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Originally 15th-century, St Paul's has been greatly restored, but it still offers a couple of treasures inside. One is the tomb of Lady Ann Chichester who died in 1723.

The view from the roof of Bent's Brewery. In the 12th century there was an Augustinian priory in the village.

In an earlier conflict John Bowyer, who was baptized at Biddulph in 1623, raised a company of foot for the Parliamentary army, and served with distinction at Hopton Heath.

In the background, on the right of the picture, is the spire of the church of St Mary the Virgin.

The stone bench along the wall was the only seating in medieval times, and origin of the saying 'the weakest go to the wall'.

This magnificent building has a history all of its own. 'No part of Henry VI's scheme for a college was of greater importance than that of a church', according to the Eton guide book.

Only the left-hand wing of the building is occupied by the police, while the right-hand wing is the Civic Hall. The photograph perhaps gives the impression of intimidating size and spacious grounds.

St Bartholomew's enjoys an elevated position, possibly the site of a prehistoric fort, at the corner of Church Hill and Vicarage Road.

This photograph, taken from the churchyard, shows the hilltop church of All Saints, Bakewell, as it appeared about 40 years after the major rebuilding which took place between 1841-52.

Like the pub and school, rural post offices are under constant threat of closure, and in recent times they have been closing at the rate of 400 a year.

The cliffs below the road in the foreground were the scene in 1952 of two notorious murders.

Situated a few hundred yards to the south of the observatory, Bidston Mill was built at the beginning of the 19th century and was in full operation until 1875.

The Kings Arms Hotel (right), built in 1750, was a stop for the changing of horses and the collection of post on the London to Bristol route.

The old hospital (1576) on the right, so called since it performed that function during the Napoleonic Wars, forms the main subject of this early picture of the most photographed of Rye's cobbled

The Fishpond is a famous petrifying well, where the high levels of lime in the water will turn to stone anything placed in it.

A crowded WSV 'Tern' prepares to embark on a trip down Windermere from the Waterhead pier on a summer's day.

Now the centre of a hectic one-way traffic system, Grasmere's parish church of St Oswald is perhaps best known for being the last resting place of the poet William Wordsworth, who is buried there alongside

The busy industrial village of Millom on the Duddon Estuary was founded on the wealth won from the iron ore discovered at nearby Hodbarrow in 1868.

The 15th-century church, dedicated to St Mary, contains a number of memorials to the wealthy local family of Rolfe.

The 200ft 14th-century steeple of St Mary's Church is a prominent landmark. There is a stone carving of the Last Judgement above the west door.

Lower Street is the part of the square of Merriott's main streets nearest the Parrett. It has many old Ham stone cottages, some thatched, and some with stone mullioned windows.

Yarm has a remarkably wide High Street, typical of many North Riding market towns.

The two lorries, one of which is a Vulcan, are delivering to Reynold's grocery shop. Sharing the same building is Ellen Coustan, the ladies' and children's outfitter's.

For such an old town, the church of St Michael and All Angels is modern, being built as recently as 1860 over the site of an older church and a 13th-century chapel.