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Blackburn possessed six parks, but Corporation Park was the one laid out on clear Victorian lines. Sixty acres were transformed with terraced walks, as we see here.

Poltross Burn, which flows through the middle of the village, marks the border between Northumberland and Cumbria.

Having opened in 1836, the Union (workhouse) offered a harsh regime until the abolition of the Poor Law in 1929. In 1948, St John's Hospital for the aged and infirm came on site.

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.

Carmarthen stands on rising ground on the north side of the Towy. The site was occupied by the Roman settlement of Maridunum, meaning 'sea fort'.

The church was designed by John Harper, the son of the Dunkenhalgh land agent, and was consecrated in October 1840 by the Bishop of Chester.

The symmetry and lack of individuality in the houses to the right of the photograph point to this being a modern 20th-century housing estate.

It all looks very quiet along Rye Ground Lane, quiet enough for a group of locals to stand chatting in the middle of the road.

This is a dramatic example of a stratified rock formation apparently teetering on the edge of a precipice and looking out over the valley beyond.

The local school is at the heart of many an English community, being used for many local occasions after the end of the school day.

The clean forceful lines of the neo- classical new town hall were in marked contrast to its rather sedate and friendly looking predecessor, built by the Luton architects John Williams & Sons

It is fitting to end on one of the most profound reasons for Luton to celebrate recently: the local football club, Luton Town FC, came top of League One and were promoted to the Championship League

A local labourer and his dog obligingly pose for the camera on the sandy path leading from the summit of Leith Hill, at 967ft the highest point in the south-eastern counties.

King Edward VII, as Prince of Wales, spent a night here during a teenage walking tour in September 1856.

These two photographs show the market place over a span of ten years.