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This photograph gives us a close view of the Octagon, 'a unique and arresting achievement of the Late Decorated period' (Alec Clifton-Taylor).

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

South of Dumbarton rise the massive twin peaks of the volcanic plug of Dumbarton Rock.

Close to Blackpool, Newton was popular, especially at the time of the Blackpool Illuminations. Rows of holiday caravans do not conjure up history, but this corner of the Fylde has its share.

The charm of post-war rural Britain is captured perfectly here.

The Cotswold village of Sherborne lies between Northleach and Burford. It is an ancient fording point on Sherborne Brook, a tributary of the River Windrush.

Mills and rows of cheap housing were swept away during the development of Marlowes in the new town of Hemel Hempstead.

The Urban District Council of 1895 needed a home, and in 1899 the council offices were built and occupied. In 1928 it was decided to add a town hall and modify the western end of the building.

With the arrival of the Piccadilly Line came an influx of commuters, and with this influx came the promise of commercial profits.

The appointed King, Godrich, Earl of Cornwall, takes care of Goldborough, and promises to fulfil the dead King's wish - to marry Goldborough to the strongest man in England when she is of age.

From the river bank near the Leander Club we can look across to the river front of Henley and imagine its bankside wharfs alive with the shouts of bargees and watermen loading their barges, with

It was at the northern end of High Street that the unfortunate Duke of Monmouth was declared king in 1685.

Being on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Loftus is surrounded by some lovely countryside and the woods on the outskirts of the town have long provided a place of peace and tranquillity

Shop signs beyond the Three Cups Hotel include those of a Co-op store, the Tudor Cafe, and the Nook.

By the gate leading into the churchyard are the overhanging eaves of the old priest's house, later to become the centre of the local Girl Guides troop.

Originally called Dunstable Street, there is no available record of the reason for the change of name apart from the coincidence of the accession to the throne of King George V.

To the east of Stane Street, and four miles north of Billingshurst, is the village of Slinfold.

This view from the west shows John Smedley's massive Hydro on the opposite side of the valley, which brought spa town prosperity to the town after its erection in 1853.

The stately 212ft-high Perpendicular tower of Derby's Cathedral of All Saints, which dominates this view of Iron Gate, still exerts a powerful influence on the county's biggest city.

Once part of Wonersh, and originally called Shamble Lea, this hamlet had a share of the medieval cloth trade, particularly with the Canary Islands.

Bursledon consists of two distinct halves - the new and the old.

The building high up on the left houses the Plymouth Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association of Great Britain, now one of the world's leading marine research organisations.

Looking west from Bathampton Down, past the villas of Bathwick across the northern half of the city, we can see how the formality of the ramrod-straight Great Pulteney Street to the left contrasts with

The entrance block of the theatre was formed from Beau Nash's first house in Bath, a pre-Wood era building of 1720 with heavy moulded window surrounds and cornices.