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This photograph gives us a good view of some of the late-Victorian seafront developments at Port Erin.

It was here in 1265 that Magnus, last of Man's Norse kings, died. With his death began nearly seventy years of Scottish rule until the island was taken by Edward III of England.

This is one of the classic mountain views in the Lake District, with the glaciated knife-edge of Striding Edge leading off eastwards towards High Spying How from the 3,118 ft summit of Helvellyn, one of

From the vantage point of Magdalen College belfry we look westwards along the High Street towards some of the wondrous 'dreaming spires', including the 14th-century spire of St Mary's Church; to its right

An isolated village of flint and brick cottages, to the west of Chichester. In the village are Adsdean, a gabled Tudor style house of around 1850, and the church of St Mary, built in 1859.

A unique feature of the parish church, dedicated to St Editha, is the tower. Topped-off with small spires at each corner, it also has a double spiral staircase.

Over on the left is Manchester Exchange station, opened by the London & North Western Railway in 1884 and famous for the long platform which linked it to Victoria Station.

Known today for its massive castle, one of Edward I's chain of fortresses built to subdue the Welsh, this town on the shore of the Menai Strait at the mouth of the River Seiont is now staunchly Welsh-speaking

At the corner of the Market Place is the main entrance into St Mary's churchyard, to the left of the church. No 35 Market Place was the King's Head, which is first mentioned in a deed of 1770.

Here we have a grand view of the railway arches heading out of Whalley.

The Tennis Ground (near left) and the Royal Standard (left) are prominent; the Bonded Store of His Majesty's Custom and Excise was the biggest building (centre right).

Parallel to Stratford Road and to the south of it is one of the grid of streets that were laid out for the town from the 1840s, starting at the east and then expanding westward as land was released

The arrival of framework knitters heralded a dour expansion of red brick housing and hosiery factories, but some nice examples of vernacular architecture are to be found in the village.

On the right is the old Belle Vue Tavern dating back to the 1760s, which was an earlier haunt for smugglers.

This view shows the 'sublime horrors' of the waterfall that the first visitors came to see.

St Mary's Church 1907 Moving north-east to the western end of the Sussex Weald, we reach the town of Horsham, which expanded greatly after the railway arrived in 1848.

On the left are the shops which came with the 1930s transformation of this previously rural area, while on the right is the Ernest Bernays Memorial Institute of 1870, only really attractive when compared

This peaceful view of Minster shows its pleasant old houses. Minster has the dubious claim to fame of being the site of the world's first fatal motor-car accident.

The original population of Newhaven was probably of Dutch and Scandinavian origin. For generations the people rarely moved out of their own community, keeping their traditions and customs alive.

This view is of East Street, looking westwards to the Town Hall (left) with the prominent frontage of William Elmes, draper and outfitters, on the other side of the road (right).

This sublime abbey, scene of many coronations down the centuries, is probably the most famous of English religious buildings, and considered the pinnacle of European Gothic architecture.

This five-arched granite structure was constructed in 1827 from the designs of John Rennie. Its excessive cost was once the talk of the city.

Portsmouth's magnificent Guildhall, one of Hampshire's stateliest civic buildings, was opened in 1890 by the Prince of Wales on behalf of his mother Queen Victoria who was said to be alarmed by the endless

This finely-composed study shows the Afon Bowydd, the road bridge, the railway bridge, the ranks of terraces of Blaenau, and the mountains beyond.