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The impressive edifice of the Queen's Hotel is angled and was originally envisaged to form one section of a 'circus' of buildings, close to the approach road to the town's railway station.

Just beyond the precinct, a builder named Trickett built an estate of bungalows with Bodycoats Road through the centre.

By 1965 most of the boats on the Broads were motorised. The lifebelt on the left of the picture is a reminder that each year the Broads claim lives.

This Norman building of about 1170 is a remarkable survival of a medieval trade guild’s hall and chambers and is now the base of the Lincoln Civic Trust.

This view of the Stonebow shows the length of the long open room on the top floor: this is the old city Guildhall, with a fine open timber roof of about 1520.

Some of the 420 Chelsea Pensioners pose on 29th May in front of the decorated statue of their founder Charles II.

In the mid-1950s Sheffield was one of only a handful of cities that still had faith in its tramway system.

The house at the top of this view was that of the Sergeant Major from the Staff College.

The Somerset chapel on the left is the last resting place of several of the Earls of Worcester, masters of Raglan Castle.

A fascinating photograph showing Leigh Road at its junction with Market Street.This corner of Eastleigh has changed significantly: the new buildings interposed with the older ones on the left-hand

At this time only some 10 per cent of the county's agricultural land was in the hands of owner-occupiers; the majority was still controlled by the great estates.

This view is now partially obscured by a development of old people`s homes.

The four pointed gables were built in 1899 on the site of two small cottages and a plastered building that seemed to be the remainder of an ancient chapel.

Moving closer to the main town of Southend-on-Sea, The Westward Ho! Boarding Establishment dominates this scene. It went on to become one of the premier hotels of the town.

Lyme Regis, seen here from the heights of Timber Hill, is situated at the westernmost end of Dorset.Walking through the fields and cliffs of Lyme the visitor can never be quite sure whether he or

Conwy was already something of a tourist attraction by 1898 with its castle and remnants of the planned medieval town.

The street patterns of Evesham have probably changed little since the days of the battle, when many of the rebels fleeing from that desperate fight were slaughtered amongst its houses.

The signpost makes a central focal point on the flat-topped ridge looking towards the solid tower of Cane Hill Hospital on the skyline.

Originally one of the largest country houses in the town of Cheshunt, Grundy Park is now home to one of the Borough of Broxbourne's leisure centres.

Subsequent silting of the river mouth and its movement to the east thanks to a shifting shingle beach led to the decline of the port at Steyning, and the establishment of the town of New Shoreham by the

Sutton Park is a National Nature Reserve, which puts it among the top rank of our protected areas.

Lancaster was an important place throughout the medieval period, but although the pattern of many of its old streets remain, few of today's buildings pre-date the Georgian period.

This was the main entrance to the secular part of the Abbey of St Edmunds. The original gate was probably a duplicate of the Norman tower.

One of the greatest glories of Tideswell's parish church is its wonderfully light and airy chancel. This lightness is the result of the large, plain glass windows on either wall.