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Bodmin is the home of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, which served with gallantry during the Great War. A sergeant major directs the parade.

Just west of Padstow is one of Cornwall's wildest and most rugged stretches of coast. Trevose Head juts boldly out into the sea.

Following the passing of the Technical Act of 1889, the Corporation began this fine building in Hopwood Lane; it was completed in 1895.

Weymouth residents tend either to love or to hate the statue of George III, erected by grateful townsfolk to mark his golden jubilee, and seen in the middle distance of this photograph.

This smart terrace of houses stands just down the hill from picture No 32349, on the western approach to the town.

The clock tower on the far side of the bridge belonged to an important tin smelting works which operated throughout most of the 18th and 19th centuries before closing in 1891.

The slightly overlarge Italianate Town Hall, along with the French Renaissance bank building of 1891, dominate an otherwise well-ordered street scene.

The waxed straw hat of the man stooping in attendance on his open rowing boat provided waterproof protection against the elements.

It was one of the many buildings which symbolised Glasgow's industrial and economic status. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, only one Scot in twenty lived in Glasgow.

Sheaves of wheat are heaped in wind-blown stooks. A white-bearded old farmer, resplendent in smock and battered hat, poses with his granddaughter.

Much of the surrounding countryside is at or below sea level. Here a cottage squats just a few feet above the level of the waters.

The post office is on the left with its sign outside.

The archway to this bar dates from the 11th century; this is the oldest of York's gates.

Just a handful of people and two bathing machines can be seen in this late-Victorian photograph of Stokes Bay.

The splendid church of St Cross was built between 1170 and 1230 for the poor brethren and is a fine architectur- al mix of Norman and Early English.

The west door of Winchester Cathedral - one of the city's most famous views. Inside is the stunning 12th-century black marble font from Tournai in Belgium.

Standing in the shadow of a great chestnut tree, the Royal Anchor Hotel, once a posting and coaching house, dates from the time of Samuel Pepys who found 'good, honest people' here.

Its lands were sold to John Bellow and John Bloxham, though they later passed into the hands of the Forsters of Bamburgh.

Part of the Devizes 29 is this set of 16 locks at Caen Hill.

The Crown Hotel, situated at the west end of Blandford's market place, was refaced in its original Georgian style in 1938.

These dramatic falls are hidden in the depths of Dungeon Ghyll in Great Langdale, and are seldom visited by car-bound tourists.

A pair of ramblers (right) heading for the hills stride out purposefully past the Rayburne Hotel and cafe in the centre of Coniston village.

Looking from Henley's superb river bridge of 1786 with keystones carved by Anne Seymour Damer with the heads of Isis and Thames, we see the boathouses at the east end of Riverside, which are still in use

This expansive view down the valley of Great Langdale shows Harrison Stickle (2,403ft) and Gimmer Crag prominent on the skyline.