote

Members of the Bronte family are certain to have imbibed here, and the 17th-century hotel traded heavily on this association. The church to the right is St Michael's.

In the words of Edward Baines Leeds was 'a slower town and our neighbourhood is quieter'.

The clock tower at the northern end of the High Street was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887.

A famous Dublin landmark, Cooley and Gandon's magnificent Four Courts, built in 1785 and gutted by fire in the Civil War of 1922. Restored, it opened again for business in October 1931.

Over at Blackpool, they used long mobile gangways at low tide and horse-drawn boat carts the rest of the time.

The Wheatsheaf Public House on the right is now a jewellers shop, and Matthews, the Gillingham brewery, closed down soon after this picture was taken.

Well, in the case of St George's it has been calculated that 18,000 bodies have been interred here since 1180. The nave and chancel were rebuilt in 1328-33 and the tower is older.

The 1820 interior has some features from the earlier building, including central panels on the reredos given in 1736 and the organ, which dates from 1799.