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This London terminus of the Great Northern Railway was opened in 1852. It was built on the site of the old Smallpox Hospital.

North of Wainfleet, on the Skegness to Lincoln road, Burgh le Marsh is a market town whose charter was granted in 1401. At its east end is another of Lincolnshire's preserved windmills.

Clifford's Tower was built by Henry III; it occupies the site of William the Conqueror's motte and bailey destroyed by the Danes in 1069.

Another view of the imposing white Congregational church which serves both Ansdell and Fairhaven. A vintage tram makes its way down Clifton Drive to Lytham St Anne's.

At the far east end, behind the sanctuary, Henry VII's chapel was begun in 1503 as a rebuilding of the Lady Chapel to take Henry VI's body.

Wherwell is one of Hampshire's prettiest villages. By the time this photograph was taken, the local railway had been in use for 16 years.

In the 12th century Alresford was a prosperous community - so much so that it was later considered one of England's most important wool markets.

Beyond the gates, the Ewell Road extends onwards to the centre of Cheam village.

The Avenue leads round to Normanby Road, which recalls the landowners of the nearby Normanby Hall and Estate.

These six ancient graves hewn from solid rock close to the chapel of St Patrick lie on the impressive Heysham headland.

We can see the 19th-century church of St Luke in the background amidst the trees.

The four-storey round tower in the distance at the south-east angle, strongly built, remains today in perhaps the best state of preservation of all the castle buildings.

Once known as 'Coveshoo', Cliffe was a meeting place for the Great Councils of Kent in Saxon times.

Balderton Gate is the next turning south-east off Cartergate. Here we have a glimpse of the 237 feet high spire of St Mary Magdalene's.

The harbour was developed by the railway companies—wagons of the London Midland Scottish Line are drawn up at the quayside.

Flimwell is centred on a crossroads near the Kent border. Its church, St Augustine's, was built in 1873.

Invariably the village shop and post office (left) was the social hub of village life, and Ardingly is no exception.

There is some debate over the meaning of the name of Cranleigh. Is it taken from the notion that the lord of the manor once bred cranes or herons for his table? Or that cranberries once grew nearby?

This is an unusual view of St Andrew`s Church, taken from the graveyard looking west towards the main road.

The new A1 bisected the town of Ferrybridge after 1967.

Apart from the heavier loss of life during the so called Great War, men then overwhelmingly joined the army with local conflict saw a much wider variety of occupations in the armed forces,

Now past the North Street junction, Frith's photographer is looking north past the covered wagon with its load of barrels and sacks towards the pedimented gable of the 1868 Wesleyan church

South-east of Shalford, Wonersh has an old core with some fine timber-framed houses, including the 16th-century Grantley Arms pub; there are more old houses along the winding The Street, which starts

The sign here says 'The Old Cock Inn, by Walter Harrison, licensed in the tenth year of the reign of Queen Anne. Retailer of foreign Wines and Spirits'.