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During the mid 19th century, proposals were put forward to build a railway line to connect the town with the south of England.

Seven miles north of Tynemouth, the Hall was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, and completed for Admiral George Delaval in 1707. Over the years the Hall has experienced its share of misfortune.

Appledore stands on a branch of the River?Rother close by?Romney Marsh. During the 9th century, it was an important Viking base. From here they penetrated far inland on destructive forays.

Its name is believed to have come from the appearance of charcoal workers as they emerged from working in the woods.

A village on the eastern edge of the St Leonards Forest at a high point on the London to Brighton trunk road. The Red Lion, c1550, is an old coaching inn.

On the top floor the south-east wing contains the long gallery; below it are what are now called the Regency rooms.

The road curving up to the left of the castle is Roydon Road, known at this time as Zulu Road.

This scene is a contrast with the one seven years earlier, when the town packed into the Market Place to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII.

Beyond the weir is the main river and the trees along the north bank of the Ouse.

The cathedral was renovated in the 1870s, when its partly ruinous fabric was restored by Henry Roe, who also built the Synod Hall (on the left) and connecting bridge.

Despite its name, Newhaven is anything but new, for it dates from Henry VIII's time when the River Ouse was canalised into its present course, and the town absorbed the old village of Meeching.

Roath Park was laid out in 1894 at a cost of £62,000 - a considerable sum in those days. The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

The parish itself included the outlying villages of Bickerstaffe, Burscough, Lathom, Scarisbrick and Skelmersdale; the population of Ormskirk itself grew from 2,554 in 1801 to 3,838 in 1821.

This interesting picture of the village street and the post office shows the village postman about to mount his bicycle.

As we look south down High Street we can see that many of the buildings survive today, including the dormered building on the far left.

Built by William de Albini in the 12th century, Castle Rising sits inside a ringwork, with a small bailey on either side; these defences may originally have been constructed of wood.

London Road is part of the medieval route through East Grinstead. By 1910 the latest mode of transport, the motor car, could be seen on this and many other roads.

The monastery was built in Woodchester, and part of it - the Church of Our Lady - can be seen in the village to this day. The rest, however, was demolished in 1970.

On the left are Harry Webber, hairdresser, in the former Oakes Bank of 1885, the International Stores (Frederick Riches was manager), who traded here from 1909 to 1976, and Eccleston's, draper and grocers

This superb 15th-century house became the home of Essex stockbroker James Corbett and his wife Alice between 1854 and 1912, where they raised their two daughters.

The western section of the High Street (viewed here from the forecourt of The Spread Eagle) is dominated by the clock tower built by Butler and Hedge in 1847-48.

When the Anglo-Saxons settled in their village of 'Longetuna', meaning 'long village', it was cut off from the world by bogs and marshland.

Through the famous Cow and Calf Rocks high up on Ilkley Moor, we can see the estate of Denton Park, once the home of the Fairfax family.

Thornton Dale lies 2 miles east of Pickering. This much-photographed cottage stands alongside the beck, in which trout can still be seen. In the village are Lady Lumley's Almshouses.