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St John's Church, Kate's Hill was erected in 1840 at a cost of £3,000, four years ahead of the ecclesiastical parish it serves, which was created on 15 October 1844.

The Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, was an early visitor. His grandson, the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, stayed here on a boyhood walking tour with his tutor.

On the left, peeping through the trees, are the white gables of the Old Rectory; in the foreground are the meadows skirting the River Ash which were part of the grounds of the Bishop of London's palace

Edgbaston is the most famous of all Birmingham's suburbs.

The chancel of St Andrew's was restored in 1883, when all the stonework was renewed, but retaining the 14th-century detail of the windows.

The late Norman church, distinguished by its red crenellated tower, contains some ancient wall paintings, including a fresco of the murder of Thomas a Becket.

Some people may not agree with Pevsner's description of the interior of St Michael's as being 'uninspiring'.

In this tranquil scene, a farmer rests on a fence overlooking Windermere. The wooden gates and fences in the photograph are typical of this southern, less-mountainous part of the Lake District.

The story of the demise of Dunwich, in medieval times a prosperous port until the ravages of the North Sea gradually demolished its soft, sandy cliffs, is one of the most romantic of the Suffolk coast.

The Calendars of State Papers Domestic for 9 May 1651 record the proposal for the demolition of Nottingham Castle and the despatch of a troop of dragoons to undertake the task.

Every possible mode of transport can be seen at the junction on the A47 main road to Yarmouth from Norwich.

Built in 1796-8 on the site of the original moat, the Shire Hall of Lancaster Castle is a fascinating building.

In the distance, on the right, is Bank Parade house, once the home of Sir James Mackenzie (1853-1925).

Winchcombe was once the walled capital of Winchcombeshire, whose abbot sat in the Saxon parliament; it was the site of the martyrdom of Kenelm, the child king of the Mercians, who was allegedly

The three piers of the nave nearest to us were retained from the earlier 14th-century church when the great rebuilding took place in the late 15th century.

This view was taken in the same year as G66012 from the opposite end of the Applegarth at Whitby Lane, with the kissing gates in the foreground.

We are on the peaceful, reed-fringed shores of Rydal Water, near Grasmere. Rydal was the home of William Wordsworth from 1813 until his death in 1850, and Rydal Water was one of his favourite lakes.

The village sits astride the A6, only two miles north of Mountsorrel, and although deeply embedded in granite country, the buildings in the photograph lack any of that hard-edged quality.

To the right of Romsey's Corn Exchange, built in 1864, is a glimpse of Romsey Abbey, which until the mid 16th century was home to a Benedictine order of nuns.

St Osyth (generally pronounced 'Toosey') recognised the benefits of tourism early on, as witnessed by the rack of picture-postcards for sale on the left.

These two views of the steep high street as it winds up the hill towards Canterbury show some of the rich assortment of buildings built of brick or black-and-white half timbering.

An Edwardian lady relaxes in a meadow on Colthouse Heights, on the eastern shores of Esthwaite Water, looking across to the knoll of Roger Ground, near Hawkshead.

Marnhull is in the midst of a rich agricultural area, with some of the best soil in Dorset for growing crops.

A close-up of the bridge taken downsteam of the previous pictures. There is a magnificent prospect of the church, which looks over the eight brick gables of the cottages.