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Stodman Street leads out of the south-west corner of the Market Place. Its most famous building is the Governor's House, a 16th-century timber-framed house with three storeys of coved jetties.

The old town was originally about a quarter of a mile from the sea, but since 1888, a contemporary guidebook tells us, 'the South Beach Land and Building Corporation Limited are building very extensively

Given the Earl of Scarbrough's family name, Lumley Road is a straight road with the old High Street winding along south of it, diverging to the left of the trees to meet again at Lumley Square in front

This view looks south down the High Street from near High Bridge. The 11th-century tower of St Mary le Wigford church peers out amid the later commercial architecture.

To the south, across the Sleaford to Skegness Road, an alley leads to Lord Cromwell's College just beyond the road frontage buildings; it is another 15th-century brick building, known as the Old College

This 1940s view from the station, which is some way south of the town, shows just how many trees were still left then.

Here, the High Street splits into three roads: to Leicester; to South Back Way and to Stockerston. The rather crude signpost has now gone and there is no entry from this direction.

Among the church's interesting curiosities are a sundial on the south wall, a stout Norman tub font and a delicately carved 15th-century pulpit.

The Blackfriars, otherwise known as the South-East Tower, was used in the 19th century as a shop at street level with accommodation above—there was even a small cottage built on top.

On the south side of the palace was a huge deer park, Somersham Chase, that survived until the enclosures.

The baths were donated in 1914 by Sir William Gray, the famous local shipbuilder who had also founded the South Durham Steel and Iron Company in 1898.

On the right is a glimpse of the electricity showrooms which bound the open frontage to the Town Hall on its north side, while to the south are the gas showrooms.

There is no known record of the history or appearance of this castle, which is situated eight miles south-west of Cardiff.

South-eat of Chesham town centre the road runs alongside the River Chess in its flat-bottomed valley.

The 120-foot tower of St James' dominates this view from the south-east. The church is notable for its 15th- century frontals, which are said to be the earliest set in the country.

Hopton is a diminutive village resort on the A12 just south of Great Yarmouth.

We are looking at the medieval Cobb harbour (centre) from the tennis ground on the cliffs south of Langmoor Gardens.

From the slopes of Quarry Hill, above Park Farm (centre), we look south-westwards to Golden Cap (left of centre) and Langdon Hill.

Half a mile south-east of Dicker we reach Michelham Priory, the buildings set within a large rectangular wet moat fed by the Cuckmere River, which forms the moat's north-west arm.

Newly-built Durlston Castle (top left) and the 40-ton Great Globe, also dating from 1887, are seen here from the south-east.

Ashburton was the terminus of the nine-mile branch of the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon line, which was completed in 1872.

The Scots are known to have raided at least as far south as Bradford.

The Scots are known to have raided at least as far south as Bradford.

Situated at the southernmost end of the Isle of Thanet, the bay is bounded by cliffs on the north, and by marshes to the south.