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Yachts and motor launches idle in the Yacht Basin under the gaze of the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club, housed in the startling white building at the end of the harbour.

The lane to the right leads to Gosmore, and at the top of the hill in front of us, hidden by the bushes, is the Moorhens public house. The footpath follows the original level of the road.

The Isle's main town of Fortuneswell grew up, as the name implies, around a supply of fresh water, as did many of the Portland settlements.

In Sussex is the small hillfort of Chanctonbury Ring. It is now festooned with beech trees, planted in 1760, and for which it has a local reputation.

In 1900 Thomastown Park, built on the site of an old quarry, was the first public park in the Borough. Situated east of the town, the total area of the park covers 17 acres.

In Sussex is the small hillfort of Chanctonbury Ring. It is now festooned with beech trees, planted in 1760, and for which it has a local reputation.

An overview of Teignmouth, taken from Shaldon Hill, across the estuary of the river Teign. The town is said to be Devon's oldest resort.

In this view of the Market Place, the vehicles in the car park are typical of the period, and the van in the centre probably came from nearby RAF Chilmark.

Worcestershire is fortunate to have many thousands of delightful buildings, a number of which are of considerable antiquity.

Chesil Beach is a great ridge of shingle eight miles long, with a lagoon of brackish water between it and the mainland.The stones tend to be larger at one end of the beach than the other.

The Bishops of Rochester, who owned the manor of Bromley from 862 until 1845, maintained a palace here from the 10th century.

At the beginning of the 11th century Wales, the 'territory of the Welshmen', was owned by the wealthy Mercian thegn Wulfric Spott, who also owned lands in Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

Late Victorian guidebooks often described the central part of the island in terms such as 'mountainous and beautifully diversified; streams, flowing through narrow leafy glens, with precipitous sides,

Laxey's popularity with holidaymakers grew after the opening of the coast electric tramway. The operators of Laxey Glen Gardens were among the pioneers of today's leisure and theme parks.

Much of the building was destroyed at the Dissolution and many of the stones removed to other sites. This photograph depicts the magnificent ruins of the abbey in their timeless setting.

This picture of the new pier was taken shortly after it opened. The trackway used in its construction can still be seen on the beach.

The village lies next to Bolton on Swale five miles east of Richmond; it has the largest walled green in the whole of the country.

Looking west past the Abbey gatehouse to the tower of St Lawrence's church, the photographer was standing on the site of the great Norman nave of the abbey church.

The original house on Holme Island was built by John Fitchett of Warrington in 1832.

for Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Goodwood House was designed by James Wyatt and includes in its structure parts of a previous house built in 1720.

This is another of Tintern`s hotels, pictured not long after it had been transformed from the Carpenter`s Arms. Note the decorative brickwork and the many chimneys.

Setting up a monastery gained influence with the Church, which was the civil service of the time, as well as gaining merit for the Hereafter.

The broad straight streets tell of land recovered from river and docks. The church tells of the human needs that followed.

This is the oldest part of the cathedral - the stiff-leaf carvings on the capitals of the north-west side are simpler in design than those east of this point.