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The name means 'long heath', and it was recorded in a deed dated 1426, now at Stratford Records Office.

Carrying the town's clock is the Carnegie Library, dating from 1905, and behind, in Church Street, is the 19th-century Town Hall.

St Helen's Church, from where this photograph was taken, aptly deserves its epithet 'Cathedral of the Fylde': it is a magnificent building whose earliest parts date from the 12th century

The church of St Mary has some parts that are medieval, but most of what can be seen today dates from its rebuilding between 1859 and 1860 under the supervision of Henry Woodyer.

The village church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul, and parts of it date back to the 13th century. It actually stands inside the grounds of Clandon Park.

The south porch dates from 1466. The tower has stone figures at the corners instead of pinnacles. The whole church was restored in 1872. The vicar in 1906 was the Rev John Brown.

It dates from the 8th century.

Longdon's church, seen here behind the trees, has a tower and spire dating from the 14th century. Much of the rest of the building was replaced in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The house is called Brook House; there is an inscription above the crest over the porch (just to the right of the road sign) that dates the building to 1574.

The Saxon crosses are just behind the Black Bear pub on the left, which has the date of 1634 just above the entrance. The structure on the right is the war memorial.

The village probably dates from Saxon times, and it was a royal manor of King Athelstan, Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror.

The cluster of timbered houses are of late 15th century date.

Much of this scene has been redeveloped, although the building with a carved date of 1893 above Hepworths survives.

The 1860-dated plaque is on Eype School (far left).

This picture has several features to date it at around 1955. Firstly, the black car near the café is a 1950s or 1960s model, and the petrol pumps on the right are of that era.

The Bull dates largely from the 17th century, though the wing on the right, with its projecting gable, is two centuries older.

It dates from the 15th century. The bell on the sign bears the motto 'I call for the living, I toll for the dead, I scatter the lightning'.

The town, once an important centre for the woollen trade, has many fine golden Cotswold stone buildings dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when many affluent wool merchants made their home here

Greystoke Church dates from 13th century.

This Shepherd Neame pub pre-dates Horatio Bottomley's era, and includes 18th- and earlier 19th-century ele- ments.

The stonework arches belong to the 1754 replacement for St Lawrence's Bridge; it dated from 1362, and even had a chapel to St Lawrence halfway across.

Lansdown Crescent is one of John Palmer's finest compositions, and dates from 1789 to 1793.

Though its front dated from 1480, No 32 was where visitors to the Franciscan friary (founded in 1239) lodged. We must be thankful that a number of the buildings in this street have been preserved.

The church dates from 1875. Abersoch has grown fast in recent years; it offers a golf course, deep sea fishing, yachting and extensive sands.