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It has since been filled in and closed down. Wisbech is the capital of the Fens. It was once a strategic seaport, where coasters transhipped their cargoes into fenland lighters.

We are in the Cuckmere Valley, with fine views of the scarp side of the Downs.

The thirty-five mile long Manchester Ship Canal works as one great harbour, and ships moving up and down the canal have to register each movement with the control centre at Eastham.

On 21 October, bombs rained down, damaging 400 homes. German prisoners helped clear up the damage. Air raid shelters were not foolproof, but they gave a sense of security.

The town clock has been given a number of nicknames, including `the Iron Duke of Tredegar`, because of the small profile of the Duke of Wellington on the base.

We are looking down on The Square from Middle Row at the bottom of Broad Street. The shot is north-eastwards, along Bridge Street (centre) to the roofs of Coombe Street.

Down in the harbour, the tall ship is moored just in front of the Angel Vaults, still here as a waterside inn.

Webbs had branches in ten other towns, so they could safely claim to be 'The Midland Counties Outfitter'. The Old White Horse (right) would become Burton Menswear in 1962.

Down in the harbour, the tall ship is moored just in front of the Angel Vaults, still here as a waterside inn.

The water is as smooth as glass, and the varied trees, the aquatic plants at the water's edge, and the reeds in the distance are a complete contrast to what goes on further down the broad at Wroxham bridge

The history and make-up of the town has dramatically changed over the years.

Askrigg's Elizabethan Old Hall, centre, burnt down in 1935. The TV series All Creatures Great and Small was filmed here, which put the village back on the tourist trail in the 1970s.

These cumbersome devices were backed into the sea by horses, and the incumbent then disembarked down steps at the rear, protected from cold winds and inquisitive stares by a collapsible umbrella

The 1879-dated Reading Room is down the street from Rock House (right of centre), with the gable-end of the Three Horseshoes in the foreground (far right). Its enamelled sign is for Colman's Mustard.

Further down the hill can be seen the speech rooms by William Burges.

We are on the southern slope of the Downs, north of Chichester. Boxgrove Priory, of the Benedictine Order, was founded in 1105.

The Belfast & County Down Railway was running to Newtownards by 1850, but did not see any reason to bring Bangor into the system until 1865.

He inherited estates amounting to 75,000 acres in County Down, 16,000 in County Wicklow, 4,000 in Kings County, 9,500 in County Antrim, 2,100 acres in Kilkenny and 1,355 acres in Kildare.

compare with that of Oakham Castle of c1180, some twenty miles east of the city, as an example of Norman architecture; but as part of the extensive remains of Leicester Castle and its town

The almshouses we see behind the pump (centre) were taken down in 1964. We may be thankful that Mere Cottage (right), dated 1756, remains.

Sixteen days later it was burnt down, and was rebuilt by John Johnson to re-open in 1875. It was never a great success; part was leased to the BBC in 1934, and television broadcasts began in 1936.

The Princess is lies dead on a ledge, covered entirely by a heavy sheet; only the fingers of one hand hang down from under it.

We are looking down Oxford Street, with the market cross on the left. The tower of Tower House can be seen at the junction with Cross Hayes Lane (right).

He modernised the large kitchen and closed down a wing, and in his time many important guests were invited, including Harold Macmillan.