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The Market Hall, built of red sandstone, dates from the mid 1600s and stands on the site of an earlier hall.

The view from the gritstone escarpment of the Ravenstones above Cross Hills, near Keithley, overlooks the broad Aire Valley and towards the distant limestone uplands of Craven.

Standing above the valley of the River Wolf, the Church of St Nicholas is first recorded in 1288 when a Parochial Quota of £13 was paid to the Deanery of Tavistock.

Though not a castle, the Abbey was chosen by Bruce as a depot for his stores and reserves of ammunition prior to the Battle of Bannockburn.

The east end of Brimington's 19th-century parish church is just visible behind the trees in this view of the centre of the village, between Chesterfield and Staveley.

Beoley predates Redditch, but it remains a small village on the northern edge of the present New Town.

Bungay was one of the seats of the powerful Bigod family, who built the castle here in 1170, making use of a loop in the River Waveney to provide a natural defence.

This autumn picture of Harnham Gate and the southern corner of the Close reflects then, as now, a secluded and quiet area of the Close.

Here we see the ruined keep of Farnham Castle, romantically clothed with vegetation.

In this early view of the beach, there are already signs of local businesses capitalising on the new influx of visitors, with terraces of newly-built lodging houses and cheap hotels.

St Catharine's was founded by Robert Woodlarke in 1473, then the third provost of King's.

In the mid 19th century, many middle-class residents of central Leeds began to move out to the north of the city near to the country estates of Beckett's Park and Hollin Hall, and Headingley became a rather

Magnificent sea views are afforded from the Promenade, down the north coast in the direction of Hartlepool and beyond, hence the name of these gardens.

A mile or two to the west of Northampton, the village of Duston is steeped in history.

Here Broadgate starts to climb out of the valley.

Station Road, though quite short in length, still manages to achieve a broad mix of shops and dwelling houses.

The Velindra was just one of the paddle steamers that were the lifeblood of Ilfracombe`s tourist industry in the latter part of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th.

In this early view of the beach, there are already signs of local businesses capitalising on the new influx of visitors, with terraces of newly-built lodging houses and cheap hotels.

Branscombe lies amid what a previous vicar described as 'a perfect jumble of hills'.

Looking from South Street the general appearance of Victoria Road has changed little in the last 50 years.

Herongate, in the parish of East Horndon, supposedly takes its name from a gate crossing the road near The Boar's Head.

Chesterfield's most famous icon is the twisted spire of its parish church of St Mary and All Saints.

These limestone crags, at the western end of Stoney Middleton, are the haunt of modern rock climbers, and the 200 routes up them have gained evocative names such as Aurora, Alcasan and Armageddon

Bursledon village consists of two distinct halves - the new and the old.