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After a prolonged period of restoration Llandaff Cathedral was reopened during Easter 1857.

This splendid view of the site of the former cliff-top fort was taken prior to the extension of the cliff-foot promenade.The terrace of houses in the centre of the picture, Fort Paragon, was constructed

Herbert H Raphael's gift to the town of 20 acres of parkland and lake was given out of generosity, but he may also have been concerned that his envisaged development of the select Gidea Park Garden

Constructed during the 1880s, Vyrnwy was the first of the massive reservoirs of Powys.

The late Victorian and Edwardian buildings are part of the expansion of Felixstowe as a seaside resort.

As part of providing civic local facilities, the council erected a large open- air swimming pool in the town centre in the 1930s on the site of Richmond House, between King Street and the river

Near the entrance to Worksop College, on Sparrow Hill (the old road into Worksop), are the lion gates and one of the many lodges and gateways into the vast 3,000 acre grounds of Welbeck Abbey, built

Its name refers to the influence of the Earl of Gloucester, Lord of Caerleon.

Henry Frederick, Earl of Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk left his estate to his fourth son, Charles Howard of Greystoke, when he died in 1652.

This picture gives us a brief glimpse into the daily life of some of Burnley's people.

The opening of Woburn Abbey to the general public introduced many to the delights of a rural involvement without the necessity to move home and hearth.

The cattle trough on the far side of the Square in 1965 was about to vacate its position to one outside the offices slightly behind the telephone kiosk, where it has become a feature of 'Petersfield

The High Street, which forms part of the Roman Watling Street, has been devastated by road widening in the 1930s.

Edward I granted Berkhamsted to his second queen, Margaret of France.

Located to the rear of the Hypostyle Hall towards the sanctuary, this fallen obelisk (1896, above) is one of a pair originally erected by the female pharaoh Hatshepsut – she put up four obelisks in

This was the first of the open spaces provided for the workers of Wakefield at the end of the 19th century.

have visited Glastonbury, rather than Joseph the husband of Mary.

Built of red sandstone, Chester cathedral was founded in 1092 as a Benedictine abbey on the site of an earlier Saxon church dedi- cated to St Werburgh.

From the foot of the Foxton flight of locks, the canal cuts through the classic late 18th-century enclosure landscape of straight hedges.

Fair Green lies past the junction of Bell Street and Knight Street and of the site of the town pump.

The roads were kept in a good state of repair, enabling high speeds to be maintained by the best of coaches.

The recent history of the ancient village of East Keswick is inextricably linked with the fortunes of the nearby 'big house' of Harewood.

Port Talbot is an industrial town in the county of Glamorgan.

One of the more interesting events in the history of this famous bird sanctuary occurred after the Battle of Killicrankie in July 1689.