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Little can be appreciated of this magnificent burial chamber from this photograph. It is known as Hetty Pegler's Tump, and is in Gloucestershire.

Little can be appreciated of this magnificent burial chamber from this photograph. It is known as Hetty Pegler's Tump, and is in Gloucestershire.

At the height of the season the South Promenade would often be crowded with holidaymakers.

In 1830 a retired builder from Everton, James Atherton, bought 170 acres of sandhills on the northern tip of the Wirral, with the aim of creating a new seaside resort to rival Brighton.

The Town Hall was enlarged in 1869 at a cost of £15,200, and many locals considered the expense to be a waste of money; there were more important things to spend it on than councillors full of their own

On 30 November 1745 a troop of the Royal Dragoons arrived in the town and were billeted overnight.

Gravesend has two Victorian piers: the Royal Terrace Pier of 1843 lies to the east of the slightly earlier Town Pier we see in this view.

One of Abersoch's many hostelries, this establishment is now St Tudwal's Inn.

To the north of Pitminster is Poundisford Park, once a hunting ground for the Bishops of Winchester.

The spacious market place is dominated by the venerable flint church of St Mary's with its Norman tower, 14th-century arcades, impressive clerestory, and knapped flint chancel.

As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.

Built around 1280 for the Abbot of St Mary's Abbey, the building was enlarged in the 15th century.

This region was originally in the Celtic kingdom of Elmete. The word Spa was added to the town's name in 1840 when the Penny Post began.

The Victoria Club for Working Men in the west corner of Kingsbury is another benefaction from the Rothschilds, in this case Baron Ferdinand of Waddesdon.

Not very far from this spot lies the Rufus Stone, which marks the spot where King William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, was accidentally killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrrell while out

A big part of the old Wealden Ironworks was based here, and a man-made furnace pond was dug.

It has not been long since a horse or two trotted along this Edwardian street, as the evidence in the centre of the road reveals.

Moseley Hall was the medieval home of the Grevis family, but in 1891 the hall and its surrounding parkland became the property of the city.

This frail-looking bridge was one of a number spanning the River Wyre; it was frequently damaged when floods occurred.

Dominating the village is the 15th-century church of St Oswald's, its tower gifted by Robert Washington.

Like its twin castle of Pendennis on the opposite side of the river mouth, St Mawes was built on the orders of Henry VIII to guard the entrance to Carrick Roads.

The River Medway broadens at Maidstone, on its way to meet the Thames estuary, and the locks here were built in 1792 and mark the tidal limit of the waterway.

The building on the left, now without its cover of ivy, is the Herbert Arms. One member of the family was Lord Herbert, an historian, philosopher and diplomat in the 16th century.

This view looks eastwards along a mile of National Trust cliffs towards the coastguard cottages on the 495ft summit of White Nothe (top left), which are the highest buildings on the Dorset