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The impressive War Memorial stands to the west of the bandstand on high ground overlooking the sea.

A fine view down the length of Union Street in the last peaceful days before the First World War.

Its castle, one of four block- houses built by Henry VIII, was garri- soned until Victorian times, such was the prolonged fear of invasion from across the channel.

The memorial in St Giles dates back to 1841; it stands on an island in the road and was designed by George Gilbert Scott. Behind it is the Church of St Mary Magdalen.

The most recent commemorates the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

This view of Matlock Bath is taken from the station on the Midland line, and shows the beautiful setting of this Derwent-side village.

Taking the form of a Celtic cross, it remembered the dead of the town during the First World War, which had ended just a year before.

This old building has undergone a number of changes over the years. Once a large elm stood close by, but this was lost during the problems with Dutch elm disease.

John Chandler and Derek Parker describe the effect of the church on the visitor in 'Wiltshire Churches, an Illustrated History': 'There is an aura of intense mystery, and to submit to its darkness

The village stands on the east side of the Towy where the river breaks out to sea through a widespread expanse of sandbanks at low tide.

Penrith, 'capital' of the northern Lake District, is an attractive red sandstone market town. But it did not escape the 'Poets' Corner' craze for street-naming of the late 19th century.

The pyramid-capped tower of this Norman church stands prominently on a hill, and forms part of Davington Priory, founded in 1153 by Fulco de Newenham.

Twenty-nine local weavers were recorded working in what was then a small village in 1608, 19 of whom were specifically engaged in producing the broadcloth for which this area became famous

In the centre of the photograph we can see the 64ft, red brick lighthouse on the Brush Wharf, built at a cost of £400.

To the left in the middle distance we can see the gable end of the old Bullard's pub, the Shipwright's Arms.

Many of the students who trained here were later employed in the glass industry for which the town is so well known.

Early visitors preferred to stay in the hotels and villas of this area, within easy walking distance of the sea.

This view of the church, which was taken away from the town centre, also shows a pretty ironstone thatched house and numerous houses roofed with the local slates.

The Greyhound public house is one of the few buildings on this side of the street to have remained unchanged.

Lyndhurst's main street runs from east to west, dominated by the church on the higher ground at one end. Much of the administrative work of the New Forest is carried out here.

The coming of the railway in Victoria's time had made Lyndhurst very popular, though George III had resided there a century earlier.

The Friary Courtyard c1960 The friary is situated on the outskirts of Aylesford village.

One is on the Derwent; the other is on the Wear. One is a former colliery village and the seat of the Surtees family; the other appears to be known for the number of Nonconformist chapels it contains.

The passenger ferry from the Essex port of Tilbury approaches the Town Pier at the end of its journey across the Thames.