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This mighty copper mine scarred the slopes north of Gunnislake on the Devon side of the River Tamar. Here miners blasted the lodes in deep melancholy vaults.

Boscawen Street is certainly refined, and its considerable width is due to the demolition of a central row of houses in Regency times.

It was rebuilt thanks to the efforts of James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth. On his retreat north in 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart held a council of war in Crieff at the Drummond Arms.

These days Hopes Green is simply a westward extension of South Benfleet, but it started life as a hamlet of fishermen's cottages.

The machicolated heights of William Herbert's gatehouse and closet towers look down on the moat which surrounds the famous Yellow Tower, the work of his father William ap Thomas.

The well tended beds, paths and raised walkways show that the Abergavenny Improvement Commissioners had an early appreciation of the ruined castle's leisure and tourist potential.

The early 14th-century tower of St Teilo's, Llantilio Pertholey stands squarely among the surrounding trees.

This admirable market town, with its Queen Anne and Georgian buildings, was once hailed as 'the Montpellier of England'. Five roads meet at the market square.

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

Villagers wait with their baskets for the boats to come in with their catches of herring.

The bustling twice-weekly market was clearly a popular event at the turn of the century.

In many villages in Kent are the great gardens and oast-houses devoted to the growing and processing of the hop, which gives beer its taste.

This classic view of Salisbury Cathedral has changed little in over a hundred years.

Surrounded by these majestic trees, and with the west tower of St Leonard's Church, one of the largest and finest in Kent, rising behind them, a summer game of cricket takes place on this spacious ground

The 15th-century grey tower of St Mildred's Church, with its bold crocketed pinnacles, dominates the centre of this small town, which stands 322 feet above sea level; it was formerly used as a beacon

Formerly in Worcestershire, King's Norton became part of Birmingham in 1911.

Pictures taken of Four Ways in the 1920s reveal a delightful rural scene. Only 30 years later, it has become just another branch of suburbia.

The buildings look pretty much the same today, though Henry Cooper's film developing business and the premises of the Midland Lace Association have gone.

Tomlinson's Stores is now the premises of Age Concern, and Goss Bros is now a tea shop.

Despite the grand appearance of the building, the acoustics in the Winter Gardens pavilion were suspect.

This view of Station Road looks south-west past the junction to Havelock Street, with the imposing clock tower of the 1903 Co-op store.

A steep hill leads away from the estuary to the top of Kingsbridge town.

It was while staying at Enfield that Henry VIII's only legitimate male child became Edward VI on the death of his father.

Boots has moved to a prime site on High Street and has been replaced by a modern building occupied by a building society.