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In 1810, Lewis Tregonwell built a house on lonely heathland close to the mouth of the River Bourne. During the years that followed other wealthy Hampshire gentlemen followed his example.

In 1810, Lewis Tregonwell built a house on lonely heathland close to the mouth of the River Bourne. During the years that followed other wealthy Hampshire gentlemen followed his example.

The rocky approach to this prominent outcrop upon which stands the small tower and remains of a larger castle looks wild, lonely and romantic, and it must have seemed a solitary outpost at times.

Here we see another reconstructed church, this time the responsibility of the Luftwaffe.

In 1871 W Harrison, secretary of the Birmingham Gas Co, certainly did his stuff; he cooked the books and made off with £18,000.When the company was dissolved, £100 was left in the kitty for Harrison's

A gap of just eight years after photo number L130223 sees this junction now dominated not by horses but by motor cars and buses. The number 11 bus still passes this point.

The huts to the left of the picture already look slightly past their best.

The Clock Tower, constructed during the extensive restoration and alteration of the castle 1867-72, was a Burges-designed monument to the third Marquess and his extended family.

The cross of 1882 was erected on the site of an ancient market cross.

Seaton is Devon's easternmost resort, with only a few miles of rugged cliffs and landslips separating the town from neighbouring Dorset.

Once this was the part of the street with clothing shops; it is now the part of town with the banks, building societies and estate agents.

Plenty of pedestrians walk these footpaths and it is a well-used bus route. Weeke Primary School is down this road - today it has about 280 pupils.

Notice the sign for the car park for the Bell Hotel (left) - the car park sits on what was once advertised as 'the finest and best kept bowling green in the Midlands'.

This street, now pedestrianised, was a busy part of the A30 trunk road. It was widened a century ago to cope with the increasing traffic.

The descent from Barkway, the second highest point in Hertfordshire, down to Royston, one of the lowest places in the county, was a nightmare for horse-drawn traffic and cyclists.

This gateway entrance to the City at the west end of Fleet Street was designed by Christopher Wren. The figures in the niches are James I and Charles I.

The estate vilage of Arlington with the old post office - now Mill Cottages - lies alongside the Lynton to Barnstaple road.

We are looking east along Whitby Road, with Vale Road meeting it on the opposite side. The wall and trees on the left have now gone, and the Sportsman's pub now stands here.

This church is the largest church on the Gower. Originally founded in the 6th century by St Cenydd, the priory was ransacked by Viking invasions in the 10th century.

The origin of its unusual name is obscure.

Not far from Lee-on-the-Solent, this is a wonderful spot for sailing. Is the man on the right about to set sail?

Replacing a medieval church that lay beyond the walled town's north gate, now commemorated by the street's name of Northgate Street, this church by Manners was started in 1835 in an early inaccurate Gothic

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 coffee merchant E W Coleman's van is parked outside his shop (centre); beside its window is an LNER train timetable - Station Road is off to the left.