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Here we see (from right to left) Weston Cottage, Old Timbers, the Little Homestead and at the top, the Durham Ox pub.

On the third Tuesday in September, the Harpenden Statty Fair (Statute Fair) was held on the common close to the pond and the adjacent Triangle.

The Bell and Crown (left) is a very old inn dating back to 1675, and it stands on the old coaching road from London to Barnstaple.

The people of Chippenham enjoy their leisure time on the Island, probably at the weekend.

The viaduct consists of 16 arches in total; their heights range frm 45ft to 50ft.

This view looks west along the main thoroughfare of the New Town, with Prince's Street Gardens on the left.

Note the gas lamp and horse trough in the centre of the picture.

Erlestoke is on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain, and offers views that can still be recognised from this

Another glimpse of the region's industrial heritage. Note the extensive mine-workings and the railway trucks in the foreground.

A view showing, on the right, the approach road into Staithes, again illustrating the picturesque nature of the buildings.

An old family from Saint Omer were lords of this village. Under Henry VII it was given to the Hobarts for several generations.

The name is said to originate from the mustering of troops during the English Civil War in the 17th century, but it could equally originate from a much earlier 13th-century charter allowing animals

During the 18th century the house was the home of the wealthy Wilberforce family. It was here in 1759 that the great emancipator William Wilberforce was born.

The village of St Boswells borders the main road from Jedburgh to Edinburgh. The 5th Duke of Buccleuch was just a boy when inherited his title in 1819.

Many of the Manchester Ship Canal workers settled here, where there was plenty of work to be had in the ever-spreading town.

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

Most of the rest of those buildings are in the main still there, but they do not look as impressive as they did in 1955.

The population by this date was in excess of 22,000. Market day was held on Saturdays, and half day closing was on Wednesdays.

Alec Clifton Taylor said of it that 'like all flint ruins, it is amorphous and wholly unpicturesque'.

This tumbledown cottage shows the reality of cottage life in the 19th century, far removed from the romantic restorations that we see today.

The granite stone of Bodmin Moor supports a natural oddity, the impressive outcrop known as the Cheesewring (another name for a cheese press).

Andover people can be justly proud of their church.

The Great Eastern Railway Company developed the quayside, and freight trains rolled under the high platform of the tall granary warehouse to receive produce.

Sited on the Haywards Road junction, the white building on the extreme right is Lloyds Bank; this building was later demolished, but Lloyds are still on the same site.