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The village of Goudhurst has always ranked as one of the most graceful of the Kentish Weald. This view shows the hilly nature of the place, perched over 400 ft up.

Visible evidence of medieval Sultan is sparse, but remnants of the castle motte survive to the west of the parish church.

At the east end of the Parade, by the last slipway, is the Island Sailing Club (left), which was founded in 1889, and is amongst the largest in the world.

During its first year of operations the MSC handled exports totalling 299,407 tons and imports of 386,751 tons; in 1897 the figures rose to 494,862 tons and 1,053,637 tons respectively.

Shop signs beyond the Three Cups Hotel include those of a Co-op store, the Tudor Cafe, and the Nook.

By the gate leading into the churchyard are the overhanging eaves of the old priest's house, later to become the centre of the local Girl Guides troop.

Originally called Dunstable Street, there is no available record of the reason for the change of name apart from the coincidence of the accession to the throne of King George V.

It was at the northern end of High Street that the unfortunate Duke of Monmouth was declared king in 1685.

Being on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Loftus is surrounded by some lovely countryside and the woods on the outskirts of the town have long provided a place of peace and tranquillity

Towards the end of the 20th century, the population of Droitwich increased when the town took some of the overspill from Birmingham.

Standing in 270 acres of parkland, Raby Castle was the seat of the Neville family for two hundred years.

One of the five great fortresses of Northumberland, Alnwick fell into ruins owing in part to the fate of the Percy family and the destruction wreaked by Cromwell's troops.

This picture is taken from the area of Hudson's field, looking northwards to the hill of Old Sarum.

Balsham was the site of a bloody battle in 1010. Local legend says that the only survivor of the massacre hid in the tower of the parish church of Holy Trinity.

This was built for the twelfth Earl of Eglinton by John Patterson of Edinburgh in c1798.

This steep-roofed brick building with rather a Gothic flavour, designed by G E Street, replaced a block of fives courts.

A number of sources quote Ampthill's parish church as being 10th century, without offering a precise dating.

The history of Finchale began in about 1115 when St Godric built himself a hermitage.

Here we see the south transept of the abbey before the restoration had taken place, with the spire of St Paul`s in the background.

A marvellously peaceful view of Lough Cloon, about eight miles north of Ballinrobe, one of the many lakes in this part of Mayo, of which the largest is Lough Mask.

Park Lane, once the desolate by-road known as Tiburn Lane, was a refined street of palatial mansions enjoying expansive vistas of the Park.

Note the New Inn on the left of the picture, and how large the name-board of the publican was. The village policeman in his cape stands in the middle of the road.

The church of St Martin le Tours, on the right, was consecrated in 1962.

The church of St Lawrence is superbly positioned on the brow of a narrow spur offering splendid views to the north of the Greensand Hills.