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At the left is the corner of John Carr of York’s Georgian County Gaol of 1787: no attempt here to match the castle’s Gothic architecture.

This photograph demonstrates the rugged beauty of the stones.

The balconied St Germans Hut was a shooting box belonging to the Earl of St Germans, set high on the cliffs about a mile east of Downderry.

We are looking up the hill from the centre of town towards Camborne.

The enormous piles of white stone are actually piles of china clay from Cornwall awaiting trans-shipment onto narrow boats so they can be taken to the china factories in Stoke-on-Trent.

The second highest part of Bodmin Moor is Rough Tor, at 1311 feet.

The village is at the north end of a magnificent two-mile long sandy beach. Until the 1800s this stretch of coast was remote, its splendours familiar only to Ilfracombe fishermen.

In a scene that has changed little in 100 years, the tranquil surface of the River Avon gently reflects the majesty of the Cathedral and its magnificent 404 ft spire, the highest in England.

Here we see the terminus of the Swansea to Mumbles railway. The pier was essential for the recreation of Victorian and Edwardian visitors to this part of the seaside.

This attractive boat house is set at the foot of a steep cliff alongside the River Taf with its 'heron-priested' shore.

During the siege of York it is thought that guns were placed on the roof here, but there is some controversy about this.

At the beginning of the 20th century Leeds had four theatres, including the Grand, which is featured on the right-hand side of the picture.

An office block has replaced those quaint shops, but the Duke of York survives, now minus its covered porch, at the junction with the Frimley Road.

Barrow Corporation purchased Biggar Bank on Walney in 1881 to serve as a public recreation ground for the people of the expanding town of Barrow.

The cross stands in front of Dalton Castle at the top of the town.

The late-15th century tower of Holy Trinity church is one of the finest in Cornwall; its west side has carved figures depicting the Trinity, the Annunciation and the Resurrection.

The New Shambles, off Finkle Street, was built in 1803.

Chambercombe is an ancient manor, named after the de Cambernon family, one of whom fought alongside William the Conqueror at Hastings.

Highcliffe is the most easterly parish in Dorset, famous for eroding cliffs and splendid views across to the Isle of Wight.

Several of the mid and later 19th-century stucco terrace buildings remain, interspersed with garish work like the Electric Avenue 1990s revamp. Further east is The Kursaal of 1902 with a big dome.

Beyond the scrum of pleasure boats for hire in this view looking downstream from Richmond Bridge is the three-storeyed White Cross pub.

East of Southend, the Thames meets the North Sea at Shoeburyness and its long journey ends.

The unusual octagonal screen around the base of the spire was added later in 1860. The pub has an 18th-century frontage, but is based on an earlier tower house.

The attractive church stands in a wide open space in this pleasant village on the edge of the Weald. In centuries past, Rolvenden was by the sea, but it is now well inland.