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Two miles north of Mary Tavy is Wheal Betsy, one of Dartmoor's most famous mines; in the middle of the 19th century it was producing over 1,000 tons of lead and 2,000 ounces of silver annually.

We can just see the spire of the church of St Michael and all Angels towering above the thatched cottage (centre).

A timeless scene in one of the many creeks of the long estuary that runs between Salcombe and Kingsbridge.

An Edwardian lady relaxes in a meadow on Colthouse Heights, on the eastern shores of Esthwaite Water. She is looking across to the knoll of Roger Ground, near Hawkshead.

THE WATERFALL c1960 This little scene of timber and water gives a feeling of how tranquil the Forest of Feckenham must have been when it covered the hills and vales round about.

The statue of John Howard, the founder of the Howard Leagyue for Penal Reform, broods over the Sqaure - and perhaps over the irony of its location - close to the old Town Gaol that allegedly once held

The church is just visible to the left of the picture.

On the south bank of the Thames, opposite the Palace of Westminster is this handsome building, for centuries the official residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.The entrance is through a Gothic

On the south bank of the Thames, opposite the Palace of Westminster is this handsome building, for centuries the official residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.The entrance is through a Gothic

The extensive remains of Ratae Coritanorum, the origins of the city, and a Roman regional capital, are not only to be seen exposed on the surface, but extend under surrounding build- ings.

As rural areas were eaten into by the great building boom, pleasant tree-lined areas of mature countryside were more appreciated.

It is famous for the 'Paisley pattern' shawls which were the height of European fashion during most of the 19th Century.

In translation, Tal-y-Llyn means 'the end of the lake': that aptly describes the location of the village, with its little church and inns in the shadow of Cadair Idris.

Its official name is the Church of St Thomas and St Luke, but everyone in Dudley knows it as 'top church.'

Walking along with their sun-bonneted charges, these three ladies have a wonderful view of the bay.

This view of the village on the side of the valley gives a glimpse on the left of the priory which William Leigh, who had just been converted to the Catholic faith, had built; the Dominicans moved into

This picture gives us a brief glimpse into the daily life of some of Burnley's people. Notice the woman, right, with the umbrella near the bollard at the top of Saunder Bank.

The cattle trough on the far side of the Square in 1965 was about to vacate its position to one outside the offices slightly behind the telephone kiosk, where it has become a feature of 'Petersfield

The High Street, which forms part of the Roman Watling Street, has been devastated by road widening in the 1930s.

This similar view of the village gives a closer impression of the mission house and the row of managers' houses (right).

As part of providing civic local facilities, the council erected a large open- air swimming pool in the town centre in the 1930s on the site of Richmond House, between King Street and the river

The charters of Henry VIII allowed a fair to be held at the feast of Corpus Christi.

The famous twin towers of the Norman church, built on the site of an earlier Saxon abbey and the centre of the Roman fortress of Regulbium, built around AD 280 by Carausius, were for many centuries a landmark

Barrow-in-Furness sprang from a tiny hamlet in the 19th century to become the world's largest producer of iron and steel, and a major force in the world of shipbuilding.