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A steep hill leads away from the estuary to the top of Kingsbridge town.

Between 1801 and 1901 the industrialisation process brought tens of thousands of people into Staffordshire.

Controversial at the time, it was representative of the modern movement in architecture, and is described as having a 'stripped classical' style.

After the construction of the bridges over the Straits and the opening of the railway, Bangor grew from a 19th-century town of only 93 houses into a thriving holiday resort.

To the left of the street is a gate, erected in 1766, which leads to Holy Trinity Church.The houses here, on what is called Our Lady's Row, are amongst the oldest in England - they are early 14th-century.To

In St Helen's Square, what had been a Guildhall Chapel and then a public house was demolished to make way for the building of a residence for the Lord Mayor.The result was this charming abode.

A Benedictine priory belonging to Westminster Abbey was established here to the north of Sudbury c1130. This is the 15th-century chapel with nave and chancel in one.

In this wide street, cars can park on both sides of the road and still allow for traffic. Cannon Street is one of the oldest parts of the town, and dates from the 1850s.

Broadland is strewn with relics of previous ages. Here an old wind pump, its sails still set against the breeze, takes on the character of a living tree with its roughly-hewn timber supports.

This view of the Wokingham Road entrance is nowadays remarkably unchanged, apart from the loss of the lamps atop the gate piers and of the lodge cupola in the distance.

A wonderful view of Waltham Abbey in the inter-war years. This view looks up Highbridge Street from the river bridge to the Abbey church and its impressive 16th-century west tower.

This Norman fortress begun by Alan the Red of Brittany in 1071 dominates the entrance to Swaledale.

In this view from the top of St Mary's tower, the castle ruins can be seen in the centre background.

Lord Brotherton donated his collection of rare books and gave £100,000 in cash.

The growth of Lowestoft in Victorian times was largely down to construction by the civil engineer Samuel Morton Peto, who lived in the splendid Somerleyton Hall nearby.

Between the lions is a statue of Major-General Charles Compton, third Baron Chesham, the commander of the Bucks Militia, who fought in South Africa during the Boer War.

Aylesbury Road has probably the best run of historic buildings in any of Wendover's streets. Some good Georgian fronts hide timber-framed earlier buildings.

A wonderful scene, taken in Edwardian days, of Bell Weir Lock. A conglomeration of craft are passing through the lock on a warm summer's day, with not a motor boat in sight.

Sad to relate, this restful scene of the village pond in the High Street with its magnificent trees, thatched cottages and elegant pair of swans fell victim to the sweeping expansionism and development

This Battenhall street is typical of late Victorian/Edwardian housing intended for the 'lower middle classes'.

Powick is best known for the Battle of Powick Bridge, the first skirmish of the Civil War in 1642.

This view looks from St Helen's Church, west across the rooftops, to Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church and Holy Trinity Church in Kilwardby Street.

On the right is the Albany Hotel and the Yorkshire Penny Bank. Sheffield was just one of a handful of authorities at this date who still had faith in their tramway system.

Famous for its many antique shops, which line the broad High Street, Hungerford was given a fishing charter and a brass drinking-horn by John of Gaunt (the Duke of Lancaster), who granted fishing