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Tin Town 1917 Around the time this photograph was taken, the first of a series of Army camps was erected at Bramshott.

The Slaughter brook runs down the middle of this village - one of the loveliest in the county, despite its ugly name.

Herbert H Raphael's gift to the town of 20 acres of parkland and lake was given out of generosity, but he may also have been concerned that his envisaged development of the select Gidea Park Garden

After a prolonged period of restoration Llandaff Cathedral was reopened during Easter 1857.

This splendid view of the site of the former cliff-top fort was taken prior to the extension of the cliff-foot promenade.The terrace of houses in the centre of the picture, Fort Paragon, was constructed

The late Victorian and Edwardian buildings are part of the expansion of Felixstowe as a seaside resort.

Constructed during the 1880s, Vyrnwy was the first of the massive reservoirs of Powys. The village of Llanwddyn was drowned, but it can still be seen in times of drought when the water level drops.

The viaduct which carries the main Sheffield-Leeds railway line dominates this view of the High Street of the South Yorkshire town of Denby Dale.

Safe bathing brought thousands of early visitors to Shanklin, as we can see from the profusion of bathing huts and tents. Many of the boats in the foreground would have been for hire.

This is an excellent example of an East Anglian round tower.

The plotland development of this part of Basildon stemmed from the agricultural depression of the 1870s. Initially focused on Laindon station, it soon engulfed parts of Langdon Hills and Dunton.

The Tavistock road leads away from Plymouth to the fringes of Dartmoor, and has always been a busy highway.

The Tavistock road leads away from Plymouth to the fringes of Dartmoor, and has always been a busy highway.

This high village of the Weald looks out on a panoramic view of orchards and hopfields, although the foundation of its prosperity in the Middle Ages was based on weaving and iron-working.

Sir Robert Peel called it 'one of the finest sites in Europe'.

Thomas Ken, who was rector of Brighstone before becoming Bishop of Winchester, ministered to Charles II as he lay dying; accompanied Charles' illegitimate son the Duke of Monmouth on his way to the block

Park Lane, once the desolate by-road known as Tiburn Lane, was a refined street of palatial mansions enjoying expansive vistas of the Park by 1890.

Castle Hill is part of 365 acres of common land donated for '...the relief of the poor' in the 12th century. There are 20 miles of public rights of way.

The River Teme rises in the Kerry Hills of Radnorshire and flows through 75 miles of beautiful countryside before it meets the River Severn just south of Worcester.

Its massive columns support the impressive stone-ribbed vaulted roof, the earliest example of rib vaulting in Europe.

The reduction of this castle of Edward I, built in around 1275, was thorough. The chimney stacks behind speak of a different kind of power, that of industry.

Its name refers to the influence of the Earl of Gloucester, Lord of Caerleon. Typical of this type of development, a parade of useful shops is included for the convenience of the new residents.

Near the entrance to Worksop College, on Sparrow Hill (the old road into Worksop), are the lion gates and one of the many lodges and gateways into the vast 3,000 acre grounds of Welbeck Abbey, built

This was formerly the site of a Benedictine priory, founded in the reign of Henry I by Baldwin de Redvers, as a cell of the Norman monastery of Montburgh.