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St Martin's Church, with its wood-shingled spire, has a tower clock surrounded by a quotation from the poet Robert Browning - 'Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.'

Medieval Andover was established around a market which stands in the shadow of the 19th century church of St Mary, built in the Early English style by a former headmaster of Winchester College and described

Medieval Andover was established around a market which stands in the shadow of the 19th century church of St Mary, built in the Early English style by a former headmaster of Winchester College and

Here we see picturesque timber-framed cottages in the centre of Fittleworth, to the south-east of Petworth.

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

This is one of the best-known churches in Suffolk.

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

Among them were the Nightingalls of South Hatch in Burgh Heath Road, another father-and-son team; Tom Walls the actor, who won the 1932 Derby with his April the Fifth; and George and Bessie Duller

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

Here we see Victorian street advertising at its best.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Here we see a clean and spacious street with no traffic.

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.

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

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.

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).

The 'Britannia' was built in 1896 and was one of the best known and one of the fastest passenger ships of its day.