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A memorial stone at the entrance to Botley station recalls the murder in 1800 of one Thomas Webb.

The impressive sweep of Saltburn's beach with Huntcliffe overlooking it remains as breathtaking a view today as we see it here in 1891.

The Mason's Arms serves as the inn for the seaward end of Branscombe, and it has links to both the smuggling and quarrying industries.

Japanese plants and shrubs were planted, and at the time it was said that Oak Hill Park had one of the finest rock gardens anywhere in the country.

Here we see the feeder stream and the lily stream at the lake; note the clean appearance of its surrounds.

This photograph shows the shingled spire of Holy Trinity Church peeping above the rooftops in Church Road.

Fred Thacker waxes lyrical about Boulters Lock and its unspoilt setting in his 'Thames Highway' - 'a memory of Boulters Lock this which compensates for all the alien things of Maidenhead', he says.

In this picture we get a better view of St John's Church, which contains a monument to Sir William Slingsby, discoverer of the springs at Harrogate.

This old view gives a fine impression of how long the cathedral is.The magnificent row of arched openings nearer the camera is the ruined priory infirmary.

This imposing building is still a prominent feature of the Trenwith area of St Ives. Once a popular hotel, it is now a private nursing home.

The former stables of the Archbishop's Palace, for long believed to be a tithe barn. The building now houses the famous Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages.

By the 1950s many of Stroud's locally-owned small shops were giving way to familiar chain stores, though the streets remained relatively free of motor traffic.

At sea level on the left is the Spa complex of buildings. Above is the collection of elegant buildings that line the Esplanade and adjoining streets.

The Long Hoe, or Lytham Green, has been preserved over the years, and is one of the great amenities of the town.

'Yes', said Mother, 'you can play on the beach, but keep your shirt, tie and hat on - and your jacket'.

On the left of the picture is the new building housing the local branches of the stationers and newsagents W H Smith & Son (still there today), Boots the Chemists and Teekoff, the tea and coffee merchants

This is one of three monuments erected on the Sykes estate; it is directly opposite Sledmere House, and was erected in 1919.

This village at the entrance to the Trough of Bowland has officially been declared the nearest village to the centre of the British Isles. A telephone box marks the spot.

Continuing south towards Worksop on the A60, the route reaches Langold, situated a mile south of Oldcotes.

With the building of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, which opened in June 1847, East Burton was on the wrong side of the tracks from Wool and its village facilities.

This traffic island at the south end of the High Street, with its random stone walling, double yellow lines, and Festival of Britain-style sign, somehow epitomises a rather unlovely village.

The basic fabric of the church can be no later than the end of the Early English period, around 1300. The elegant five-bay north and south arcades are witness to this date.

Redevelopment in the 1970s has swept away many of the buildings on the west side of Crib Street.

The whole square is the property of the Duchy of Lancaster, states a notice in the shelter in the middle of the square.