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The 17th-century house Birch Grove was the home of Harold Macmillan, the former Prime Minister. Ludwell Grange, built in 1540, is a fine half-timbered house.

In this town we will find a fascinating mixture of alleyways, courtyards and shambles.

Ullenhall has had its share of notorious residents, including a 19th-century forger called William Booth, who was also accused of his brother`s murder.

On the opening of the Barry lifeboat station at the entrance to Barry Docks, the watchtowe (built in 1865 when the population of Barry was fewer than 100) ceased to be used - it later became the first

The Victorians gave fanciful names - such as the Wishing Chair to this 'basalt honeycomb'- to many of the natural features of the Causeway coast.

Demolition of the Grammar School began in June 1998, and by the following January plans were approved for the building of these modern homes.

The crown was made as part of the decorations for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and was sold to Canada after the celebrations.

Note the soldiers marching down the road side by side in the centre of the photograph, just to the right of Craster's corner shop.

This park was laid out for the benefit of working people to give them a break from the dust and grime of industrial Sheffield.

Another view of the cathedral. Behind the cathedral, the Necropolis can be seen, stretching from the left and to the right of the photograph.

Compare this photograph of the tennis courts with that of 1895. The building in the centre is the Lowther Pavilion.

This has meant that the townspeople have always enjoyed the advantage of easy access to the countryside, a fortunate circumstance, as there were no areas within the town that could be described

The longest canal tunnel in Scotland is on the Union Canal. It was built because the Forbes family did not want Callendar House to look onto a canal. The tunnel is 630 metres long.

Now very much part of Lancashire, the village of Slaidburn was in Yorkshire at the time of our photograph.

This photograph captures the changes that were going on in Blackburn at the time.

This is the westerly end of Lydstep Cavern Beach; here we see the aptly named Saddle Back and Saddle Point, with the cave and fissures worn into the vertical strata of limestone.

Here a number of children show interest in the launching of the boat. Behind the wall, lined with seats, is the River Thames.

The 15th-century church of St Winwaloe stands only yards from the shore of Church Cove; it contains timbers from the Portuguese galleon 'St Anthony', which was blown ashore in the cove in 1526.

This stately home stands at the higher end of the village of More Crichel. An older building burnt down in 1742; the house we see here was erected soon afterwards by the Napier family.

An Edwardian lady, parasol folded in hand, shelters in the shade of the trees at the entrance to Courtenay Park. The town's wealthier residents lived in sumptuous villas at this end of Newton Abbot.

The photographer moved back down the road and caught the colonnade of shops, one of Hawkhurst's best known features; this is an early 19th-century shopping arcade with weatherboarded houses and cast-iron

The Canongate was where the canons of Holyrood Abbey entered the Old Town. The tolbooth, with its projecting clock, is one of the most famous landmarks on the Royal Mile and dates from 1591.

This is a swagger Arts-and-Crafts style house of 1888, with a welter of mullions and transoms, coving and gables. St Ethelbert's House now has a suitably ornate use as Boswell's brasserie/bar.

An excellent view of the seafront, where we see a stage, and spectators being entertained. Again the café at the head of the pier can be seen and, next to it, a 'Little Theatre'.