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The main buildings are little changed in over one hundred years, and the awnings over the shops seem tidier, but the proliferation of signs is messier.

There is a pretty garden in front of The Angler's Arms. Two cars are on the road to the right, part of the main road to Barrow-in-Furness.

The town of Poole grew up around the older quays of the great harbour; during these times it was purely functional, catering for mercantile activities, shipping and pottery manufactured from the

One of the reasons why Robin Hood's Bay proved to be a popular haunt for artists is the picturesque cluster of red-roofed cottages perched somewhat precariously on the cliffs.

The pleasing interior of the church is the result of Sir George Gilbert Scott's work. He had the choir stalls re-arranged to allow more space.

This beautifully-designed broads cruiser is typical of those provided by the holiday companies, who have already expanded into huge businesses.

The road through the village became one of the first turnpike roads in Oxfordshire.

Thomas Stonor built the Town Hall in 1664 to commemorate the restoration of the monarchy at the end of the Civil War.

A deserted seat stands invitingly under the spreading chestnut tree on the village green at Cropton, four miles from Pickering on the southern edge of the North York Moors.

This view from The King's Head at Newton-under-Roseberry shows the quarried face of Roseberry Topping, known affectionately as 'the Matterhorn of Cleveland', which stands at just over 1,000 feet above

The building with the jettied gables to the left dates back to the 17th century, on the face of it one of the oldest buildings in St Ives, although earlier buildings survive behind more modern facades.

The town's importance as a centre for yachting, and the close proximity of Queen Victoria's home Osborne House, made Cowes most fashionable in the 19th century.

The open-topped bus receiving a great deal of attention from the people on the left is travelling along part of the old coaching route.

Beachy Head is where the chalk range of the South Downs reaches the sea in magnificent chalk cliffs rearing almost vertically five hundred feet out of the sea.

The view looking beyond the Lansdowne Hotel and the Grand Hotel is now dominated by South Cliff Tower, an eighteen-storey block of flats about which the words 'sore thumb' come unbidden to mind: an example

This main street runs parallel to the shore, and displays many of the late 19th-century shops that accompanied its development as a resort during that period.

The half-timbered frontage of the George and Dragon inn (on the left of the photograph) dates from 1515.

The coming of the railway and Liss's close proximity to Petersfield and Haslemere made it a popular choice for those looking to live in this area.

In this late Victorian view from in front of numbers 12 to 14 Minster Yard, the quality of the mainly 13th-century Gothic cathedral comes over well.

FOR hundreds of years this area seemed little different from any collection of Victorian villages.

One of Llandaff's famous sons, Francis Lewis, was born here in 1713: he was one of the signatories of the American Declaration of Independence.

A relaxed tea is enjoyed on the sunlit dappled lawns of the Surrey Trust House hotel by these patrons of what would eventually become one of the Trust House Forte chain of establishments.

This is the village of Sandbank on the western side of Holy Loch. On the far side are the houses of Kilmun and the heights of Stronchullin Hill, Beinn Ruadh and Creachan Mor.

Some of the streets of Vickerstown were named after renowned people from the recent Boer War (1899-1902).