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Henry II's great 12th century keep stands sentinel over Orford, built to guard the coast where Flemish mercenaries were brought ashore by the Earl of Norfolk, whose castles far out-numbered

In the far distance, across the river, are some of the defence installations built on Orford Ness during World War I.

The house with the two dormer windows in the roof on the left used to be The Stanley Arms, one of two hostelries that once refreshed the village.

Here the shingle beach is thick with pleasure sailing boats of various types and sizes. The two girls seem reluctant to help their father with the boat.

The Bay itself sweeps around from Ness Point in the north to the 600ft high cliffs of Ravenscar, at the other end.

Winterton Ness was one of the most dangerous points along the English coast, and many ships have been lost here.

Taken just south of Neston, this photograph shows the view across the Dee estuary towards Wales. Even today, only forty years after this picture was taken, the estuary has become much more silted up.

This cathedral church, in its exquisite setting alongside the River Ness, owes its existence to an Englishman, Robert Eden, who became Bishop of Moray and Ross in the 1850s.

This view of the deserted village square shows the castle in the distance and Ye Old White Hart Inn, the white-walled building on the right.

Many of the sea stacks and islands at Bedruthan have names, and Queen Bess is the best known of them. It may be said that the upper part shows a remarkable likeness to the profile of Queen Victoria.

Free from traffic and flanked by the old cottages, this post-war scene evokes an essence of earlier village days.

It was built by Sir Charles Cavendish, who is said to have inherited his love of building from his mother, Bess of Hardwick.

The inn is 16th-century, but the origin of the name is obscure. Some say that this was the country home of the Spanish Ambassador, while others say that the pub landlords were two Spanish brothers.

This vast and architecturally complex mansion is on the site of an abbey founded in 1153, of which fragments remain.

Turpin was executed at York on 10 April 1733.

The photographer stood at the northern end of the High Street for this picture. To modern eyes the phalanx of cyclists and two visible policemen lend an essence of quaintness.

A large manor house was built within the remains of the old castle in 1541, incorporating some of the original curtain wall, the gatehouse and the great tower.

Just south of Chipping Norton is the handsome church tower of the appropriately-named village of Churchill; the tower is a copy of the tower at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Many plotland homes were redolent with a pride of ownership that was impossible to replicate in the mass of new neighbourhoods.

A collection of almost classic cars parked on both sides of the street issues a warning of things to come in the small towns around Leicestershire.

Haddon Hall survives as one of the finest examples of a 16th and 17th century residence owing to the fact that when the Duke of Rutland abandoned it in favour of Belvoir Castle in 1700, it was not allowed

The date of this photograph is the year in which the Duke of Bedford opened Woburn Abbey to visitors in the commercial sense.

The nave of All Saints' Church is Norman, with later windows of c1300. Only the chancel is now used for worship; the rest of the building is in the care of the Redundant Churches Fund.

Following the death of Admiral Chaloner's widow, Amelia, in 1902, the Gisborough estate was inherited by Richard Godolphin Hume Chaloner, later created First Lord or Baron Gisborough.