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This delightful village, 2 miles south of Bedale, was once the support for the castle.

Founded in the 12th century, the hospital of St John Baptist offered temporary relief to poor wayfarers and relief to the sick and poor of the city.

At the top of Church Hill we find this Swedish-style church, built in 1902 at a cost of £2678.

This view of Windsor is one of the most famous in England, with the great royal castle on its 100ft ridge above the river.

East of Sandy, the small village of Sutton is distinguished by its narrow medieval pack-horse bridge which took pedlars and carriers' pack ponies dry-shod past the ford, which is still in use today.

A visit by Princess Victoria in 1835 helped to stimulate interest in Swanage as a resort, but it was the activities of the general contractor and collector George Burt, the controlling mind behind the

The bustling holiday town of Largs has long been famous as the site of a battle in 1263 between the Norwegians and the Scots.

At Kyleakin stand the ruins of Castle Moil. It is said that the castle was built by the daughter of one of the Norse kings of the Western Isles.

It was here in the 7th century that St Hilda founded one of the most famous monasteries of the Anglo Saxon world. Here worked Caedmon, the first recorded English Christian poet.

Built in 1154 by Henry de Essex on the edge of a valley, this lofty castle became the residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.

In 1801-02 engineer William Jessop came up with his own designs for a tide-free city dock area that would enclose the Avon from Rownham ot St Philip's.

The shingled spire of the 14th-century church of St Peter and St Paul rises above this picturesque collection of old houses and shops at the southern end of the churchyard.

This estate village, now owned by the Downshire family, was established around a wide green in the 17th century on land previously part of the Jervaulx and Coverham monasteries, abandoned in 1539.

The Queen came here in her Jubilee year, 1977, to unveil a stone commemorating the crowning of her predecessor Edward the Elder on this site 1100 years ago.

Outside it stands a row of watering cans on a sheet of corrugated iron balanced between two barrels. Farther along are more barrels and boxes.

The village of Charlton lies about 3/4 mile to the south-west of Hitchin.

The Broadway sunken gardens were constructed in 1952 after the area had been the subject of controvery for some years.

The building in the centre of the picture was the former butter and fish market.

This bridge carried much coaching trade, as it was on the main London to York road.

Protected from overwhelming traffic by the encirclement of the Upton by-pass to the west and the M53 motorway to the east, Upton has changed little since these views were taken.

Tirley lies a few miles downstream from Tewkesbury on the Severn. The school was established by the church in 1842, and its design is typical of others found in villages hereabouts.

The Drill Hall (left), which was then the HQ of the 4th Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, has recently had a complete restoration; it reopened on 20 March 2004 to resume its place in the entertainment

When William the Conqueror finally took control of Durham, he combined the powers of the bishop and the Earl of Northumbria to create Durham's first prince bishop, a Norman called William Walcher.

A lot of history revolves around Brancepeth Castle, which in spite of modern restorations has a long story to tell.