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A mile or two to the west of Northampton, the village of Duston is steeped in history.

In the mid 19th century, many middle-class residents of central Leeds began to move out to the north of the city near to the country estates of Beckett's Park and Hollin Hall, and Headingley became a rather

Magnificent sea views are afforded from the Promenade, down the north coast in the direction of Hartlepool and beyond, hence the name of these gardens.

Here Broadgate starts to climb out of the valley. Whites Mineral Waters was rebuilt in 1994 as a county library, but the battlemented and towered former Drill Hall of 1890 survives.

This photograph exudes the atmosphere of well-manicured countryside.

Bass, surgeon of Boston, Matthew Flinders of Donington and John Franklin of Spilsby.

Pitsea lies to the north of Bowers Marshes.

The unchanging beauty of the Winster Valley, with its meadows, rolling hillsides, dry stone walls and scattered dwellings, is entirely typical of the soft countryside of the southern fringe

We can see a mixture of residential and commercial premises here.

A variety of impressive cars have parked, possibly marking the advent of day trippers, which Ogilvie did not really want.

On a steep hillside commanding views of the Weald, north-west of Ashford, this charming village was near the seat of the Dering family at the now-vanished Surrenden Dering a mile away.

At the turn of the century, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.

The island of Iona, near Mull off the west coast of Scotland, is known as the cradle of Scottish Christianity or 'The Mecca of Gael'. St Columba built his monastery here in AD563.

Edgbaston is the most famous of all Birmingham’s suburbs.

The abundance of Union Jacks and other flags in this view of Wood Street suggests that the photograph was taken in 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation.

Westwards from Folkestone, and now linked to it as a suburb, Sandgate shared in the popularity of its neighbour as a seaside resort around the turn of the century.

These timber-clad cottages, standing at the foot of the white cliffs, are part of a small community which developed both as a bathing resort and as a residential quarter in the closing years

High up above Todmorden, half of which used to be in Lancashire, we find this small Pennine village with a surprising number of mills for its size.

Described as 'Robin Hood's village', Edwinstowe lies south of the Sherwood Forest Country Park.

Washington is on the main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up

Westwards from Folkestone, and now linked to it as a suburb, Sandgate shared in the popularity of its neighbour as a seaside resort around the turn of the century.

These timber-clad cottages, standing at the foot of the white cliffs, are part of a small community which developed both as a bathing resort and as a residential quarter in the closing years

The priory was founded by William Marshall, the Earl of Pembroke, and it was never to be promoted to the status of abbey.

This photograph is a peaceful distant view of the remains of the ancient Guisborough Priory, which flourished, but with various setbacks, in the period 1120-1538.