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This is a beautiful example of the mixing of stone and timberwork that is typical of many houses that snuggle amongst the hills of southern Shropshire.

It seems that the custom first acquired a jury in 1701, when it was composed of five young ladies: the four daughters of the lord of the manor, and the steward`s one daughter.

This was the original course of the high street. The cluster of timbered houses are of late 15th century date.

Well-ordered rows of caravans are ready to welcome summer visitors.

The Velindra was just one of the paddle steamers that were the lifeblood of Ilfracombe`s tourist industry in the latter part of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th.

Although not clearly visible in the photograph, the ceiling, built by Sir Jeffrey Wyatville, contains the coats of arms of all the Knights of the Garter since the foundation of the Order in the 14th

Holywell Street presents a rather pleasant picture of 20th-century half-timbered revival buildings, some of which would not appear out of place in Chester.

A Pavilion by James Tait (1834-1915), typical of the early 1880s, with its hints of Gothic merging into Tudor fram- ing, making a valuable contribution to the ambience of the park, which was laid out

One of the important historic buildings of Yarm, this mansion was built in 1770 on the site of the ancient Friary, using some of the stones from the original building.

None of these buildings survived the 1960s.

This view of the Upper Harbour in the ancient port of Whitby situated where the River Esk runs into the North Sea has hardly changed since the 1950s.

The weatherboarded Chequers pub is tucked away in a corner of the dog-leg at the top of the village street, with the early 15th-century church tower rising above the surrounding tiled roofs.

St Catharine's was founded by Robert Woodlarke in 1473, then the third provost of King's.

During the time leading up to the First World War (1914-18), a number of food shortages, popularly referred to as famines, hit Barrow-in-Furness.

The junction of Castle Street and Water Street, outside the Town Hall, has always been one of the busiest in Liverpool, and a natural meeting place.

Nearby, just into the High Street, there is another building of similar antiquity, the Tribunal.

The central position of its parish church and the rectilinear layout of the town, which can still be traced today, are remnants of medieval planning.

The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort

The A47 Leicester-Uppingham road forms one side of the roughly triangular market place; although the photograph shows, in the main, modest cottages of 17th- and 18th-century date, more impressive houses

Stourbridge's great tragedy is its ring road, one of the most damaging examples of its type in existence.

The most striking feature of Holy Trinity church is its truncated spire, which was snipped in 1563 for fear of collapse.

We are high on the limestone White Peak plateau with this photograph of farm buildings and cottages in the hamlet of Small Dale, north of Peak Dale, to the north east of Buxton.

Meonstoke is one of those villages that has expanded and developed over the years to become part of a chain of local communities, including Brockbridge and Corhampton.

Two helmeted local 'bobbies' stride towards the camera in another view of the Market Place in Chesterfield, looking up the High Street towards the famous Crooked Spire of the parish church of St Mary