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Hunstanton's lighthouse was built in 1830, and crowns the chalk clifftop close by the ruins of St Edmund's chapel, where pilgrims offered their prayers and sought the healing powers of the town's efficacious

It is said that the ghost of Anne Boleyn, who once stayed here, has been seen, and that the terrible cries of the dying that were placed in the courtyard after an attack by the Roundheads in 1644 can still

In earlier days Briggate was where the merchants and clothiers assembled to buy and sell cloth, the start of business being heralded by the sounding of the market bell.

This photograph shows this Domesday village, now much consumed by the tentacles of Market Harborough's suburbs, with its large irregular green and attractive houses, some dating back to 1567 and 1664,

It looks like the postman chatting with a passer-by; the whole area has a present-day feel.

But by the 18th century it was used as an icon to indicate industriousness among the more puritan.

It was later owned by the Rev Henry Copinger, rector of Lavenham from 1578 to 1622, whose monument in the chancel was restored in 2004.

By the time this picture was taken, it had become the recently renovated indoor market. The White House Cinema is situated near the Midland Bank.

Holy Trinity was built by the vicar of nearby Hampstead Norreys who was the personal chaplain to Queen Adelaide, the wife of William IV.

It was restored by the 'Good Lord Scudamore' and re-consecrated in 1634. The restoration of the roof required the wood of 204 Herefordshire oak trees.

Half hidden by the Musgrave monument is Graham's grocers, established in 1793. By 1991 the adjoining buildings had been demolished to give access to the Angel Lane shopping development.

The small village of Leeds is dominated by the presence of its large romantic castle. The castle is Norman, but there was an earlier Saxon castle on the site.

Over the years, Three Bridges has been swallowed up by the expanding suburbs of Crawley, but originally it was a very small village.

Wilmslow`s main shopping street would contain all the shops needed by the community, including their links with the outside world, as the newspaper shop demonstrates in its adverts.

Old Sarum is a hillfort built by the people of the Iron Age, who came to Britain from around 500BC. Its spectacular ramparts and ditches enclosed their community.

built after one another; the second was washed away by floods.This photograph, showing the castle walls and the dome of the Debtors' Prison, was taken from the fourth recorded bridge, which was replaced by the

Pleated skirts, of the type worn by the two young ladies at the front of the picture, were fashionable at this time.

The house, and extensive grounds, are preserved by the National Trust.

Created by the acquisition of land once part of Ely Common, Victoria Park was opened on the occasion of the monarch's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

The hotel, acquired by the Thistle Group in 1996, has changed outwardly very little. Park Street taxi rank still operates but is no longer equine!

The Town Hall, also built as a corn market, was opened by the Duke of Wellington in 1833; a 173 feet obelisk monument to the Duke is on Wellington Hill to the south of the town.

Looking southwards, the view is terminated by the elaborately Italianate Queens Hotel.

By the mid 1960s, dress sensibilities were changing: the young woman in Bay A is wearing a mini-skirt, whilst the man in Bay B sports narrow jeans.

The bronze head on the statue was designed and cast by the sculptor Fred Mancini.