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Approaching the village from the west along the Botley Road, we see on the right All Saints' Church, built in 1836 in Early English style. The village war memorial is on the left of the picture.

Sir Robert Peel called it ‘one of the finest sites in Europe’.

To the left of the gatehouse can be seen the royal palace of James V, which abuts James IV's Prince's Tower.

Construction of St John's Priory was begun about 1075-76 when the Bishop of Lichfield, Peter de Leia, transferred the seat of his diocese to Chester.

Clifton House, which is now the local museum, dates from 1782 and is the work of John Carr of York, one of the country's outstanding architects of his day.

In this picture, the steeple of Rochester Cathedral seems to rise out of the castle keep in front of it, but it illustrates the strategic siting of the castle, overlooking the entire sweep of the approaches

Sandbanks is the long spit of land dividing Poole Harbour from the sea at the southwestern end of Bournemouth.

The faces on the statues, probably the portraits of local inhabitants, were meticulously painted, despite the fact that the artists and sculptors knew they were not visible from below.

A branch of Stead and Simpson, a shoe shop, is on the right directly opposite Cash & Co, also a shoe shop. Below and to the right of St Mary's Church we can see the gable end of the Old Post Office.

Part of the old Ramper Road, this end of Victoria Road passes the Congregational church where Mr W Gornall was a great supporter.

Of the priory buildings, only the mid 14th- century gatehouse survives, with the medieval market cross in front.

Following the death of Ambrose Dudley in 1589, Warwick Castle was once again in the hands of the Crown.

Brimington is one of a number of similar former coal mining villages to the east of Chesterfield, and today villages like this are seeking a new identity.

One of the resort's more enduring pleasures, the children's section of Southport Zoo truly gave happiness to many hundreds of thousands.

Now one of the busiest road junctions in the rural region, in 1952 the centre of Woburn was a study in tranquillity.

Otterton has some of the best examples of cob and thatch cottages in Devon. Many of the homes we see in this photograph date from between the 15th and 18th centuries.

The monument stands in the centre of an area known as the Sanctuary by the west door of the abbey and on the site of the abbey gateway.

The coming of the Heads of the Valleys Road greatly changed the landscape of this area. Today this busy road is rarely as quiet as this.

Courtenay is the family name of the Earls of Devon, who were the major landowners in the area and responsible for much of the Victorian expansion of Newton Abbot.

An interesting mix of architectural styles characterises Braunston's High Street. Some of the houses are built of brick, some of stone.

One of the fads of entertainment which has come in and out of vogue since Victorian times has been roller skating.

This stands close to the site of Assington Hall, which burnt down in 1957. Parts of the outbuildings survived, including the range to the left of the church.

A short stroll from the toll bridge brings you to the little church of St Mary's.

The 1920s were to bring about something of a mini-boom in the amount of traffic using Gloucester, for it was then that a number of companies, including National Benzole, opened oil terminals at the docks