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The public and private bars are on the left. The barn at the end of the yard has been demolished, but otherwise there has been little change.

Clacton's pier opened at the height of the pier boom in 1871; extensions in 1890-93 included a new polygonal head, complete with a pavilion.

There is a large parish notice board on the wall behind the lych gate that gives entrance to the churchyard.

The Welsh name for the Sugar Loaf is Pen Y Fal, meaning 'top of the round hill'.

A flotilla of assorted sailing vessels speed on the ebb tide towards the light house marking the harbour entrance, whilst a lone sculler (to the lower left) makes ponderous progress as he battles with

It was completed in 1814 by Francis Johnson, and is situated in the Lower Yard, on the site of an earlier, smaller, chapel. In the background is the Record Tower, which dates from 1258.

A few miles from Dunstable, through the Downs, and nowadays part of the commuter belt, Castle Hill road links the three ends of Totternhoe, Church, Middle and Lower.

The shields on either side depict the arms of the Diocese of York. A civic fountain was placed on the bridge in 1880 from which pets as well as people could drink.

The ruins of Bolton Abbey are near a sweeping bend of the River Wharfe, and proved a great attraction for painters, including Landseer and Turner.

The ruins of Bolton Abbey are near a sweeping bend of the River Wharfe, and proved a great attraction for painters, including Landseer and Turner.

The castle is set on a knoll overlooking the River Don.

This view shows the square just before the abandonment of the tramway system. In the background a trolleybus is about to pass a tram as it heads towards the Town Hall.

Following Fairfax's rout of the royalist forces under Sir Ralph Hopton, the church was being used as a magazine and prison.

Mining profits attracted shops and service industries, all eager to cash in on the 40,000-odd tons of copper ore that the mine was producing annually by the early 1860s; by this time, the population had

The town is a startling example of how things changed during the 19th century: little more than a fishing village before the tourists arrived, it had a population of 10,000 by 1901.

The ornamental Yacht Pond at the seaward end of Boscombe Chine has proved to be an enduring attraction for juvenile navigators.

This handsome crescent dates back to 1826 and was originally intended to be part of a seaside resort known as Anglesey, developed by the Marquis of Anglesey.

The 1st Eastern General Hospital was set up in Nevile's Court in Trinity College at the beginning of World War 1, with beds placed around the cloisters.

The clock on Botley's Market Hall is still a familiar landmark in the High Street. Just this side of it can be seen the premises of Botley Garages, now a sports shop and a hairdresser's.

The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, eldest son of Sir Timothy Shelley MP, was born on 4 August 1792 at Field Place in Warnham, where he spent his childhood.

The parish of Peasmarsh is situated between the River Rother on the north and the River Tillingham on the south. The village, about three miles north-west of Rye, lies on the Beckley to Rye road.

With its five arches, this ragstone bridge over the River Medway is said to be the finest medieval bridge in the south of England.

This small landing bay off the Thames estuary near the Isle of Grain is popular with fishermen and amateur sailors.

A prosperous row of shops indicate the popularity of this desirable suburb so near to the capital.