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Standing on a steep hillside north-west of Ashford, and with commanding views of the Weald, this charming village was near the seat of the Dering family.

In the 1780s, Leamington was little more than a village with a population of around 300 people.

This photograph was taken during the heyday of mass tourism. The tea house, which still functions today as a delightful cafe-restaurant, stands at the near end of the beach.

The quality of Brydon's work is well brought out in this view; I have heard visitors commenting on the remarkable survival of so much Roman work!

One of the pleasantest ascents of Pilsdon Pen, the highest hill in Dorset, is from Beaminster and up through Stoke Abbot.

Although much of St Peter's church dates from as recently as the 14th century, there are signs of a much earlier church on the site.

The pretty village of Calbourne lies among the downlands of the Isle of Wight. Its lovely Early English church boasts many fine monuments and is among the oldest on the Island.

By this time, Felixstowe was at the height of its popularity as a seaside resort, with its south-facing beach.

A bridge crossed the head of the Kingsbridge estuary as early as 962, though the surviving bridges in the area are medieval in origin.

Set in the valley of the River Aire, Bingley was once the classical picture of a 19th-century worsted-weaving and textile town, with its great mills and tall smokestacks.

Set in the valley of the River Aire, Bingley was once the classical picture of a 19th-century worsted-weaving and textile town, with its great mills and tall smokestacks.

One of the huts of Blackdown Camp, with a group of soldiers and a bowler-hatted civilian.

This village sprawls around the lanes of the surrounding countryside of the Blackmoor Vale as though not quite sure where it wants to be.

The wooden jetty on the left would have been used at high tide.This photograph was taken long before the widening of the promenade.

This village sprawls around the lanes of the surrounding countryside of the Blackmoor Vale as though not quite sure where it wants to be.

In the 1780s, Leamington was little more than a village with a population of around 300 people.

Construction of the M1's first 55 miles (including Milton Keynes's section) took 586 days - a bridge every three days and a mile of road every ten.

Like most Norman structures, the castle was the successor of a motte and bailey fortification.

Construction of the outer ward was begun by William de Valence around 1260 and continued under Aymer de Valence. In shape it would form an irregular hexagon, with a tower at each of the angles.

East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (left), was built by J and T Gale in 1784 and has been widened.

These refreshment and dining rooms, on the corner of the Portsmouth Road and Copse Road, provided a popular stopping place for cyclists, particularly since the rear of the premises housed a cycle repair

At the end of Church Lane to the west of All Saints' Church the base of a medieval cross survives with its new shaft and head of the 1920s.

There were several variants of the Thames sailing barge.

Like the city of Durham, Shrewsbury was founded on a peninsula of high ground almost completely surrounded by water.