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Royston is another former colliery town north of Barnsley.

A mile or so north of Ampthill, we divert right to visit the ruins of Houghton House.

This illustrious and sublime town is on the east bank of the River Ouse, two miles from the Wash.

Barrow-in-Furness sprang from a tiny hamlet in the 19th century to become the world's largest producer of iron and steel, and a major force in the world of shipbuilding.

Formerly the Kingston Arms coaching inn, the Clinton Arms has connections with Lord Byron, who stayed here whilst his first book of poems, 'Fugitive Pieces', was being printed at the local firm of S &

The newly-built villas of Bowness-on-Windermere spread out towards the viewpoint of Biskey How in this view of the lake, looking towards the wooded island of Belle Isle, with the Claife Heights beyond

The newly-built villas of Bowness-on-Windermere spread out towards the viewpoint of Biskey How in this view of the lake, looking towards the wooded island of Belle Isle, with the Claife Heights beyond.

A famous resident of Ealing was Sarah Trimmer, a friend of Dr Johnson, and writer of children's versions of the Scriptures.

Littlebourne is one of the charming little villages in the heart of the orchard country which stretches between Canterbury and Wingham; its cottages present an unusual mixture of architectural styles

An evocative picture of this attractive village some two miles north east of Wadhurst and now close to Bewl Bridge Reservoir.

The tower of the parish church dominates this view of Beckside, a small hamlet on the slopes of the Furness Fells above the village of Kirkby-in-Furness on the Duddon Estuary.

Middleham, a medieval township at the mouth of Wensleydale, is famous for breeding and training racehorses and for its historic castle, once the home of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, and later of King

This elegant little suspension or 'swing bridge' over the River Derwent is a pleasing feature of the Plain of York village of Huttons Ambo, near Malton.

The plotland development of this part of Basildon stemmed from the agricultural depression of the 1870s. Initially focused on Laindon station, it soon engulfed parts of Langdon Hills and Dunton.

Littlebourne is one of the charming little villages in the heart of the orchard country which stretches between Canterbury and Wingham; its cottages present an unusual mixture of architectural styles

A closer view of the group in the previous photograph reveals them relaxing on the slipway.

Fontmell Magna's church has a sad memorial to a victim of one of the greatest tragedies of the last century.

Hugh Lupus, the first of the Norman earls of Chester, is said to have ordered the construction of a weir so that the mills would have a regular source of water power.

A pair of ladies in fashionable Edwardian costume stroll along the raised pavement of Rowcroft on their way to the shops of King Street. A little ahead of them is a gas lamp standard.

A couple of old villagers pass the time of day with a youngster in the West Cumbrian village of Gosforth.

Between 1873 and 1879 a new Church was built to serve the parish of Heene.

HAVING traced the big changes that led to today's modern town of 165,000 with its own suburbs and rush hour to match, it is now time to look towards tomorrow.

owing to the growth of cheap foreign holidays and an industrial recession.

With the council's eventual acquisition of the pier in 1924 their financial commitment to it and to the development of the Esplanade would be huge, and spread over decades of work.