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John Constable is known to have painted Malvern Hall at least three times - one of these paintings is now in Tate Britain.

Mention Catterick to most people and they will immediately think of the great army garrison, which is actually situated four miles from the town itself.

Henry I gave the village and living of Burton Bradstock to the great Normandy abbey at Caen in exchange for the royal regalia of William the Conqueror, which the monks claimed had been gifted to them by

The west wing of the original old hall at Holker, home of the Preston family since the 16th century, was destroyed by fire in 1871.

The Exeter Canal was just over 5 miles long, and trade along it to these quays continued until 1972.

At the time of this view, it would have been called the Rose and Castle. Since then, it has undergone massive refurbishment and changes of name before becoming The Mill House.

This view, from the end of a path leading past the Brownlow Arms to the west bank of the Trent, looks across the tidal river from Nottinghamshire to South Clifton in Lincolnshire.

The building was named after William Fitzherbert, who was the great-grandson of William the Conqueror. At the turn of the 19th century, the building was used as tenements.

A magnificent view of the 68ft high nave at Christchurch. On the north side the walls are about two feet out of true because of subsidence and the collapse of the south walls in 1569.

For some reason, fish quays seem to attract tourists and looking at this picture, things were no different in 1923.

The building in the centre, just to the left of the lamp standard, is the Staines Iron Works.

Henry II's 12th-century keep at Castleton, seen here from Cave Dale with Lose Hill in the background, was an obvious sign of the Norman's dominance of the Peak District.

The old deer park at Chatsworth contains some of the oldest oak trees still living in Britain.

A group of gunners from the Royal Field Artillery pause in their task of servicing their heavy artillery outside the ordnance depot at Deepcut Camp, which had been built in 1901.

The Pilgrim Fathers' Monument is built of Portland stone and rises 50ft above the ground.

Plans for a new abbey at Prinknash were drawn up in the 1930s when the Benedictine order of monks outgrew the old grange on the hillside, but these were modified over the years; the present abbey is

A feature of beaches in the 1950s was the religious gatherings.

Our Lady of Lourdes' Church is situated on Leasowe Road, Moreton. Built in 1957, it features a strong architectural style.

Today the size of this pub (built in 1938) reminds us that by the 20th century Hoylake had become a holiday resort.

Girls, perhaps the shop assistants, crowd in the doorway of the post office, while at least one fisherman is walking up Fore Street.

The full extent of Mevagissey's inner harbour is displayed, enclosed within the stone piers built in the 1770s.

It was rebuilt in 1908 to plans by the architect Arthur J Stedman of Farnham in the mock-Tudor style prevalent at that time.

The coronet design on the tower of All Hallows Church is the only one of its kind in Sussex, and rarely found throughout the country.

The churchyard of St Peter`s parish church at Hope is filled with gravestones commemorating local families, such as the Eyres and the Woodruffes.