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It was funded by local merchants grown wealthy in the wool trade, and some of their stories are told in the notable collection of brasses found inside.

The town`s impressive Chinese Bridge was built in 1827 - the name reflects the design of the bridge. It links Post Street to the riverside walk on the west side of the Ouse.

This old manorial village 5 miles north of Sheffield was part of the industrial revolution: it established small craft workshops making nails and parts for the burgeoning factories in Sheffield

Glen Middle Mill 1908 If Sally Spencer, the lady looking at the photographer, came back today, she would see that almost all in this view (except the rear block of Pavey's Temperance Hotel) has

It is a stone town, with one of the finest 15th-century churches in the county, largely built from the wool wealth of the town.

A closer view of the Ilchester Arms Inn.

A little further south, is Jesus Hospital, a fine quadrangle of 28 single- storey almshouses with a taller entrance bay.

It is thought that the Bishops of Llandaff were resident in Mathern as early as the 14th century; they eventually left in 1763.

Here we can see a closer view of the railway line, which runs parallel to the river virtually all the way to Carmarthen.

At this point the River Medway ceases to be tidal; the electrical sluice gates here, thirty feet wide and fifteen feet deep, are an essential part of the flood control scheme of the Medway Valley.

Even in the mid-fifties, Edenbridge retained some of its atmosphere as a small agricultural town, strung out along the Roman road which reached out across the Weald from Lewes to London.

Said to derive its name from a local family, the area basically occupies a stretch of Edgware Road about a mile south of Edgware.

The decline of the herring fishery was offset to a certain extent by dredging for scallops and queenies. In 1937 the first dredging operations on a commercial scale were undertaken around Port Erin.

In 1506 the Archduke Phillip of Austria and his wife the Spanish Infanta Joanna were brought to Charminster after being cast ashore on the Dorset coast.

Unable to take the fortress from Robert de Mowbray, third Earl of Northumberland, William headed south, leaving the prosecution of the siege to others.

Farningham is just a short distance from Eynsford, set at another pretty crossing of the Darent between ridges of chalk hills.

Brighton Pavilion is a fitting reminder of this town's emergence as a seaside resort.

A glorious array of colour greeted visitors to this part of the town, which had something for everyone.

This rough-cast, three-storied and three-gabled public house was built in 1615 beside the 12th-century flint church of St John the Evangelist, and its ales quenched the thirst of race-goers who flocked

Some fascinating reminders of village life a century ago crop up in this charming picture.

It became a parish in 1880, but before the local vicar gave it a name and an identity of its own, it was little more than a scattered collection of houses and cottages.

The approach to Barmouth along the estuary is one of the most spectacular scenic routes in Britain, and it has inspired artists and visitors for centuries.

This spacious village was built around the estate of the Coates family, who lived at Helperby Hall.

The sad remains of this once great tree have suffered further since this photograph was taken. The branches have now gone, with only the trunk remaining.