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Billy Banks Wood, prominent in views from Castle Walk, is ancient 'hanging' woodland clinging to limestone rock on the south bank of the River Swale just west of Richmond Castle.

West Hartlepool was a child of the 1830s and 40s, developed as a port for the export of coal and import of timber.

The isolated tower that stands in the middle of the Town Square was once attached to the parish church, which was built on the site of Coleford's old Market House in 1821.

The group of buildings with the clock have all gone to make way for a road system around Oakengates. Notice also the little white building on the right next door to George Orme.

The village of Wyke Regis, now a suburb of Weymouth, north from Chamberlaine Road (foreground).

Known as the village of millionaires at the turn of the century (because no less than six lived in the village), Overstrand maintained its exclusivity for many years.

Amidst the Cowholm marshes are the scanty ruins of St Benet's Abbey, founded by Canute.

This is the rear view of the Saracen's Head pub; from c1900 to c1930 it was run by Miss Florence Glass, the third generation of her family at the pub since c1850.

We are east of Bognor Regis.The poet William Blake lived in the village for four years.The medieval church of St Mary can be seen in the background of the picture.

The village of Wyke Regis is now a suburb of Weymouth.

At this time Cardiff was a city slowly emerging from the austerity of the immediate post war era.

The man seen pushing off from the shore here, his sizeable skiff equipped with both sails and outboard engine, is no fisherman.

This is possibly based on the arms of the Echingham family, patrons of the church between 1424 and 1527. The grandfather of Horatio Nelson was parson here from 1714 to 1730.

A steep lane climbs up round the edge of the castle. This picture gives us an idea of the impressive appearance of the 12th-century keep.

Embowered in trees, this modest building typical of the Baptist faith stands on land mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Along with its neighbouring villages of Betteshanger and Tilmanstone, this settlement was a centre of the short-lived Kent coal industry, which began when coal was discovered when borings for a proposed

On the left side of Ceylon House is the post office and to the right the grocer's and provision's shop, both run by William Lowrey. Today both businesses are in the right half of the building.

Historically, castle baileys were home to many people, and something of that feel is captured in this view of relaxing zoo visitors enjoying sun and ice creams in the mid 1950s.

It contains a number of statues of prominent men of Bradford, which became a city in the year of this photograph. The Wool Exchange is now sympathetically restored to a well-stocked book shop.

Work started on the present Worcester Cathedral in 1084. In the chancel, just before the high altar, is the tomb of King John, situated between the shrines of St Oswald and St Wulfstan.

In the 1950s and early 1960S, Mobberley saw an increase in housing, this time by a mixture of local authority and private development.

These stones form part of the famous Kennet avenue, a ceremonial avenue that links the southern entrance of Avebury to a smaller stone circle, the Sanctuary, about one mile away.

The original parish church of St Peter & St Paul was built in the 12th century and rebuilt two or three hundred years later.

Nether Edge was one of the residential areas of Sheffield developed during the latter part of the Victorian era and offered a superior standard of housing to that nearer the town centre.