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The MSC, some 36 miles in length, was one of the great civil engineering projects of the late 19th century; it was completed in 1894 at a cost of £14.3 million.

The 15th-century tower of the church stands on Norman foundations, and houses the tomb of the last abbot of St Augustine's abbey at Canterbury who, at the time of the Dissolution, was given the manor

Castle Hill is part of 365 acres of common land donated for “...the relief of the poor” in the 12th century.

Little remains of the chapel inside the castle of which Thomas Becket was once Dean in the reign of Henry II.

The grid-like pattern of the streets west of Laindon High Road preserves the layout of some of the early plotland estates.

These pictures highlight the benefits of a variety of small shops serving a close community.

Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of Essex, holder of the castle at the time, was the founder of the church, one of the largest in the county.

The vestments, very rare survivals of the pre-Reformation church, are usually on display near the chapel.

The Church of St Andrew is special.

This was once known as Merchants' Walk or Quay Walk.

Some are obvious, such as the rise in popularity of automobiles and the electrification of the tramway.

In 1860, intending to make Ilfracombe the `Brighton of the West`, a group of businessmen founded the Ilfracombe Joint Stock Land and Investment Company and commenced the building of villas

Petworth is one of the oldest and most unusual of the Sussex towns.

South of the Redhill/Reigate built- up areas are the Earlswood Lakes, which lie in the midst of the grassy heathland of Earlswood Common.

Despite the fact that most of our towns and villages were founded in Saxon times, few have any reminders of their Saxonhistory left other than perhaps their names.

With its round keep and massive masonry, Dolbadarn Castle is one of the finest examples of a castle of the Welsh princes.

On the night of 14 November 1940, German bombs destroyed the ancient cathedral church of St Michael.

Sandown and its twin resort of Shanklin, a couple of miles to the south, are connected by a long prom- enade that winds around the curve of Shanklin Bay.

The dominating centrepiece of the early Norman settlement, the castle with its three moats was built by Robert, Count of Mortain, the half-brother of William the Conqueror.

ONE of the great joys of Exmouth is its beautiful setting, caught magnificently between the sea, the long Exe estuary and the wilder countryside of heath and cliff that so defines east Devon, offering

A flying boat rests on the calm waters of the Medina, in the peaceful days of the 1950s.

This pair of houses on the eastern edge of Dartmoor is utterly typical of its time, with its water (the well in front of the left-hand door) and firewood all to hand.

The new mills and factories not only changed the skyline of Carlisle: they had a radical impact upon the very nature of the city.

Small towns like Saxmundham and Leiston and villages such as Middleton and Westleton speak of a different life, involved in the diverse world of agriculture.