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Few streets still follow their original medieval plans, though not all have been lost since 1945.

Decades of genteel decline followed, and in 1976 the hotel was demolished, despite a 16,000-signature petition and a letter from Sir John Betjeman bemoaning its loss.

The landscaping of these gardens was only completed in 1964, following the purchase of Linda Vista House and gardens by the council in 1960.

Following the New Towns Act of 1964, 37 farms and 7,500 acres of land were taken over and absorbed as the new town developed.

His legendary performances won him a huge following, and he has been described as 'a Margate institution'.

This particular mill, built in 1850 following a fire, was driven by water and steam.

First local schools have closed, and then shops, post offices and pubs have followed suit.

The maltings were part of the development that followed; the surviving kiln of the maltings would originally have included the malting floors, where the barley was allowed to germinate before being heated

This wonderful atmospheric view looks through Stonebow into the continuation of High Street which follows the line of the Roman road to London, later known as Ermine Street.

The present structure dates from the early 15th century, and has a leper squint through which lepers could follow the service.

Fortunately, it is possible to appreciate all of this river on its near five-mile journey from Lathkill Head Cave until it empties into the river Bradford at Alport: a footpath follows the whole course

Wherwell is famous for its ruined priory, established by the Saxon Queen Elfreda, mother of Ethelred the Unready, possibly as an act of repentance following several dark deeds.

Penrith Castle was built by William Strickland, later Bishop of Carlisle, who was given permission to build Penrith Castle in 1397, following the sacking of the town by raiding Scots in 1354.

The Stour is another Dorset river well worth following from source to mouth, to gain a feel for this part of the county.

With stalls creaking under the weight of locally grown produce, there is no hint of the rationing to come after the outbreak of war the following year.

In 1999 Weobley was named the 'National Village of the Year' and, in order to celebrate both this and the Millennium that followed, a sculpture was erected in the garden area in the foreground of this

Its avenues were planted following a visit by William III.

, this view looks along the Embankment from Charing Cross Bridge to Cleopatra's Needle, an Egyptian obelisk of 1500 BC, given to Britain in 1819 by the Viceroy of Egypt, but only erected here in 1878 following

Following the clo- sure of the hospital in 1992, the main building and the Round Tower of the Jubilee Wing were taken over by Nottingham Health Authority.

Until 1925 the settlement was known as Horeham Road, but following a ballot of the villagers the name was changed to Horam.

Hutton was really put on the map by the coming of the York to Scarborough railway, which follows the valley of the River Derwent to the sea.

This follows the course of a much older road, the Roman 'Fosse Way', which runs from the 'colonia' of Lincoln to Axminster in Devon, built as a military road around 47 AD.

This became a popular holiday area after Jaywick Farm was sold following the farming recession of the 1930s.

After the Norman Conquest, the lands belonging to those theyns who had either fought for Harold or were implicated in the Northern rebellions were confiscated and awarded to William's followers.