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The palace was accidentally burnt down by General Hawley's troops in 1746.

This view was taken from below the New Inn, looking down into lower Eype from Mount Lane. The 1860-dated plaque is on Eype School (far left).

Just down in the dale from Askrigg, on the banks of the River Ure, stands the ancient village of Bainbridge, once the capital of Upper Wensleydale, which was known in the 12th century as the Forest and

The Gondola was built in 1859 to take tourists up and down the lake, but was later neglected and became a rotting hulk before being restored in 1980 by its present owners, the National Trust.

Two of the girls have come down from the bridge and are inspecting the ruined south-west towers.

The single bell is housed in an 18th-century bellcote with an ornate Gothic spire - this has since been removed down to the tops of the windows.

A small village, built to house Parham Estate employees, Cootham is situated near to the foot of the downs.

The shops which lined the steep road down to the pier were demolished shortly after for being 'unhygienic and ugly'.They sold all manner of seaside items from postcards, buckets and spades, paddling

The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.

Further down to the right was the village bakery with a 'Hovis' sign on the façade. This bakery was in business into the 1990s.

Nestling under the steep southern slope of the Sussex Downs, Funtington is typical of the inland villages of the coastal plain.

The High Street is part of the old London to Brighton route through Henfield, which lies to the east of the River Adur on a belt of Wealden clay behind the South Downs.

The promenade is quite busy, visitors preferring to walk along the seafront rather than settle down on the sand.

The High Street runs down from the A40 to Burford Bridge and the River Windrush. The upper end is lined with pollarded lime trees.

The road leads down through the village of Lealholm to the bridge over the River Esk in the background.

Here we are looking down the High Street, with Smith's chemist's shop – still at this period with only one large window – on the right.

Main Street c1955 Victorian visitors had a number of inns to choose from when seeking sustenance in the town, some acting as fully-fledged hotels.

This sprawling riverside village lies between the beech-clad hills of the Chilterns and the windswept slopes of the Berkshire Downs.

This church was completely rebuilt after an earlier church on the site burnt down in 1377 along with most of Rye during an attack by the French.

Well-mannered town centre buildings open onto the flower-bedecked triangle, but the portents of a more gaudy future are already apparent.

Here the Roman Fosse Way climbs out of the Avon valley to cross Banner Down on its way to Cirencester, the Roman town of Corinium.

The long village High Street running down from the ridge overlooking the Weald and the 13th-century church of St Peter is lined with picturesque tile-hung cottages.

Rather curiously, the High Street turns sharp right at this road junction, and heads down to the beach. The road in the centre distance is the Coast Road to Redcar.

The machines, which were stored in a walled enclosure, were taken out and wheeled down to the water's edge when they were needed. There are no swimmers in the water, only a few rowing boats.