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Well-nourished lambs, unshorn fleeces and lush foliage tell us that summer has just begun in this pastoral idyll.

Dovercourt is the seaside neighbour of Harwich, and for many years now has been its shopping centre; Dovercourt was mentioned in Domesday, but Harwich not until the 12th century.The development of

Berkeley at the beginning of the 20th century was a small town of just over 6200 inhabitants.

Much of the stone for the spa town came from this area, and the Devil's Chimney is probably a result of quarrying as well as erosion.

He also died and was buried here in February 1014. Here we see the 1891 Town Hall with its tottering facade shored up. A year later, in 1956, it received its present insipid Neo-Georgian frontage.

Another famous visitor to the town was Lawrence of Arabia, who frequently visited the White Cottage in the Eastgate area.

Looking west from the top of St Bartholomew's tower, the view across the country- side has changed little over the years, and might still be recognised by Thomas Hardy, who served as a captain under

After the smaller scale Exchange, the new Council House of Portland stone seemed very grandiose to the citizens of Nottingham, but they have come to appreciate their imposing town hall.

The Southwold narrow gauge railway, opened in 1879, linked the town to Halesworth and the main railway network. The large shop is Thomas Denny, grocer and draper.

It is built of red brick and York stone, surmounted by a large concrete dome once covered with copper and crowned by the four short and narrow arms of a Greek cross.

The tram and tramlines are gone now, but the buildings and the main hotels still exist.

This bridge over the River Aire linking Silsden and Steeton was built in 1806 at a cost of £3529; it opened up trade between Wharfedale and Airedale.

The town was changing, and the old order was changing with it. 45 new residential roads were added to the street map in the 1920s.

Joseph Cranstone formed the Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1845 and acted as its superintendent for 33 years.

Lincoln, the county town of Lincolnshire, is situated where the limestone ridge is cut through by the River Witham.

The Grand Union was created in the 1920s from a network of independent canals linking London with the industrial towns of the West and East Midlands.

Designed by John Tweed, the statue was presented to the town of Whitby by Gervase Beckett MP in 1912. It stands on West Cliff.

There was a joke - especially appreciated in a boot and shoe town - that one cycled to save shoe leather.

From the Bridge 1899 A town when the Domesday Book was compiled, and a settled place as far back as the 7th century, Fordwich was a flourishing port on the River Stour for Canterbury when the river was

The battery of six 18-pounders was presented to the town in 1745 by the Duke of Cumberland. Queen's Street is in the middle distance, and the lighthouse to the right.

Much of the greenery has gone and the scene on the right is dominated by Camp Hopson's furniture store as well as several other modern buildings.

The family were woollen merchants, who employed weavers working in their own cottages such as Bentmeadows.

The rebuilding of Nantwich after the fire was so effective that in 1620 the town was described as 'very fair and neat and every street adorned with some special mansions of gentlemen of

The offices have suffered the same fate as the Town Hall - they have become too small for the intended council work with the massive expansion of Swindon.