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This view was taken looking along the backwater from Abingdon Bridge with the gardens of houses in East St Helen Street on the right and a then well-treed Nag's Head Island on the left.

The Helen Garden, opened in September 1933, was given to the town by the late Mrs Helen Reid Stewart Hornby Lewis, as a plaque informs us.

The town of St Helens derives its name from the early chapel dedicated to the saint.

From the Market Place our town tour heads south along perhaps the best street in Abingdon for the survival of older buildings: East St Helen Street.

The town of St Helens derives its name from the early chapel dedicated to the saint.

The cathedral precinct wall is on the left, and Great Hospital, founded in 1249 and with St Helen's Church attached to the Infirmary Hall, is opposite.

Glen Helen is situated about two miles north of St John's, and was developed from 1850 onwards by a Mr Marsden who named the glen after his daughter.

The cathedral precinct wall is on the left, and Great Hospital, founded in 1249 and with St Helen's Church attached to the Infirmary Hall, is opposite.

The 12th century Church of St Helen and St Giles looks down on the Clock Tower, erected in 1921 as a memorial to Rainham men who fell during the First World War.

The hospital was opened in 1869 and is located on St Helen's Road. St Andrew's church is just visible in the distance.

The hospital was saved from dissolution under Henry VIII; Edward VI gave it to the city in 1547. The infirmary hall, rather quirkily, divides the long left-hand building with St Helen's Parish Church.

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

St Helens overlooks the tidal creeks above Brading Harbour. Many come to admire the broad village green, the leafy lanes and nearby woodland.

However, there is still a good view from the Norman St Margaret's Church. Reminders of the old village can still be seen, including St Helen's - a wooden bridge now closed to traffic.

Here we see the 15th-century church of St Helen. Richard Scope was once rector here before he joined Northumberland's rebellion in the 14th century.

The parish church of St Helen stands on a slight rise above the centre of the former coal mining town of Hemsworth, near Wakefield.

The hospital was saved from dissolution under Henry VIII; Edward VI gave it to the city in 1547. The infirmary hall, rather quirkily, divides the long left-hand building with St Helen's Parish Church.

Moving north-west from Albert Park to the Faringdon Road, the town tour finishes at the School of St Helen and St Katherine, as it is now named.

We are looking south-east along Neston's main shopping street, with the wall of St Mary and St Helen's church on the immediate right.

In St Helen's Square, what had been a Guildhall Chapel and then a public house was demolished to make way for the building of a residence for the Lord Mayor.The result was this charming abode.

This view looks from St Helen's Church, west across the rooftops, to Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church and Holy Trinity Church in Kilwardby Street.

In St Helen's Square, what had been a Guildhall Chapel and then a public house was demolished to make way for the building of a residence for the Lord Mayor. The result was this charming abode.

It still retains its characteristic frontage. About 300 yards from the Square is the parish church of St Helen. The church clock is unusual in that it has two XI Roman numerals but no IX.

We are looking at West Bank and the Victoria Promenade. This area had been regarded as a holiday resort, and had been known as Wood-end 150 years before.