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The pier, which is the only one of six along the Yorkshire coast to have survived, has just undergone a massive renovation in the hope that it will now survive at least another 100 years.

On the left is the ornate drinking fountain, while over on the right is one of the town's earliest theatres, the Theatre Royal, which opened in 1868.

North-east of Cambridge, the River Cam quickly becomes wooded on either side, setting an attractive scene here at Baits Bite Lock.

This beautiful Tudor mansion was built at the end of the reign of Henry VIII by the successful lawyer Sir John Hynde, partly from materials salvaged when they pulled down the church of St Etheldreda

Sidmouth began as a small fishing town with a bustling local market, but even these activities had begun to decline by the time the first visitors arrived in the late 18th century.

At the beginning of the last millennium, marauding Danes landed on these sandy beaches and put the village of Exmouth to fire and sword.

The pier opened on 28 July 1889, three years after the Boscombe Pier Company had been formed.

Barges had continued to carry limestone from a quarry at Westleigh to lime kilns in Tiverton Basin. This trade lasted until 1924, when the whole canal was closed but never infilled.

A bustling street scene at the junction of Oxford Street and the Charing Cross Road.We think of advertising as a modern phenomenon.

At the junction with Paternoster Row, Cheapside swings from the north in an arc and heads east towards the Bank.

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

Lerryn must be one of the most perfect places on earth. It stands at the end of a narrow muddy creek, the haunt of the heron and kingfisher, that winds a course between luxuriant woodland.

This rugged and sublime rock mass is divided from Marazion by the sea, but at low tide visitors can tread a causeway to the island.

Many devotees of boating consider that the River Thames is at its best around Shepperton, particularly when a regatta is being held, with boats crowding the river and excited spectators

There was probably a settlement at Enfield when the Roman legions marched along nearby Ermine Street, the important Roman highway that can still be seen adjacent to Enfield's High Street.

Barlborough was built by Francis Rodes, brother-in-law of the fourth Earl of Rutland and a member of a landed family who had been settled in Derbyshire for about two centuries.

A clipper-bowed excursion steamer crowded with passengers heads along the Dee, attracting little attention from the young fishermen on the bank.

The Roman town of Aquae Sulis, now Bath, grew up at the point where the Fosse Way crossed the river Avon.

Beacon Hill was developed in the late 19th century for those who were in service to the wealthy folk who lived at neighbouring Hindhead.

During the Civil War, the parish church of St Nicolas was occupied by the Parliamentary troops and used as a prison, a hospital, and a guard room.

Whippingham village lies close to Osborne House, and Victoria's consort Prince Albert had a hand in the extraor- dinary design of the church.

The Anglo-Saxons almost certainly fortified Wallingford, and there was once an important castle here, though little of it survives today.

The pump at Ashford, on the left, is the site of one of the village's six well-dressings, held annually in early June.

These picturesque and simple weatherboarded cottages were once among many in the old village; they were originally built for workers on the Nonsuch estate.