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The beacon on Pendle Hill is said to be Saxon, and the field known as Kirkacre was in existence when Alfred the Saxon was chieftain.

The Devil’s Arrows is nowadays composed of three stones. They stand in North Yorkshire, close to the A1: it is one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the county.

The attention of the children and the men is attracted momentarily from the movements of ships and the sea by the novelty of a camera.

The WB&SSPCo paddler 'Victoria' disembarks trippers on to the steep-shelved beach in Lulworth Cove.

The shop on the left is Jarman's the photographers. It was designed by William Spanton in 1863 for his 'Repository of the Arts' and was owned by Harry and Oswald Jarman from 1901 to 1962.

The turnpike road through Charmouth was run by the Bridport District Trust from 1764 to 1877. For several decades in the next century it carried the A35 Folkestone to Honiton trunk road.

The road running through the village is the A59 from Clitheroe to Skipton. Note the New Inn on the left of the picture, and how large the name-board of the publican was.

Passengers on a Douglas boat take in the sights, sounds and smells of Belfast Harbour.

Running at right angles to each other, Eastham Rake and Bridle Road link at the junction with Stanley Lane and the A41 - New Chester Road.

Around AD 120, a mansio was built on a slight rise overlooking the site of the fort.

Most of the coastal trading vessels working out of Padstow were schooners or ketches, and many earned their keep beach trading.

The conglomeration of boats assembled closely within the harbour are under the supervision of two men, one on the far left, the other on the right.

THE only safe anchorage on the inhospitable, craggy coastline between Appledore and Boscastle, Clovelly lived precariously for centuries from the herring fishery.

Previously a corn mill, the building was converted to manufacture hand-made paper in 1713.

Shops here have been kept by the same families for years, and they still have a reputation for quality and service.

The Icknield Way was a pre-Roman, Iron Age trading route running along the northern border of Hertfordshire. At Baldock it formed the length of White Horse Street and Hitchin Street.

In the shallow recess stands a pump which was used by the boys to collect their washing water until washrooms and indoor toilets were installed in 1922.

In the shallow recess stands a pump which was used by the boys to collect their washing water until washrooms and indoor toilets were installed in 1922.

During the 17th century, smuggling around the coast of Britain became a highly lucrative trade, and could be just as vicious as it sometimes is today.

The White Swan public house, first mentioned in 1722, stands on raised ground just beyond the beached punts to the left of centre.

Holywell developed by the Great Ouse as a traditional `ring` village: the main street runs around the perimeter of the community with only one access road.

Whalley means 'the clearing or field by the hill', and we can see how close the hill, known as Whalley Nab, is from our photograph.

In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants; they saw a canal as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and getting other goods out to the towns in the heart of Lancashire, and to the growing

This was dubbed at the time 'the largest room in the world'. It was 4,405 square yards in area, and 96ft high and 125ft high to the top of the central dome.