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The ancient name for the village is Barelegh (meaning 'wasteland'), but lush meadows now support flocks of sheep.

Coronation Gardens commemorate the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II. The flower beds are a riot of colour in high summer; they lie alongside the stream that runs through the main street.

To the right of County Hall is the Bell Hotel, a Regency building which was recast in 1919 with the addition of a dormered roof storey.

Near the college is Hango Hill, the scene in 1663 of the execution of the Manx patriot William Christian (Illian Dohne) for his role in the rebellion of 1651.

In the background are the romantic ruins of the Augustinian priory, and to the right are the tumbling waters of the River Wharfe.

Houghton is a hamlet with a long stone bridge across the tidal River Arun.

We are looking westwards to the snout of Goggin's Barrow (right), Black Head (centre), and Redcliff Point (left) above Weymouth Bay.

Lying peacefully on the banks of the Ure, the land was given to the monks by Conan, son of Alan the Red, who built Richmond Castle.

As much as any other, this view illustrates the timelessness of North Devon.

The higgledy-piggledy row of pubs, shops and dwellings has hardly changed over the years.

Here we see Warboys church, with the 17th-century Dutch-influenced manor house next door.

The Anchor Inn (left) is a solid sandstone building, and its contents have refreshed the inhabitants of Irby for over 100 years.

Later photographs from the 1950s show no change to the building apart from the addition of a hanging sign at the front, and the replacement of the gas lamp-post with an electric, concrete one.

In the background are the romantic ruins of the Augustinian priory, and to the right are the tumbling waters of the River Wharfe.

This view, showing the centre of Ewell village, was taken looking north towards the Horse Pond and Spring Corner, and includes several splendid examples of the motor vehicles of the period.

Four small children watch the photographer with interest as he immortalises this stretch of Wharf Road.

A minor 14th-century castle, Naworth stands on a triangular piece of land by the river Irthling with deep ditch defences on three sides and a moat and drawbridge on the fourth.

There are mussel beds at the mouth of the river, while freshwater oysters found upstream have been famous for their pearls. Telford's 1826 bridge measures 327 ft long.

The spire of St Peter's Church can be seen from all parts of Horbury.

A rare surviving example of an English belfry, the Clock Tower, built in 1411, stands at the centre of the city with the narrow mediaeval street of French Row on its left and the wider Market Place on

The east window stained glass is from about 1840.

The fine and spacious interior was poor acoustically although in 1941 over 800 people crammed into the hall for the entire London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent.

Perched on its cliff overlooking the rivers Teme and Corve, Ludlow was built in a strategic location on the Welsh borders.

A similar view to the one above, but this follows work carried out to the chancel by Sir Charles Nicholson in 1932. Note also the new screen on the right for the Lady Chapel.