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The foundation stone of this building was laid with two gold sovereigns beneath it, not in the north-east corner but at the southern end of the building, in 1889.

This view of busy Sheep Street shows patient bus passengers corralled into queues by solid metal barriers. On the left the parade of Piccadilly Buildings ends with the George Hotel.

Batchworth Lake is the easternmost of a chain of four lakes west of the town and sandwiched between the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne.

The village is renowned as the scene of a notorious Elizabethan witch hunt, when 80 year old Alice Samuel called on a neighbour whose child was ill.

This is one of many 19th century science buildings to the east of Trinity. Interestingly, Trinity was originally a Protestant college and Catholics were not admitted till the 1870s.

One of Newbury's loveliest streets, Northbrook Street is famous for its mid to late Georgian buildings, and distinctive pink and blue brick houses above lines of modern shop fronts.

The glass roof is supported on ornamental columns made of cast-iron. The market appears light and airy, and there seems to be plenty of space around the stalls.

30 years after photograph 34252 was taken, little has altered apart from the growth of trees. However, the cottage nearest the camera has had some of its foliage removed.

Here we see some of the gardens to the west of the main town, much enjoyed by residents and visitors.The land slopes more gently than in the Shrubbery area.

The Hotel has a fine cloak of ivy. Tregenna Castle is still one of St Ives' best known hotels, and now boasts a golf course amongst its many facilities.

This view shows the west front of the Cathedral, with a tram crossing the Market Place in front. Note the shutters covering the windows of Burlingham's watchmakers and jewellers.

This is typical of the style of a Dorset village house, with low thatched roof and thatched porches. The sign on the wall offers coffees, accommodation, teas and lunches.

This view emphasises the fine proportions of the church, with its west tower of ragstone, together with its stair turret. In the foreground can be seen the old churchyard.

Ernard de Bois also granted some of his lands in Rugby to endow St Mary's Abbey, Leicester. The endowment was eventually confirmed by a royal charter of Henry II.

Much of literary society visited him here, braving the attentions of his ferocious little dog Wessex.

The contrasting styles of urban architecture seen in Denbigh speaks of its history and its regenerative powers, where medieval and Jacobean frontages are replaced with Georgian and Victorian

The fully restored and working windmill here in the centre of Skidby is now a museum and tea-rooms, both of which are owned by the East Riding council.

The sea wall is the one featured in that most evocative of paintings, 'The Boyhood of Raleigh', painted by Sir John Millais when he was resident in the town.

This small village, now subsumed into Faversham, was originally the site of a Roman settlement and subsequently of a hospital and pilgrim hostel founded in 1234 by Henry III.

Of the workforce of 4,500 men, 57 were killed in work-related accidents.

In the centre of the photograph is the parish church of St Cadoc with its distinctive tower.

The glass roof is supported on ornamental columns made of cast-iron. The market appears light and airy, and there seems to be plenty of space around the stalls.

Battlemented parapets of the 15th-century nave and porch of St Giles Parish Church are seen here on the corner with North Road (left).

It is thought that Nicholas Kirkham may have built this between 1434 and 1516 not only as a family tomb, but also in gratitude following a spell of insanity.