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The foundation stone was laid on 29 October 1852 by Joseph Fielden, but it was 30 October 1856 before it opened.

The dome of the Infirmary is on the left, and Lewis's tower is in the centre.

High on the hill are the abbey ruins and over to the left, the lovely Norman church of St Mary. The church is reached by a climb of 199 steps that leaves the fittest visitor beathless.

Built south of the town, the new docks were 825 feet long by 450 feet wide and are still busy.

Records of an iron and wire works here go back to the 16th century, and production continued until around the end the 19th century.

A church existed on this site at the time of William the Conqueror, and the Domesday survey lists its patron as Roger de Poictou.

In July 1333 Archibald, Lord Douglas led the Scottish army in a feint towards Bamburgh in the hopes of drawing the English away from Berwick which they were besieging.

Hartley sits on high ground, six miles from Dartford, and enjoys expansive prospects all around.

If you compare this photograph with the reality of the scene today, it would seem at first glance as if time has stood still here.

Once a main port on this part of the coast with important connections to Liverpool, this small picturesque harbour town is an attraction for sailors of a more leisurely kind these days.

We are in the extreme southern tip of the county: whilst Stanford Hall is in Leicestershire, the parish church and the village are in Northamptonshire.

It was converted to a chapel for the Wesleyan Methodists by T S Lansdown of Swindon in 1869 - it could accommodate a congregation of 1,000.

The opulent car has just arrived through an impressive gateway out of view on the left, and has entered a courtyard reminiscent of Tudor times with domestic rather than military buildings.

The drive of the former Harris family home, which was built c1870, gave access to the Harris Welfare Association Woodlands Club House, which was established in the former woollen mill to the

The shop extension filled with shoes and boots is now filled with all manner of things for pets. On the other side of the road was a garage, which is now the Job Centre and the Sue Ryder shop.

The Anchor Inn (left) is a solid sandstone building, and its contents have refreshed the inhabitants of Irby for over 100 years.

The entry for Southport in one 1921 guidebook states: 'on the once lonely shore has now developed a very attrac- tive seaside-resort and residential town, whose fine streets, notably Lord Street, challenge

The formidable 13th-century gatehouse of the castle, with four massive circular flanking towers and four portcullises in the entrance, stands on the site of a former Saxon fortress.

The main village was moved west and south of the Tilling Bourne and out of the park in the early 19th century, but the best buildings date from the 1850s.

Bramley stands about four miles south of Guildford on the Horsham Road; it is a long village with a busy crossroads with Station Road (there has been no railway since the 1960s).

The Bookhams and Fetcham retain old cores amid the great suburban expansion which occurred after World War II; they are in effect western suburbs of Leatherhead across the River Mole.

The name of the village had an 'e' on the end until the railway company put up their sign spelt 'Gisburn', and the 'e' was forgotten. Here we see the main street.

Officially described as a `drinking fountain for horses, cattle and dogs`, it became known as the Angel, owing to the 15ft-high white Sicilian marble statue on a Yorkshire stone base.

S R Lovatt, on the right, had originally specialised in cheese and in other provisions such as bacon and butter, but as its window display indicates it sold general groceries as well.