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The building on the extreme right of this photograph combines two essential services – the local library and the police station, though neither is open full- time.

The little harbour of Burry Port was in times past a busy export terminal for tin and fine anthracite coal. Those days are over; the small port now serves as a pleasant boat marina.

This 1890 bronze statue of General Gordon of Khartoum on camel-back was the work of E Onslow Ford, and commemorates his illustrious career. It was erected five years after the general's death.

The large very attractive Saxon village on the road from Oakham to Stamford now overlooks the modern dam on the north-east angle of Rutland Water formed in the valley of the River Gwash,

Eastleigh Library, built in 1936, provided a welcome addition for the people of Eastleigh. It was well stocked with books, and soon became too small for the needs of the population.

The parkland of 18th-century Welton Place sweeps south to the north bank of the Grand Union Canal, in its cutting leading to the east portal of the Braunston Tunnel.

It would take seven centuries from the granting of the first written royal charter. The dark spire in the foreground is that of the Tollbooth, the old headquarters of the council, built about 1616.

To the right of the picture is the foliage- covered Matrons' College, built in the 1680s as a refuge for the widows of priests who were ordained in the Salisbury dioceses.

On the left is the King's Gate, on the right the Chamberlain Tower. The high curtain wall enabled Caernarvon to be provided with three levels of defence, ie two levels of casemates and the wall walk.

The ragged remains of Aberystwyth were transformed into public gardens by the local council and became a popular place for holidaymakers and trippers alike.

This is one of the best-known churches in England. It was rebuilt, except for the 14th-century chancel, between c1485 and 1525.

This is the only church in England dedicated to St Cyriac alone – he was a child martyr of the 3rd century.

The Floral Hall and Theatre complex continue to provide a conference and concert centre of national importance.

The London Borough of Enfield will not be remembered for its sympathetic approach to the conservation of its historic buildings.

The village has grown and developed in the shadow of Ascot racecourse, which occupies an elevated position overlooking the surrounding area.

The interior of the Old Bell has some very interesting architectural features.

Chertsey was once the town at the gates of one of the most powerful abbeys in England.

In 1956 Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone opened a Methodist church in Langdon Hills, and in the following year the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visited Kingswood Junior School, officially opened

At the top of the High Street on the right is the Cowes Advertiser office, but just before that is the NSPCC charity shop.

Constructed of wrought iron and completed in 1879, the Severn Bridge was the longest tied-arch, bowstring truss bridge on the British railway network.

The centre of Heswall was originally much closer to the shoreline, probably in the area around Village Road and St Peter's Church, but the advent of Telegraph Road - the A540 - has moved the commercial

The home of the de Hoghton family, the house (which is still there today) was mainly built in the reign of Elizabeth I.

Undoubtedly Bedford's most famous son - if only because of his imprisonment as a result of religious intolerance - John Bunyan was born into a tinker's family and lived something of the high life before

The shape of things to come is the brand-new National Bank building; this bank had a London base boasting capital of £7m, and several branches in Ireland.