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Denison died in 1806, leaving the estate to his son, William Joseph Denison, who became a Member of Parliament for West Surrey in 1818.

This is one of the best-known churches in Suffolk. Apart from the chancel, the entire church was rebuilt in c1485-1525.

The Old House (left) dates from 1678, and it is a prominently sited example of English domestic architecture at its very best.

Its ancient parish, one of the largest in the country, stretched right up to Rainow and Kettleshulme in the hills, north as far as Poynton, and out in the south and west to Bosley and Chelford.

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

Only by staying with the same employer was there any hope of security and a modest pension.The best positions were with banks and insurance offices.

Yet it has a long history with a number of attractive 18th- and 19th-century houses tucked away in the lanes of the Old Town.

Here we see Victorian street advertising at its best. Websters are offering to sole and heel men's boots for 2s 6d a pair; women's boots are somewhat cheaper at 1s 6d a pair.

Only by staying with the same employer was there any hope of security and a modest pension.The best positions were with banks and insurance offices.

As the population of Fareham increased during the 1820s and 1830s, there was a need for more schools, another church, a new workhouse, and a library and lecture hall.

The Hobys dominate the imposing monuments in the south chapel, remembering the deaths of Sir Philip in 1558 and Sir Thomas in 1566. They were erected after Sir Thomas's death.

The best house in this view is the one with the diagonal chimneystacks, The Grove: it is Tudor, with an 18th-century pink-washed facade and a superb Queen Anne door hood.

The tenements could only expand lengthways along their own ‘backsides’, and most buildings had a jumble of outhouses, barns and sheds at the rear.

Here we see a clean and spacious street with no traffic. The buildings were all good quality brick with stone cappings and gate posts.

The recent news is that spa water has been found about six hundred feet down, and the Golf Hotel is about to resurrect the spa baths sometime during 2005.

By 1711 the church possessed five bells and a set of chimes.

The approach to Barmouth along the estuary is one of the most spectacular scenic routes in Britain, and it has inspired artists and visitors for centuries.

Much of 18th-century Stamford's trade came from its location on the Great North Road, and it had numerous coaching inns.

The 'Britannia' was built in 1896 and was one of the best known and one of the fastest passenger ships of its day. Its full promenade deck and reliability in all weathers made it very popular.

A rare shot from a postcard cameraman in that it shows people, close-up and in motion, passing the photography sign for Leslie D Frisby (left). Next-door is the Packhorse Hotel.

Here we see Lewis's large and very ornate store at the top of Market Street, just four years after the death of its founder David Lewis in 1885.

THE MAIN EAST-WEST thoroughfare in Bearsden, one of Glasgow's northern suburbs, is named Roman Road, for it follows the line of a roadway constructed by the Romans in AD 142 along the south side

At the time of this photograph, the statue and its pier and chain railings is still crisp and fresh-looking, and the replanted limes are young.

OF ALL the villages in this collection, Nether Alderley perhaps gives us the best impression of what a north-eastern Cheshire village was like before the Industrial Revolution changed both the