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Church Brough is clustered around the parish church of St Michael, and there is also an area of the town known as Brough Sowerby.

The town eventually became a station on the London to Dorchester line. Given the lack of straight sections of line in the vicinity, the railway here was nicknamed 'Castleman's Corkscrew'.

The little village of Loose, pronounced 'Luse', is pleasantly situated on the little river of the same name just to the south of Maidstone.

By 1925 there were just over a million vehicles of all types on the roads, of which 695,000 were privately-owned cars.

Hayes department store on the right, now expanded from the one shop in this view, and on the left the picturesque Walcot Parade of about 1770, with its vaults for coal cellars and stores beneath the curving

This pair of old railway coaches parked on the cliff top at Ravenscar, the eastern terminus of the Lyke Wake Walk, served as basic accommodation for campers in the mid-Fifties, but they have long since

Monk Bar on Goodramgate is one of the finest gates in the York city walls, and the closest to York Minster. It is vaulted on three floors and still has a working portcullis.

Kiveton Park was once an estate belonging to Sir Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby and later First Duke of Leeds; the house, designed by William Talman, has long since been demolished.

In 1928 the Electra was one of the first cinemas in Sheffield to show part silent, part sound films.

On the upper reaches of the Wear and once a part of County Durham, Washington was where William Doxford built his first ships before moving to Pallion in the 1870s.

Allt-yr-yn is the name of the hill in the distance. The lock chambers on this canal had their own individual size: 64ft 9in x 9ft 2ins - a most peculiar gauge. The canal became disused in 1930.

Ask a Chelmsfordian to name the biggest planning crime in the town's history, and the chances are that they will mention the demolition of Tindal Street in 1969- 71.

This picturesque and romantic prospect of the castle from the river, reveals why the young J M W Turner was so inspired to paint it in 1793.

The war memorial (centre left) commemorates the Royal Welsh Fusiliers of two World Wars so that 'their names will live for evermore'.

Long before John Bunyan was born in the village, the son of a brazier or tinker, Elstow was known for its Benedictine nunnery founded in about 1075.

The great castle of Edward I overpowers this scene as, of course, it was originally intended to do, and its distinctive polygonal towers distinguish it from other castles that Edward built.

While not obvious from this photograph, Gresford is most famous for the tragic mining disaster of 1934 when 266 lives were lost following an explosion and fire at the Gresford Colliery.

As the encroachments of the sea approached the old Sidestrand Church, it was decided to move it further inland; this church, built of as many as possible of the old church materials, was the result

It is notable for its collection of grotesque gargoyles, and for two carved capitals which are derived from the stories of Reynard the Fox; appropriate in Cottesmore country.

The town of St Helens derives its name from the early chapel dedicated to the saint.

Linking Harrison Drive and Breck Road, Wallasey Village has always been just that; no Road, Drive, Way or other title, because it doesn't need it.

Lancaster's large, ornate Queen Victoria Monument must be one of the finest in the country.

The Stanhope Memorial stands in the middle of the space where the market is held twice a week.

The remains of the old church lie to the west of the village. It was built in the 12th century with later additions and renovations, including the tower of around 1500.