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It dates originally from the 12th century, and was reinforced during the Hundred Years War in anticipation of an attack by the French.

By the 1960s the supermarket was king. Families were buying new cars like the Standard in this picture. And if you could not afford a television, rent it from DER.

In this quintessentially English scene, one can almost hear the sound of bat hitting ball, followed by the ripple of applause from the knowledgeable spectators.

This was a working town that grew up, like Marlow, fed by the river trade that transported the goods and produce of the hinterland, mainly to London.

By the time this photograph was taken, cars had replaced the horses and carts, and the crossing was accomplished by a chain-operated pulley.

In the churchyard is the 1820s Mausoleum of the Traffords, the family of the long-demolished Wroxham Hall, whose gate lodge survives by the church.

They are obviously interested in something happening over the fence, down by the river.

That building was destroyed by fire and replaced by the one we see here in 1886. It was designed to seat 400 people.

The town's first factory was in production by 1952; by the time this photograph was taken, the population had quadrupulated.

The clean air and scent of the pines must have been welcomed by the London residents suffering from lung complaints, who were sent to Pinewood for their treatment.

On the right is St Mary's parish church, in the centre the Grammar School, and to the left Church Mill, demolished in 1969, the last of many Richmond watermills once powered by the

Occupied since prehistoric times, ownership was returned to the city in 1995 after nearly 70 years of occupation by the RAF.

Legend relates that it was close to here that the Saxon warlord Cerdic landed to begin the Saxon invasion of southern England, only to be thwarted by the British war-leader Arthur.

In common with Penzance and Newlyn, Mousehole narrowly escaped sacking by the Spaniards in the 1500s.

It bucked the trend seen throughout the rest of the county in Victorian times by doubling its size, but by the 1890s the population had peaked, and in 1907 it was declining.

Swallowed up by the suburbs of Market Harborough, this little village has managed to salvage some individuality.

Close to the canal, it was bought by the canal's owners, and with the installation of a steam engine it worked until around 1900.

This prospect, photographed from Capstone Hill, shows the sheer density of housing created by the Victorians to cater for the influx of visitors every summer.

The central doors, which can just be seen in this photograph, were made by the famous wood carver, Thompson of Kilburn: his signature, a mouse, is carved on the right-hand door.

Chesapeake Mill dates back to 1820 and was built by John Prior, a miller, partly of woodwork from an American warship of that name, captured by the much smaller British HMS 'Shannon' off Boston Harbour

Lechlade Mill, a mile east of the town, was powered by the River Leach which reached the Thames just below St John's Lock.

This photograph shows a Cessna aircraft as used by the Hampshire Aeroplane Club in front of an early terminal building, with the control tower and a large hangar on the right.

Crab, lobster and crayfish pots are stacked by the door. The stream disappears into the pebbles (left) and a moderate sea is running in what is visibly unsettled weather.

The Cat and Cracker got its name in 1954, when the brewers Style & Winch Ltd of Maidstone named it after the catalytic cracker, which breaks down crude oil, and was used by the nearby Anglo- Iranian