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This castle was reputedly part of the dowry of Princess Nest, the bride of Gerald of Windsor in 1100.

In 1086 King's Norton belonged to the Royal Manor of Bromsgrove, remaining in the possession of the Crown until the beginning of the 19th century.

The building in the centre of the picture was the former butter and fish market.

The Broadway sunken gardens were constructed in 1952 after the area had been the subject of controvery for some years.

This bridge carried much coaching trade, as it was on the main London to York road.

This is a closer view of the southern end of the High Street.

Duntisbourne Abbots was once the property of the Abbots of Gloucester; it is the northernmost of a string of villages lining the River Dunt.

Upper Slaughter was the home of F E Witts, the 19th-century parson, who portrayed the village in his 'Diary of a Cotswold Parson'.

The classic Palladian west front of Chatsworth House, seen from the banks of the River Derwent.

The island of Iona, near Mull off the west coast of Scotland, is known as the cradle of Scottish Christianity or 'The Mecca of Gael'. St Columba built his monastery here in AD563.

This beautiful Thames-side village was once a palace of the Bishops of Salisbury.

The waters of Nor' Loch once flowed over the area now occupied by Princes Gardens, the railway, and Princes Street, and together with an area of marshland formed a part of the castle and the old city's

Walking along the street and noting the names of some of the cottages (Shoemakers and Tanners, for example), one is reminded of another important local industry – leather and the production

Littlebourne is one of the charming villages which are scattered throughout the orchard-rich swathe of countryside which reaches between Canterbury and Wingham.

The coloured cliffs of Alum Bay are one of the most enduring sights on the Isle of Wight as far as visitors are con- cerned.

William I founded Battle Abbey on Senlac Moor, the site of the Battle of Hastings. The small town of Battle grew up when the people who built and maintained the abbey and its buildings settled there.

The centre of the Pier, now covered, was a popular venue for concert parties, boxing, wrestling, roller skating and tea dances.

Shipley, three miles north-west of Bradford, in the valley of the River Aire, is a busy town on the A65 Skipton Road.

In 1940, Aycliffe was one of the locations chosen for the building of a Royal Ordnance Factory.

On the right is the imposing facade of the old National Provincial Bank.

The County Lunatic Asylum was first built a little to the west of the town in 1820 to the design of the Plymouth architect John Foulstone.

The elegant spire and pinnacles of the parish church of St John feature in many views of this town, situated at the foot of Skiddaw in the northern Lake District.

These elegant Scots pines on the shores of Buttermere are among the most photographed of any in the Lake District, but this must be one of the earliest pictures of them.

The most striking feature of this view of Bakewell church's choir and east end are the mass of brightly-coloured paintings which adorn the walls.