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A strange tale relates how many of the ancient charters of the town were lost for ever.

A fine illustration of the commercialisation of Windsor Road – but the buildings on the extreme left and right are apparently still residential.

Joining the two courts of St John's College on either side of the River Cam is the Bridge of Sighs. It borrows the idea of the covered bridge from the one of the same name in Venice.

A strange tale relates how many of the ancient charters of the town were lost for ever.

The founders of the modern Billingham Town Centre felt the need to introduce features which helped to take away the starkness of the new surroundings.

Surbiton Common was the scene of one of the last episodes of the English Civil War in 1648.

Situated six miles south-east of Mold, Caergwrle is a small castle comprising the ruins of three round towers and a polygonal turret; it was captured and destroyed in 1282.

The village, which in parochial terms was originally bracketed together with Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt, which share the mother church of St Wilfred, lies some eight miles to the south

The spacious northern end of the High Street, with its central water garden and carefully tended flowerbeds, marks the area where the market hall stood until 1853.

On the north-east side of the county, Hose is situated close to the Nottinghamshire border in the Vale of Belvoir.

The lake is part of the moat surrounding the timber-framed manor house, once the home of the de Southchurch family. The central hall is open to the roof beams.

Archaeological discoveries over the last couple of years may push the date of the area's habitation back further.

Harrogate is one of the oldest of England's spa towns: its mineral springs were discovered in the 16th century.

On the north-east side of the county, Hose is situated close to the Nottinghamshire border in the Vale of Belvoir.

Frith's photographers visited Aldeburgh's High Street over a period of sixty years; their photographs, arranged here in chronological order, are a potent record of changing times, the advance of the

Hothfield Place was the seat of the Tufton family, but was pulled down after the Second World War. In the 16th century Sir John Tufton entertained Queen Elizabeth I over two days.

At the beginning of the 19th century, a number of new streets were built following the grid pattern of the mediaeval town.

The parish church of St Peter, which dates from before 1222, was built on the site of part of the old St John's Chapel at the side of the Roman Akeman Street.

Another of the small iron-working hamlets in the valley of the Tilling Bourne, Friday Street probably derives its name from the Scandinavian goddess Frigga; it still enjoys its peaceful setting above a

The earliest castle here is thought to have been built by Bernard de Baliol; it consisted of a ringwork with wooden palisading protected by an outer ditch defence.

The hotel was one of the landmarks of Nottingham for centuries and it is a matter of conjecture how it came by its unusual name.

This dramatic view of the Calvary, which lies to the north of the Abbey buildings, was taken shortly after its completion, with the addition of the figure of Christ in 1965, although it was begun in 1847

Located at the western extremity of the South Downs, Buriton captures the essence of the traditional English village.

A great deal of money was spent on the buildings of this charitable foundation.