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Much of the life of the town revolves around the Saturday influx to the weekly market.

Our brief tour of Lincoln's surrounding villages begins to the west in Doddington village.

Around the corner in Elms Road (which retains many of its mid-Victorian villas) is the Henry Thornton School, within the same site as the Marianne Thornton (C327056) and also part of the Clapham Centre

The great age of the market cross, with its uneven steps and remains of the punishment stocks, is apparent. A Market Charter was granted in the 14th century.

In the 1960s, the pace of building new housing quickened. Caton is popular as a retreat for commuters, who enjoy the moorland country near by with its fine views of Morecambe Bay.

Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle.

The King's Head's three doorways can be seen, and the inn-signs of a carved bunch of grapes and a portrait of King Charles II.

Only a year old when this picture was taken, this pink granite obelisk was erected in memory of Christian Victor, Prince of Schleswig Holstein and grandson of Queen Victoria, who died in the Boer War

The completion of Turf Lock in 1830 enabled vessels to enter the canal and proceed up to Exeter regardless of the state of the tide; the maximum dimensions possible were 122ft x 25ft x 10.5ft.

This is a double hammer beam roof, an exclusively East Anglian structure of which Suffolk has two-thirds of the total.

The smooth tarmaced surface of Brand Street contrasts with the rutted and rough surface of the 1800s.

This narrow lane shows exactly how the back streets of the old town would have looked 200 years ago.

St Chad's College, the smallest of the Durham colleges, was licensed in 1904 by the Durham University Senate as the first independent hall of the university.

The park, situated along the Yarm Road, was the gift of Sir Robert Ropner, and was opened by the Duke and Duchess of York on 4 October 1893.

St Mary's position in the centre of the town, and the dominating height of its splendid 16th-century tower at 90 feet, make it one of the most prominent buildings in Brecon.

We are south-west of the village centre, and the photograph exudes a strange feeling of well- cared-for neglect.

Previously known as Chich, the village of St Osyth (generally pronounced 'Toosey'), takes its name from an East Anglian princess. She established a nunnery here.

Looking east along the High Street, this view gives a good idea of the variety of buildings and building materials to be found in this street, which survived modern development.

The name 'Italian Gardens' eventually stuck – a handful of others were also applied in the early years.

These stones form part of the famous Kennet avenue, a ceremonial avenue that links the southern entrance of Avebury to a smaller stone circle, the Sanctuary, about one mile away.

This is part of the marvellous system which by 1933 comprised the Grand Junction or Union Canal, linking the Thames with the Midland canal system, and providing a direct waterway link between London

Today's visitors can repair to the bar in the basement of the hotel, which occupies part of the west range of the abbey.

The Old Quay Swing Bridge opens by pivoting on the pier on the left hand side of the canal.

On the Salisbury side of Harnham Bridge, De Vaux Place leads to The Close—the Harnham Gate is at the far end of the wall.