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This jumble of stones, just to the north of St Thomas's Church, is all that remains of a priory so wealthy that it once lent money to the King.

This jumble of stones, just to the north of St Thomas's Church, is all that remains of a priory so wealthy that it once lent money to the King.

On the east side of the village, this is an undernourished Non- conformist chapel, in a sense a poor relation of the Methodist church in Castle Donington.

The Cotswolds reach their highest point at West Down, 1083 feet above sea level, above this parish of Cleeve Hill, east of Cheltenham.

The story is told (which may or may not be true) that in 1154 thousands of people lined the old bridge to herald the arrival of Archbishop William Fitzherbert, later to become St William of York.

This very detailed photograph depicts one of Northampton's busiest streets.

Runswick Lane leads out of Hinderwell High Street to Runswick Bay, a local beauty spot much beloved by many Clevelanders.

As we move further eastwards, the vista concludes with this dramatic portrayal of Penarth Head and its cliffs.

Known today for its caravan parks and the long sandy beach of Black Rock sands, Morfa Bychan, just west of Porthmadog, was long celebrated for the story of Dafydd Garreg-Wen, the blind harpist, known for

Waddington is now noted more for its large Royal Air Force station to the east of the village, but it grew up on a diversion of Ermine Street to the western scarp of the limestone ridge.

During the summer of 1894, Oscar Wilde and his family occupied this house overlooking the sea at the eastern end of the extended Esplanade.

Visually unaltered, the memorial is still the focus of remembrance in the city.

This good view of the village pump captures some of the feel of the old village of Ickenham. The road has been widened substantially since this communal water supply was in regular use.

At the height of the coaching era, Maidenhead was littered with posting inns either side of the High Street. Some of these hotels continued to thrive during the age of the motor car.

The charter not only gave them the lordship of the manor of Hallgarth and a large collection of property, but also the right to collect tolls belonging to the manor, and the right (previously held

THE YEARS of decline that had marked the first part of the 1990s were decisively reversed during the last years of the old century and the early years of the new millennium.

Here we see the remains of the Premonstratensian Abbey of St Agatha.

THE ANCIENT city of Lancaster gave its name not only to the Palatine County, but also to a royal house.

This must be one of the last photographs of the old military hospital at Netley before most of it disappeared from the shores of Southampton Water in a huge heap of rubble.

The A46 from Bath can be seen snaking down into Nailsworth, which lies at the meeting place of three steep and wooded valleys.

The large very attractive Saxon village on the road from Oakham to Stamford now overlooks the modern dam on the north-east angle of Rutland Water formed in the valley of the River Gwash,

In the centre of the picture are a number of coal and stores hulks, and also what appears to be the turret-ship HMS 'Conqueror', built at Chatham and carrying a main armament of 2 x 45-ton guns

At the heart of Bishop Alexander's town was the large market place into which the Fosse Way was diverted, although none of the buildings in this view are medieval.

This village of great beauty is said to be the most photographed in Hertfordshire.