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The crammed pens full of white-nosed Swaledale sheep are critically inspected by the bowler-hatted farmers, who would undoubtedly haggle over the price they expected to get or pay.

The crammed pens full of white-nosed Swaledale sheep are critically inspected by the bowler-hatted farmers, who are undoubtedly haggling over the prices they are expecting to pay.

This five-storey L-plan tower house was built by the Earl of Mar in 1628. It was here in 1714 that a so-called hunt was assembled by John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar.

Rebuilt by the first Earl of Rutland, the castle was slighted in the Civil War. The bulk of the present castle dates from its rebuilding following a fire in 1816.

The letters RX preceding the number on the side of the foreground boat indicate that it is registered by the Board of Trade in the port of Rye, which is situated some two miles up river

Its natural harbour, sheltered by the limestone cliffs, made it ideal for settlement. The Saxons were here, and Celtic and Roman remains have been found nearby.

Founded in 1427 by the Bishop of Lincoln, Lincoln College has a chequered history.

Close by is Magdalen College, the first building of any size and importance you pass on entering the city by the old London road.

All the buildings on the left have been replaced by the modern Swansgate shopping centre. Other change includes the demolition of the stuccoed Midland Hotel on the right.

By the time that this photograph was taken, Bettle's family grocers, together with its shop front, has gone to make way for two shops.

There is a spring-fed well by the roadside next to the pub. There are great views of the scarp side of the Downs. There is now a scheme to encourage more livestock farming on the South Downs.

This lovely old hall was requisitioned by the local council around the time of the Second World War. However, they failed to bring it the care and attention it deserved and dry rot soon set in.

This lovely old hall was requisitioned by the local council around the time of the Second World War. However, they failed to bring it the care and attention it deserved and dry rot soon set in.

Henry II's great 12th-century keep stands sentinel over Orford, built to guard the coast where Flemish mercenaries were brought ashore by the Earl of Norfolk, whose castles far out-numbered royal castles

The thin strata of the rocks form attractive patterns in the headland, but they are soft and readily eroded by the sea.

carried on river barges between the busy seaport of Bridgwater and wharves here, and one of the entrepreneurs, George Stuckley, also ran a successful bank, which remained independent until taken over by the

Chantries were added to the original structure by the 14th Baron Greystoke, who built the first Greystoke Castle.These had painted oak screens, which were removed during the Reformation, giving the

Market Place taken nearly 20 years after photograph No 59539, and showing few changes apart from the motor vehicles; these include the charabanc which plied between Lancaster and Sedburgh, parked by the

Previously, silk production had been very much a cottage industry, but by the middle of the 18th century, mills powered at first by water and then by steam changed everything.

The dome-topped Grand Pavilion, originally called the Kursaal, was built on the site of the stables of the Fishpond Hotel by the local council in the 1880s in an attempt to attract the public.

Note the mounting block by the entrance.

Its capacious natural harbour, protected from the sea by the long spit of sand, Blakeney Point, attracted coastal trading vessels until the early years of this century.

Founded in 1239 by the monks of Beaulieu Abbey, Netley Abbey occupies a pretty setting amidst the trees.

A few ruined walls in the estuary mark the site of Fort Charles, which was garrisoned by the royalist army for four months in 1646 during the English Civil War.