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Heading toward the village and Brenchley, with the Gun at the top of the hill, on the right-hand side we have a pond with railings and a water trough in front.

Smiddy Hill in Pickering, a bustling little market town west of Scarborough on the edge of the moors, probably takes its name from the site of a former blacksmith's shop in the area.

Even in the late 18th century there were ninety pits in the Forest, with a combined annual output of about 100,000 tons of coal.

Even at this late date there were people advocating the 'dockisation' of the Avon, which would have resulted in the destruction of much of the natural beauty of the Gorge and the wholesale removal of Horseshoe

The Odeon cinema is typical of the super cinema style of architecture that came into vogue during the 1930s.

The parish of Rainow and Saltersford was one of the most extensive in the whole of Cheshire.

The 13th-century church of St Mary is built of stone rubble, not the usual flint of the area. Mapson's Farm was built in 1796. At high tides the sea comes very close to the fronts of the buildings.

This rare photograph shows the interior of the convalescent home at the end of Queen Victoria's reign.

In this view of Marske beach, with the distinctive cliffs of Huntcliffe in the distance, there appears to be some form of camp being held on the sands with a row of distinctive wigwam-like

Some of the streets of Vickerstown were named after renowned people from the recent Boer War (1899-1902).

In 1603 two residents, John and Kit Wright, were part of the Gunpowder Plot with Guy Fawkes.

Once the railway arrived in 1885, the manorial village of Scalby grew into a genteel Victorian suburb of Scarborough.

This is the view the big houses saw, with the new rows of houses which had helped to add nearly 50% to the town's population in ten years.

The vaguely Art Deco style of Shirley House (left) contrasts with the Gothic look of the Baptist church, but Stratford Road today is a much more eclectic mix than it was in the 1960s.

This priory of Augustinian canons was founded in 1171. The gatehouse of 1320-25 is the only structure that remains. The other side has magnificent flatwork decoration and rows of heraldry.

Just off the main road through unspoilt Bilsdale is the northern part of the village of Chop Gate. Bilsdale Hall is hidden behind the trees (centre).

The inscription on the base of this ancient cross tells us that it was renovated and re-erected 'To the glory of God and to commemorate the XIII hundredth year of the re-introduction of Christianity into

Punch and Judy (centre right) first arrived in Lowestoft in 1886, but they moved to the south side of the pier in 1902.

All the main roads converge here, and Ampthill's history as a coaching stop is still visible in the form of the White Hart hotel on the right of this picture.

The Cartwright Memorial Hall in Lister Park, Bradford, built during the time of Bradford's pre-eminence as one of the major woollen manufacturing towns of the world, now houses one of the city's best museums

This view shows some of the 18th-century buildings and defences. Butt's Battery (1708-13) is just out of the picture on the lower right.

Penruddock is a small village on the edge of the Lake District National Park, about five miles west of Penrith. Its name is thought to be Celtic in origin.

The houses shown here are part of the tiny village of Timbersbrook. The chimney belongs to the Silver Springs Dye works, established here because of the purity of the water.

Swynnerton lies about three miles south of Trentham.