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The intricately-decorated Market Cross is considered to be one of the finest of its kind in the country.

Some of the 420 Chelsea Pensioners pose on 29th May in front of the decorated statue of their founder Charles II.

A fascinating photograph showing Leigh Road at its junction with Market Street.This corner of Eastleigh has changed significantly: the new buildings interposed with the older ones on the left-hand

At this time only some 10 per cent of the county's agricultural land was in the hands of owner-occupiers; the majority was still controlled by the great estates.

Here we can see a portion of the gardens of Bank House in the days before they became accessible to the public. Note the thatched summerhouse.

Of the two pubs shown here, The New Red Lion (centre) survives. The Bell Inn (left) is now a private house. The retaining wall on the right was part of Chalford Station yard.

Sad to say, many of the timber-framed buildings in St Andrew's Street were demolished in the 1960s.

Originally one of the largest country houses in the town of Cheshunt, Grundy Park is now home to one of the Borough of Broxbourne's leisure centres.

A medieval 15th-century cross, two 17th-century houses with contrasting architectural styles and the church of St Andrew have all been captured in this delightful photograph.

Malham is one of the great showplaces of the Yorkshire Dales, with its scenic splendours of Malham Cove and Gordale Scar, carved in limestone.

A police officer keeps a close eye on traffic at the foot of Preston Street, with the International Stores displaying its selection of groceries in its corner window, and the printers and stationer's shop

The top of the tower of this 13th-century church is five hundred feet above sea level, and was used as a lookout point in both world wars. An earlier medieval tower was destroyed in a storm in 1637.

Astride the A2, the old market town of Sittingbourne was an important staging point on the medieval pilgrims' route to Canterbury and, later on, in the coaching era.

The parish church is of flint, with a large west tower.

By 1965 most of the boats on the Broads were motorised. The lifebelt on the left of the picture is a reminder that each year the Broads claim lives.

Clydach Gorge, once populated by forges, is well-known for its stands of beech trees which somehow survived the ravages of the charcoal-burners of the time.

The Yorkshire Dales are criss-crossed by a network of ancient drovers' roads, like this one in Coverdale, a quiet dale which runs into the lower reaches of Wensleydale.

ft with walls nine feet thick, was designed and built by Ranulph of Durham, and is one of the earliest examples of a gatehouse fulfilling the role of a keep.

Freeman, Hardy & Willis must have been one of the earliest high street chains to establish themselves in large and small towns alike.

The impressive edifice of the Queen's Hotel is angled and was originally envisaged to form one section of a 'circus' of buildings, close to the approach road to the town's railway station.

Just beyond the precinct, a builder named Trickett built an estate of bungalows with Bodycoats Road through the centre.

This view of the Stonebow shows the length of the long open room on the top floor: this is the old city Guildhall, with a fine open timber roof of about 1520.

This Norman building of about 1170 is a remarkable survival of a medieval trade guild’s hall and chambers and is now the base of the Lincoln Civic Trust.

19th-century cockfights in the churchyard of St Mary Major were a source of complaint for the head- mistress of Ilchester's 'little' school, established in the building that obscures the