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East of Market Deeping and joined to it is Deeping St James village. At its heart is this curious structure in medieval stone.

In the era of the stage coach, the George Hotel was classed as the best hotel on the Great North Road, and it is still one of the best in the area.

Simultaneous construction of the castle and town wall began in the summer of 1283. The wall, which enclosed the medieval borough, is 800 yds long with eight towers and two twin-towered gateways.

Upper Rushall Street and Peal Street running north and south from the bottom of the church steps indicate ancient routes to Lichfield and Wednesbury.

Leaving Daventry on the west-bound turnpike to Warwick and Stratford upon Avon we arrive at Staverton village. On the way to Staverton, in a lay-by is one of Telford's toll houses.

St Peter's is Early English in style and is appropriately in Church Road, Earley, now part of Reading.

Stonemasons and glaziers from France and Italy built St Wilfred's first stone church on this site in 672. Reconstruction began in 1069, followed by the building we see today from 1180.

This was originally the West Riding Proprietary School, built at a cost of £15,000 and opened by its President, Earl Fitzwilliam on 6 August 1834.

For a short time Fleetwood was in effect the northern terminus of the L&NWR line from Euston, and the connecting stop for steamer services to and from Belfast, Ardrossan and various west coast ports

The Widnes-Runcorn railway bridge is seen from the West Bank Docks, Widnes.

St Lawrence's Hospital, to the west of Caterham and east of the tiny hill hamlet of Chaldon, was built in 1869 as the Metropolitan Asylum for London's insane; it accommodated 1,000 men and 1,200 women

Roman armies invaded Britain in AD 43, moving north-west. They founded their town of Corinium by the River Churn, in an area occupied by a native tribe called Dobunni.

They called the main railway line from Crewe to Glasgow the West Coast Main Line, but here at Hest Bank is the only spot where you can actually see the coast and the sea beyond.

In 'Pride and Prejudice' Jane Austen calls Hatfield 'a busy little street that leads to my Lord Salisbury's house'.

The land for this park, west of the GWR Village, was donated in 1844 by Colonel T Vilett, one of the major landowners in the area, for the use of the railway community as a cricket ground and

This photograph of the west front was taken shortly after completion of the Temple Moore restoration, as we can see from the light-coloured stonework around the window, buttresses and parapets

Boston was not only the largest town and the commercial capital of Lincolnshire in the early 19th century but was also the first town in the county to industrialise.

Roman armies invaded Britain in AD 43, moving north-west. They founded their town of Corinium by the River Churn, in an area occupied by a native tribe called Dobunni.

This was the port of destination or call for such lines as Union Castle, North German Lloyd and American Lines.

Here on the High Street was the busiest part of town, once the coaching and postal services began in 1660.

Beyond, stretching from right to left, is the line of West Street through to the Town Hall and Market Place, with the chimneys of the net-makers Joseph Gundry & Company (centre left), Ewens & Turner in

On the west side of the city, towards Fountains Abbey, stands the Spa Baths and Pump Room, opened on 24 October 1905 by Prince Henry of Battenburg.

But most of all, Edwards remembered Clay Hill - West Hill as it is now - where he enjoyed the hospitality of Colonel Dennis O'Kelly, and was taken to view his stables.

Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.