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West of the village centre is Wadhurst Castle.

Situated four miles south-west of Swansea overlooking Swansea Bay, Oystermouth derives its name from a Norman/English corruption of Ystmllwynarth.

The post-war years saw the spread of high-street chains, and Chesterfield was no exception. In this picture we can see local branches of Timsons, Alexander, Burtons, and Boots.

One of the highlights of shopping along Briggate was the glass-roofed arcades, such as the Queen's and the County.

The buildings on the right stand at the junction with Belmont Road, and are now the Belmont Inn. Opposite is the long wall of one of the substantial villas of this road, Halidon House.

The town originally grew up around the burial place of the Celtic Saint Tydfil.

Most of England's Celtic legacy is to be found in Cornwall.

The structure behind the drinking fountain is the Simeon Monument, 'erected and lighted for ever at the expense of Edward Simeon as a mark of affection to his native town' in 1804.

The coat of arms on the inn sign depicts its name: a talbot, or hound, was the crest of the Talbots, Earls of Shrewsbury.

LIKE THE INHABITANTS of many coastal towns where creeks and estuaries were formed, the people of Fareham used the sea to extract salt, which before the days of refrigeration was an essential ingredient

For many of us, photographs taken in the 1950s and 1960 remind us of our childhood days.

This more expansive view of the valley conveys a feeling of peace and beauty.

The covered walkway of The Pentice was created when the upper floor of its houses was extended in the 16th century. Until 1279 a Royal Mint of the Norman and Angevin kings stood on the site.

The landscape here is a fine example of the continuing denudation of the Cotswold Scarp; it is of great interest to geologists, as the outlying peaks and downs were once connected to the

It was from the top of the Goblin Tower that the keys to the castle and town were hurled at the feet of the Parliamentarian commander Major General Mytton upon the surrender of the Royalist garrison.

Not far away from the village are local quarries where a kind of gravel called Burley Rock was excavated in earlier times.

On his shoulders would be placed the responsibility of appointing an appropriate workhouse matron with similar attributes, and any other staff required.

OF ALL the villages in this collection, Nether Alderley perhaps gives us the best impression of what a north-eastern Cheshire village was like before the Industrial Revolution changed both the

This view of the rear of the Town Hall is taken from Town Hall Gardens.

This panoramic view of Porthminster beach and St Ives was taken from near the local coastguard station. On the left of the picture pilchard boats can be seen drawn up at the top of the beach.

A source of water was essential for the use of the monks and the parishioners. The small River Eea (or Ay) is the largest stream in the area, and it runs through the centre of Cartmel.

This view, showing the wonderful friezes of blind arcades, and with the 19th-century additions largely concealed, gives a good sense of the power of the keep on its mound.

This view, showing the wonderful friezes of blind arcades, and with the 19th-century additions largely concealed, gives a good sense of the power of the keep on its mound.

At the end of the strip of land known as the Shingles is the lighthouse at Hurst Point, warning ships of the mudbanks and shallows that line the nearby coastline.