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This is reflected by the number of dining rooms we can see on our photograph.

Chepstow Castle was begun in 1067 by William Fitz Osbern, Lord of Breteuil. At that time Norman expansion into Wales was slow, possibly deliberately so.

Almost certainly a race or regatta is in progress, as the distinctive boats of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club pose gracefully against the wooded shoreline.

The name is Danish, meaning 'new fortress', and the strategic importance of the river crossing defended by river cliffs is emphasised by the castle.

On the right, the postman delivers the mail to the Automobile Association agent from his wicker handcart.

Penrith was one of a number of northern castles built during the last decades of the 14th century; others included Bolton, Wressel, Raby and Lumley.

Truly one of the finest small museums in Hertfordshire, Ashwell Village Museum was founded in November 1930 and is based on the collection of Albert Sheldrick and John Bray, made when they were schoolboys

Hoghton Tower, set on a hill and visible for miles, dates from 1565. King James I beggared the Hoghtons by overstaying on a visit with all his retainers.

The Italianate dome to the right, is that of the then 16-year-old St Laurence's Roman Catholic Church and the spire to the left is that of the 3-year-old Wesleyan Methodist Church.

Redhill grew from nothing after the building of the London to Brighton road in 1807 and the railway in 1841.

This view of the church is taken from South Church Street, probably within the garden of what is now the house 'Braeside'.

With Manchester so close, Wilmslow was one of the early centres of nonconformism in east Cheshire; others included Congleton, Macclesfield and Knutsford.

Four immense bronze lions by Landseer guard the foot of the memorial.

Hanmer takes the name of one of the great aristocratic families of the Borderlands.

On the top of the hill are the remains of Oldbury Castle (an Iron Age fort) and the striking Lansdowne Monument erected in 1845 to the memory of an ancestor of a local landowner.

Just visible inside the Round House is the broken granite stump of the old Newport Cross, which from 1529 to 1831 was the spot at which Newport's two MPs were declared.

MANY MORE people know the name of Loughborough than know the town itself, or even where it is. That name is read, said and rings out across the world. Loughborough is unique.

This Victorian snapshot of what is arguably the country's most famous landmark gives us a westerly view of the spectacular Bell Harry Tower.

Beyond this range of sea-front hotels the ground climbs gently to the Wish Tower, one of a chain of coastal fortlets from the Napoleonic Wars, and beyond that are the great cliffs and Downs of

The name 'saltern' suggests that this was a place where early inhabitants of the island would come to the sea- shore in search of salt for the winter preservation of meat.

Bransgore, north of Christchurch, grew over the years as a sprawling residential village.

In 1869, Dr Oliver of Redcar, wrote that 'Redcar is adapted to the debilitated class of invalids not only by reason of its powerful tonic atmosphere and excellent bathing, but because of the natural facilities

The attractive village of Sheepscombe was formerly part of the large, ancient parish of Painswick. Its church was built in 1820 and was given its own ecclesiastical district in 1844.

Such was Iona's importance in Scottish history that nearly 50 of the country's kings are buried here, along with many chieftains of the local clans.