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The modern shop fronts in the town hide many old medieval houses.

Situated half-way between Edinburgh and Stirling, Linlithgow became a favourite royal residence, though during the wars with the English it was often under siege or counter-siege.

Major-general Thomas Harrison, who served in the Parliamentary army during the Civil War, was born in a house on the High Street.

Major-general Thomas Harrison, who served in the Parliamentary army during the Civil War, was born in a house on the High Street.

Beckbury, just a mile or so to the south, can certainly be described as a village, and it still retains its pub, the Seven Stars.

It was at Winsford that Ernest Bevin was born in 1881.

The street takes its name from the priory of Dominican friars, founded in the 13th century. The tree marks the site of the now demolished Congregational church.

The village main street is little changed, although Bel and the Dragon on the right is no longer also a garage.

The distinctive central tower of King William's College was designed by John Welch and was a feature of a major rebuilding programme following a fire in 1844.

Bethesda, a village born of slate and the workings of the Penrhyn Quarry, has always had a vibrant community.

The limestone village of Conistone in Wharfedale is more correctly known as Conistone-with-Kilnsey, with its twin hamlet sheltering under the impressive overhang of Kilnsey Crag across the river.

One of the most famous shipyards was that of John Scott, which built the first steamer to trade between Glasgow and Liverpool.

Here we see Victorian children at play in a playground within the castle ruins. The castle, which dates from 1282, was left to slide into decay following its siege during the Civil War in 1645.

The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, eldest son of Sir Timothy Shelley MP, was born on 4 August 1792 at Field Place in Warnham, where he spent his childhood.

In the year King Edward VII cut a ribbon to launch London's first electric trams, this small town by the sea still used horses to pull its passenger-laden vehicles.

The tower is probably Saxon, and was added to an existing nave. The east wall has diaper patterns in stonework, which continue across the window.

Like other wool towns in the Cotswolds, such as Stroud, Painswick and Woodchester, Fairford has a 'Rack Hill'.

The school was founded in 1726 as an endowed charity school for 'orphan gentlewomen borne of parents of the Church of England'.

St Chad's Church in Farndon is one of the few that still carries out a rush-bearing ceremony each year: fresh rushes are brought into the church, and also laid on the paths and graves outside.

The Asshetons, who first became squires here in 1559, have been keen to keep Downham's appearance unspoiled, and in more recent times have had the electric cables buried underground.

Although technically a town (it received a charter in 1280), Over never really developed, and in 1894 was recognised as 'the smallest municipality in the country'. Robert Nixon was born near here.

Kendal Castle was built by the Normans to the east of the town, probably by Ivo de Tailbois, the first Lord of Kendal in the late 12th century.

The gardens are on the right of the picture; together with the Imperial Gardens, they testify to Cheltenham's love of flowers. The rotunda (now occupied by a bank) can be seen on the left.

Laleham was a tiny village when Dr Thomas Arnold, soon to be the formidable headmaster of Rugby School, came to live here in Regency times.