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Two miles south of Langold, Carlton in Lindrick is a village of two parts, the original village to the south and a large former colliery village with hard red brick semi-detached houses.

Ray Park Avenue was one of the first roads laid out and has some houses of the 1870s.

One of Campbell's White Funnel fleet, probably the 'Britannia', ties up at the pier.

Dean Row chapel is one of a series of very similar Dissenter chapels built in North East Cheshire soon after the 1688 Toleration Act, testimony to the strong Nonconformist tradition that had developed

Here we see one of Formby's older properties, a fine example of the type of cottage that was once common to this part of the coast.

After centuries of starvings, beheadings and executions, the site later became a haven of tranquillity in 19th-century Pontefract.

The old lords of Kingston were the Norman nobles, the Lacys, but this palatial Restoration house was built in 1663-5 for Sir Ralph Bankes, the son of the former attorney general Sir John.

Ripon is one of England's smallest cathedral cities; in 1836 it became the centre of a new bishopric.

The so-called Giant's Grave in the churchyard of St Andrew's is actually a pair of tall Norse-influenced Saxon crosses with two hog-backed grave slabs in between.

In 1842 Port Erin was chosen as the location for a Marine Biological Station; it still exists, though these days it is a part of the University of Liverpool.

Parts of the Lagan Canal were cuts made to bypass wide bends in the river, but most of the route is the river itself, with the tow-path added.

However, all this changed with the coming of the railways.

Today, all that remains of the Plume of Feathers is the stableyard, now used as garages, which can be seen from Tythings Court.

Begun in 1915, and re-named Catterick Garrison in 1973, this is now the largest military base in Europe, and an important part of Richmond's economy.

Situated amongst beautiful woodland, the inland village of Shorwell was one of Queen Victoria's favourite excur- sions on the Isle of Wight.

Another view of the centre of the village, showing the Old Hall Hotel on the right and the raised, walled churchyard on the left.

Apart from the areas around the mouth of the Bourne Stream, much of Bournemouth was built to the rear of the long line of cliffs, necessitating many stairways down to the beach for energetic visitors

Until recently, Husthwaite, on the western edge of the Hambleton Hills near Easingwold, was known as the Orchard Village because of its abundance of apple, pear and plum orchards.

Another view of Reeth, looking down across the gritstone-slabbed roofs of the cottages of the village, which was another important lead mining centre during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Eastgate lies to the west of Stanhope on the A689.

A good mile to the west of Littlebredy is the downland village of Litton Cheney, which contains a variety of stone-built thatched cottages and a lovely old church.

Much of the castle was built at the end of the 1200s by Lawrence de Ludlow, a wealthy wool merchant. At this time England's wealth lay in its wool.

The War Memorial stands at the top of the park. The architect was Major C Oakley and the sculptors were Fairburn and Hill, all of Barrow.

Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex and favourite of Elizabeth I, spent some of his youth here. Note the cart on the left of the picture.