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Construction of the outer ward was begun by William de Valence around 1260 and continued under Aymer de Valence. In shape it would form an irregular hexagon, with a tower at each of the angles.

East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (left), was built by J and T Gale in 1784 and has been widened.

These refreshment and dining rooms, on the corner of the Portsmouth Road and Copse Road, provided a popular stopping place for cyclists, particularly since the rear of the premises housed a cycle repair

At the end of Church Lane to the west of All Saints' Church the base of a medieval cross survives with its new shaft and head of the 1920s.

There were several variants of the Thames sailing barge.

Like the city of Durham, Shrewsbury was founded on a peninsula of high ground almost completely surrounded by water.

Like so many of its neighbours, Downham Market was a river port of some importance until railway workings cut it off from the waters of the Ouse.

Believed to have been constructed in 1350 or thereabouts, it was badly damaged during the 17th century when the cathedral's demise was being prepared.

The Co-operative's elegant range of buildings with a clock tower was another victim of 1960s development in the town. The Society was formed by a group of silk workers in 1864.

The recreation ground was part of Little Eastleigh Farm. It became known as the cricket field, and in due course was bought by the Urban District Council.

Cranbrook's High Street, entering the town from Hawkhurst, and Stone Street, leading on towards Tenterden and Maidstone, form a L-shape with the tile-hung fascia of the 15th-century George Hotel at

The cinema and the row of shops were built in the 1930s on the site of the Rose and Crown Hotel, which was destroyed by fire in 1922.

The new memorial was unveiled on Sunday 4 July 2004; it commemorates the granting of the Freedom of the Borough of Hyndburn to the Queen's Lancashire Regiment.

The village of Spaldwick lies at the centre of a medieval estate which included most of the neighbouring settlements. The church in the background is known as 'the cathedral of the valley'.

Construction of the M1's first 55 miles (including Milton Keynes's section) took 586 days - a bridge every three days and a mile of road every ten.

Like most Norman structures, the castle was the successor of a motte and bailey fortification.

The Sunnyfield Estate originally comprised a large area of 'pleasure grounds and grass land' to the north of Westgate.

This fine terrace of houses is another indication of improved housing design and of the spread of St Ives onto the higher ground overlooking St Ives Bay.

Until the turn of the 20th century Basildon was just a collection of small villages.

The cars occupy the site of the first Corn Exchange, which became the Floral Hall after its replacement opened in 1874.

In the early-1850s, an old soldier lived in Tunstall who, because he was a veteran of Wellington's army at Waterloo, went by the name of 'Waterloo'.

Seen as a ruin, looking east from the beach of Worbarrow Bay, stone-roofed Sea Cottage was the home of generations of the Miller family.

Treorchy is the capital of Rhondda Fawr, and on a historical note, is listed in 1977 as the place in which the female workforce numbered the same as the male - an indication of the locality's well-documented

In the early-1850s, an old soldier lived in Tunstall who, because he was a veteran of Wellington's army at Waterloo, went by the name of 'Waterloo'.