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This shows the far end of the Avenue, looking into York Street.

To the east of Stane Street, and four miles north of Billingshurst, is the village of Slinfold.

This view from the west shows John Smedley's massive Hydro on the opposite side of the valley, which brought spa town prosperity to the town after its erection in 1853.

The stately 212ft-high Perpendicular tower of Derby's Cathedral of All Saints, which dominates this view of Iron Gate, still exerts a powerful influence on the county's biggest city.

Once part of Wonersh, and originally called Shamble Lea, this hamlet had a share of the medieval cloth trade, particularly with the Canary Islands.

Bursledon consists of two distinct halves - the new and the old.

The building high up on the left houses the Plymouth Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association of Great Britain, now one of the world's leading marine research organisations.

Looking west from Bathampton Down, past the villas of Bathwick across the northern half of the city, we can see how the formality of the ramrod-straight Great Pulteney Street to the left contrasts with

The entrance block of the theatre was formed from Beau Nash's first house in Bath, a pre-Wood era building of 1720 with heavy moulded window surrounds and cornices.

Now a hotel, the Old Court House was built by Sir Robert Brooke - he had bought the estate for £946 (an enormous sum of money for the times) following the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII

The sale of livestock, including sheep, goats and pigs, took place here on market days up to the start of World War II.

Sir Thomas Boteler, lord of the manor of Warrington, left provision in his will of 1526 to establish a school 'whereby men's sons might learn grammar to the intent that they might learn to know Almighty

All Saints' church on the left is a wonderful example of how churches can continue to be houses of worship, while changing their role slightly to suit modern demands.

We are looking north-west, with St Mary's left of centre. The row of houses on this side of the Common vary from the 14th to the 19th century.

The coming of the railway put Helensburgh into the Glasgow commuter belt, whilst its steamer connections helped it develop as a holiday centre.

The survival of the green helps Tettenhall retain just a hint of its village character, though it is very much part of Wolverhampton now.

An alert pack of foxhounds of the local Vale of the White Horse Hunt are being exercised by their three handlers in readiness for the approaching hunting season.

Here Parliament Street runs into the spacious thoroughfare of Whitehall which rushes onwards to join Trafalgar Square. On the extreme left is the diminutive gabled roof of the Horse Guards.

This restricted the number of trams able to operate at any given time, and one of the measures taken to prevent the system from overloading was the introduction of a flat rate fare of 2d.

In the year of Queen Victoria's passing, these fashionably-clad Edwardians take the air along the mile-long greensward of The Leas on top of the cliff, and against the backdrop of these smart Victorian

The South-west Gatehouse (left) stands on the site of the assassination of the 15-year- old Anglo-Saxon King Edward on the evening of 18 March 978.

The imposing red sandstone ruins of the keep of Brougham Castle watch over the River Eamont. Brougham Castle was originally built by the Normans, and was strengthened by Henry II in 1170.

A collection of pleasure craft are tied up on one of the river's many backwaters. Windsor racecourse is close by here.

Daniel Defoe lived in a cottage that was once part of this fine old inn. It is said that he wrote 'Robinson?Crusoe' in a back-room above the wash-house.