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The Angel Hotel was one of three hotels that catered for motorists, the others being the George and Dragon, and the Brunswick.

Goring was an important settlement in prehistoric times, and it was here at the ford that the famous Ridgeway and Icknield Way joined forces.

St Lawrence's church was built in the Perpendicular style and paid for by merchants made rich from wool.

This small town stands on a inlet of the River Wensum. Lothbroc, a Danish king, landed at Reedham in an open boat when he was driven ashore during a violent storm.

The bridge over the River Derwent at Rowsley was built in the early 17th century, and still carries today's busy traffic on the A6 trunk road.

Apart from an increase of traffic and the removal of the creeper growing over Knights Templars Terrace on the left, this scene has changed little.

Bodinnick lies opposite and slightly upstream of Fowey at the narrowest point of the estuary of the River Fowey.

Unusual things have been found on the beach at Polzeath: in 1796 a 65-foot whale was washed up and the carcase used for manure, while in January 1866 280 casks of rum from the wreck of the 'Juliet' landed

Thousands of Cheltenham people entered the world at St Paul's maternity hospital in Swindon Road, which was founded in 1948.

This family seem determined to make the most of their time at the seaside and contemplate the sea.

Our picture shows Arno Park at its best, and showing evidence of the best of care and attention.

The market town of Bovey Tracey at one time had two railway stations; now it has none. The Dolphin Hotel is an old coaching and posting house.

An unusual claim to fame for this place, originally built c1850, is Terry Waite's visit in 1991 for his first pub meal on UK soil after landing at RAF Lyneham on his return from the Lebanon, where he

Eype in the days before it was invaded by caravans and the steady influx of tourists who now descend to the beach at Eype Mouth.

The River Whitewater rises at Bidden off the Upton Grey road, and here flows north-eastwards through the former deer park. It follows the road to Lodge Farm.

In this picture, the steeple of Rochester Cathedral seems to rise out of the castle keep in front of it, but it illustrates the strategic siting of the castle, overlooking the entire sweep of the approaches

The Bowness Ferry across the narrowest part of Windermere was originally a rowing boat, but it became steam- operated just 17 years before this photograph was taken.

Shepherd's Crag towers through the trees over the Victorian Gothic buildings of the Lodore Hotel at the southern end of Derwent Water.

A stone building with a tiled roof, it looks in poor condition. The waterwheel appears to have gone; the dark mark on the wall shows where it was located.

The pretty estate village of Hovingham in the Vale of Pickering is famous for Hovingham Hall, built about 1760 by Thomas Worsley, Surveyor General to William III.

Bruton's High Street prospered from medieval times with the woollen industry, which grew along the Brue - gardens behind the houses ran down to the river.

Sandbanks is the long spit of land dividing Poole Harbour from the sea at the southwestern end of Bournemouth.

The Basildon Development Corporation aimed at providing a wide range of different types of housing—both for visual reasons, and also to attract residents from different income-groups.

Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.