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The elevated entrance to the Queen's Gate was due to the fact that behind it lay the motte of the 11th-century castle built by Hugh de Lupus, Earl of Chester.

The Mother Church of Nottingham has the appearance, if not the stature, of a cathedral. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the present building dates from the fifteenth century.

At the junction of Common Road and Slough Road, two College schoolboys, one carrying a cricket bat over his right shoulder, are seen walking past the 'Burning Bush'.

Potton's market existed at the beginning of the 13th century, and the town owes much of its present layout to that period. In the early 1900s a count revealed the existence of 32 alehouses.

The sand-dunes along the east coast of Norfolk can rise to heights of ten metres or more, making access to the beautiful sandy beaches relatively difficult.

This delightful backwater of the Great Ouse is about as charming as you can get. The church is mostly medieval, and the unusual truncated style of its spire is the result of a hurricane in 1741.

At the northern end the two largest stones form an entrance; inside, just visible to the left of the photograph, on the eastern side of the circle, are the remains of ten stones arranged in an oblong,

St George’s Chapel is the resting place of kings - Henry VIII and Charles I are buried here.

St George's Chapel is the resting place of kings - Henry VIII and Charles I are buried here.

St George's Chapel is the resting place of kings - Henry VIII and Charles I are buried here.

A close-up of rowing and fishing boats, drawn up on the shore at low tide. The Martello tower is again visible in the distance.

The absence of traffic allows dogs and cats to cross the road unhindered. Steven's drapery shop on the right attracts the attention of admiring customers.

South Wingfield's parish church of All Saints dates mainly from the 13th century.

Resourceful individuals often took advantage of the growing number of visitors to North Wales in the post-war years.

These neo-Georgian houses built in 1995 replaced Palace Gate House, which was demolished c1987 as part of the development for housing of the last working farm in Odiham.

The absence of traffic allows dogs and cats to cross the road unhindered.

Here we see one of the famed paddle steamers heading down the River Dart off Kingswear.

The domestic buildings of Warwick Castle are situated on the southern side of the fortress overlooking the river.

In 1838 the South Midland Temperance Association embraced a large number of towns, including Stratford-upon-Avon. One of the movement's organisers was Thomas Cook, founder of the famous travel agents.

There are a number of 16th- and 17th-century half-timbered cottages in this photograph, but judging by the state of some of them the village was living up to the 'Beggarly Broom' image given to it by

Houses from a bygone era are set against the less attractive backdrop of more modern industry.

Standing on a little hilltop, Sopley Church overlooks the course of the Avon.

The Manor of Lymington was created at the time of the Conquest, and was granted to Earl Roger of Shrewsbury.

In a variety of tall and ungainly buildings, an assortment of traders await their customers; of those we can see, a third are chemists!