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A view from the gardens of the imposing front of Cliff College at Calver, in the valley of the River Derwent, near Bakewell.

The Royal Marine Hotel on the left has now succumbed to a towering ten storey block of flats, Metropole Court, one of three architectural disasters along the sea front.

A busy scene at the height of the tourist season, as early visitors clamber aboard the several teams of coach and horses which will show them the wonders of the Lake District.

The front of the premises of the post office and general stores has recently been changed with the opening up of the front of the part behind the telephone box.

Springtime daffodils adorn the bank in front of the battlemented, mostly 15th-century parish church of St Cuthbert at Crayke, a lovely village overlooking the Vale of York.

Richmond, the 'capital' of Swaledale, has been described as one of the most perfect market towns in England.

A considerable amount of development took place here in the 17th and 18th centuries, including the building of naval establishments and factories.

The earliest surviving structure in Worcester, and the largest Norman crypt in England, this is all that remains of St Wulfstan's cathedral of 1084.

The eastern end of Market Place was opened up in the 1830s as the Dewsbury and Gomersal turnpike road.

Said to be the highest town in Surrey, Haslemere is 500ft up in the hills close to the borders of both Sussex and Hampshire.

To the left of the Town Hall is the local branch of the National Provincial Bank, while to the right The Central Pharmacy is still a chemists, but under the name of Cherrington.

This rose garden was the site of Hawhill Park's first bowling green.

Thomas Telford's stately bridge over the Severn was completed in 1801, a delightful mixture of stone and cast iron.

This general view of Ambleside, at the northern end of Windermere, was taken from the slopes of Loughrigg Fell.

Clacton was an early promoter of mixed bathing from 1900 onwards, and the town provided unimpeachable arrangements. An array of Mr Cattermole's Bathing Machines is in the centre of the picture.

In the year of this photograph, Whitby is poised for a summer influx of new visitors via the new Scarborough to Whitby Railway, which opened on 6 July 1885.

Standing in 270 acres of parkland, Raby Castle was the seat of the Neville family for two hundred years.

The parish church of St Mary at Standon has a three-stage detached tower - one of the few in England.

Ship-handling facilities at Douglas were greatly improved in 1872 with the completion of Victoria Pier, as it allowed steamers to come alongside regardless of the state of the tide.

Back on the river, this view looks north-east from the Crowmarsh Gifford bank to Bridge House, with the remarkable spire of St Peter's Church beyond.

This inn is named after the Earl of Warwick, Richard Nevill. He was known as the Kingmaker and lived in Eridge Castle, the ancestral seat of the Marquis of Abergavenny.

South Warnborough's old church has something in common with the church of St Mary the Virgin at Greywell.

This central section of Regent Stret follows the line of the old Swallow Street, where London's notorious highwaymen left their horses in livery.

One casualty of the increasing maturity of the population can be seen in Wilmslow Opera's recent problems.