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A stronghold of the de Braose family, the castle was briefly captured by the Welsh warlord Sytsylt ap Dyferwald.

Though the rebellion of 1173 failed, Hugh received only a heavy fine and suffered the temporary indignity of having several castles confiscated by the English crown.

The cellar is also said to be haunted by the ghost of a Grey Lady.

The church had been covered in a thick growth of ivy, but by the time of this photograph, it had been cut back to reveal the true beauty of the structure.

Beyond the thick wooded cover, the more open land of the deer park is corrugated by the medieval ridge and furrow of open field cultivation.

East of the village, the Shelford Road climbs on to the red sandstone hills, which are undercut by the River Trent to form river cliffs.

On the top of the hill is the outer navigation station for Heathrow Airport, used by the Trans-Atlantic flights.

This private estate was developed in 1833 by the Wakefield solicitor and Clerk of Barnsley Canal Company Thomas Foljambe (1775-1851), part of a larger scheme to build a number of grand

Situated five miles north of Sheffield, the large parish of Ecclesfield was semi-industri- alised by the late 18th century.

photographer's desire to take views of post offices has led him to ignore the beautifully-situated village centre around its green and also the good 1879 church, designed, built and paid for by the

This large, timber-framed house was built around 1595 by the wealthy Dorrington family.

In front is a row of modern shops, including a Co-operative store at the end by the truck, which had replaced a row of terraced houses.

The name Downham means 'dwelling by the hill'—the hill is obviously Pendle, which can be seen in the background.

Arthur Bunting (left) dealt in woollens and linen; Curl Brothers owned the huge shop on the right of the picture, which was floodlit at night by the eight lamp posts erected on the pavement.

Perhaps Carroll was later inspired by the Greenall twins in his creation of look-alike brothers Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

By the death of Lord Daresbury, Sir Gilbert's son, in 1938, Walton had become a model agricultural estate.

The plainer frontage of Roberts' shoe shop is followed by the protruding shop windows of Hancock and Wood, shielded by sun awnings. Next comes the National Provincial Bank (now demolished).

Cardiff Docks were developed during the late 1830s by the 2nd Marquess of Bute, and were enlarged in the 1880s and again in the early 1900s.

The Beresford family tombs are in the churchyard, overlooked by the gargoyles on the tower and the groups of yew trees.

Its civic duties came to an end in 1985 when the building was taken over by the Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society.

In 1388, in true Border style, the second Earl of Douglas raided the Earl of Northumberland's territory to the south as a diversionary attack durng a major incursion by the Scots.

The castle was eventually bought by John Wheeley for its raw materials, but he had only demolished the top of the keep before the castle was saved by the lawyer and antiquarian Charles Grey.

In the early stages of the Great War, it was used for billeting soldiers of the London Scottish regiment; but at the time this picture was taken, it was being used by the local hospital group as a

By the late 1950s it had become overwhelmed, and Newark Road, known as the bypass, was constructed on the east side of the village.