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A dense procession of top-hatted gentlemen hurry along the pavement to their city offices. London Bridge’s lamp-posts were cast from the metal of French cannons captured in the Peninsula War.

The Broad Hinton (or Hackpen) white horse is on Hackpen Down between Avebury and Swindon on the Marlborough Downs. It is amateurish in design, and the least impressive of all the Wiltshire horses.

Brooke House, the town centre's only housing unit, opened on 7 July 1962. A 14-storey block of 84 flats, it was named after Henry Brooke, the former Housing Minister.

Passengers take an opportunity to experience the sights and sounds of Belfast harbour as the Douglas packet makes her way slowly along.

Built of red sandstone, Chester cathedral was founded in 1092 as a Benedictine abbey. The present buildings date from the 13th to the 16th centuries, though some earlier Norman features survive.

It was also the birthplace of a useful invention: John Read of Horsmonden invented the stomach pump here, not the most glamorous association for a village!

Heavy bombing during the Second World War led to a redesign of the traffic flow and yet another rebuilding of the pub.

Completed in 1789, All Saints' survived in its original form for less than sixty years before it was remodelled and the west tower added.

This is a late-Victorian development just off the seafront; the castellated roof of the Falcon's Nest Hotel can be seen rising above the terrace.

Lombe had worked as a silk weaver in Italy where he secretly made drawings of the machinery. He returned to England and opened his factory.

Pike 'o' Stickle (2,323 ft) is the thimble-shaped peak prominent on the skyline in this view taken from near the head of Great Langdale.

Netley Hospital, which opened in 1868, was a quarter of a mile long and cost more than £300,000 to construct.

Here we see one of the many pleasure steamers that used to ply on the river Severn in the Worcester area.

A major boating centre to this day, Braunston was the northern end of the Grand Junction canal. At this point it met the Oxford Canal; there used to be a small lock outside the house.

Since 1968, this village has been officially known as Hoo St Werburgh; it is named after a Saxon princess who became a nun, and who was buried on the site of the present church.

It was created from a raised area of ground where the river Yeo describes a large arc.

Following bomb damage in the 1940 air raid, the building was altered in 1956; its outward appearance took on an Elizabethan style in contrast to this austere Gothic design.

Telegrams were still a popular form of communication, but they were on their way out: for many people, they had always had a macabre association - having been bringers, frequently, of bad news during

The castle had two main towers and a further tower guarding the entrance on the north side. There was no keep.

This scene has changed considerably since this photograph was taken at the junction of Fore Street and East Street.

The church was restored in the 19th century when part of the roofing was renewed.

This old tin-streaming town is perched on a windy hill a mile inland from the sea. Solidly built of heavy granite, it turns its back stolidly on the gales.

This captivating view was taken looking towards the top of the 1,320-feet-high Rombalds Moor and shows White Wells at top right.

An excellent view of the Old Bridge with the castle in the background.