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A police officer keeps a close eye on traffic at the foot of Preston Street, with the International Stores displaying its selection of groceries in its corner window, and the printers and stationer's shop

Like many other shopping streets in Salisbury, Fisherton Street has changed very little over the last fifty years, in spite of most of the shops themselves moving or closing down and being replaced

Seen here from the other side is the thatched Ferry Boat inn.

Here we see both Norman and Perpendicular features, but the organ is early 19th-century Gothic; a brass plate was set in 1789.

This narrow passage leading down to St Mary's Street was home in 1900 to a fishmonger and hairdresser, as well as the Hole in the Wall Inn, previously the Coach and Horses (although it is hard to imagine

This shows the Market Square in the heart of the town. The south side of the square is dominated by the Georgian County Hall, whcihwas designed by Thomas Harris.

Linking Runcorn with Widnes, this bridge just gleams whenever the sun shines.

Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle.

This photograph looks from the railway bridge towards the King's Head in Bulmer Road. On the left, the second house with the lower roof has been demolished.

This pleasant stone-built market town, on the western side of the lovely vale of Clwyd, climbs the hillside crowned by its ruinous castle.

This view looks north towards the Market Place and captures well the character of this market town, most of whose 19th- and late 18th-century buildings still line the streets.

The Red Hart yard in 1931. The public and private bars are on the left. The barn at the end of the yard has been demolished, but otherwise there has been little change.

We are looking in the opposite direction from No U3011.

Here the wording on the banner has been changed to 'Ye Olde Starre Inne'. Once there would have been many of these gallows signs, as they are called, but this is the only one remaining in York.

St Andrew's has been described as 'the stateliest church of its time in the county'.

Here the wording on the banner has been changed to 'Ye Olde Starre Inne'.

Holiday makers walk the high street, and a coach and four is about to pull up outside the Cors-y-Cedol Hotel, one of the resort's many hotels.

Shakespeare knew this 16th-century stone building as the Falcon Inn, and is reputed to have drunk there.

As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.

We are on a high, sandy hillside on the outskirts of Hastings. Nearby, Minnis Rock Hermitage has three rock cells cut out of a sandstone cliff face; it is well conserved.

In the parish churchyard at Cowley lies the body of William Dodd, novelist, religious author and social celebrity.

The Queen Anne Inn, to the right of Benefit Footwear (left), is much older, probably dating back to the reign of Queen Anne, as it appears on Heywood Hall Map of 1718.

The Crown Inn (right) still looks the same, but the stone wall has been reduced in height.

This view looks down towards the Cross from the A46 Bath Road. At the bottom of the slope is the clock tower and George Street, in which is found one of the largest kettles in the country.