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Alderholt's mill was probably established in medieval times, though the present building is a hotchpotch of later architectural styles.

One of the prettiest villages in Dorset, Okeford Fitzpaine seems to have hardly changed since this photograph was taken nearly half a century ago.

High Street c1955 The water pump on the corner of the green is dated 1897 - the year of Queen Victoria's jubilee - when Newick was still a small village.

Once one of the must-be-seen locations in the area, the hotel was sold at the turn of the 20th century; it has been converted into a retirement apartment complex with a restaurant,

By 1839, the parish church of Holy Trinity was becoming a little run down.

Two little girls walk arm-in-arm across the tree-shaded ancient packhorse bridge which crosses Clapham Beck in the centre of the village.

Linton-on-Ouse is situated north-west of York in the broad Vale of York.

An excursion craft passes the weir close to Lincomb Lock, now the most northern on the river.

Sir Samuel Morton Peto, the developer of Lowestoft, built these model cottages for his estate workers.

Great Western trains thundered through Liskeard bound for Penzance, carrying travellers to within ten miles of Land's End.

The prominent sign at the top of the hill is that of the Jubilee Inn.

The Cavendish can be seen here on the right. Note the absence of road markings and the apparently low volume of traffic that enables motorists to park on the bridge itself.

The narrow street of Petty Cury runs between Market Hill and Sidney Street.

It was established as a theological college in 1882 as a memorial to George Augustus Selwyn, who was the first Bishop of New Zealand, and later Bishop of Lichfield.

Originally the site of a Roman villa in the 1st or 2nd century AD, and on Ermine Street, this outlying hamlet has gradually been absorbed into expanding Gloucester; many of its older houses have been

Sweeping views of the wilds of the Peak District are encapsulated in this picture. Note the dry stone wall in the foreground.

Aveton Gifford (pronounced Auton, meaning the settlement on the Avon) stands at the head of the estuary.

It was Flatford and nearby East Bergholt which provided the young John Constable with the inspiration for many of his fine paintings.

The handsome buildings of Belfast in Castle Place. The Belfast trams are again in evidence: the gauge was 4 ft 8 in, rather than the Irish standard of 5 ft 3 in.

The creepers have been stripped off, but little else has changed. The Doric pediment above the doorway of the house to the right reminds us of our links with classical Greece.

It was built in 1824 of tarred brick, and is situated on the rough open space of Wray Common between Reigate and its neighbour Redhill.

Although the bathing boys are the subject of this photograph, of particular interest is the steam coaster alongside the new pier in the background, where construction work still appears to be going on.

On the left is Quay Station, built in 1874 for the Ilfracombe branch; it was demolished in 1922 when Town Station was built on the other side of the Taw.

Of interest to sailors is the most unusual clinker-built sailing boat, still moored but with sails already catching the breeze.