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Look above the shop fronts of Timothy Whites, Baxters and Hiltons on the left and see the fine brickwork, the stone quoins and the sash windows.

Queen Mary’s Chair 1911 Mary I married Prince Philip of Spain in Winchester Cathedral on 25 July 1554 and this chair, upholstered in blue vel- vet, was used by the Queen during the ceremony.

This colossal building, once home of the controversial Greater London Council, was designed by Ralph Knott and begun in 1912.

In the centre of the picture is the Gaumont cinema, which opened as the Regent in 1927; to the right is Cole Brothers department store.

Visitors to the Castletown area had a choice of hotels; the Castletown Hotel, the Derby Haven, the Marine Hydro Hotel (where hydropathic treatments could be taken), and the Golf Links Hotel which offered

Such is the unbroken nature of the West Dorset coastline that artificial harbours had to be constructed at Lyme Regis and West Bay.

When this picture was taken much of the town was fairly new, having been built over the previous thirty years or so to meet the demand for housing from Stockport and Manchester-based business people wishing

Mary Ann is better known to us as the writer George Eliot; in many of her books she wrote about the rural and industrialised Midlands.

Delightful dark brown granite cottages hug the narrow choked streets of Mousehole (pronounced Mouzel).

The natural landscape was to be kept as linear parks, so that everyone was within walking distance of the countryside.

The building on the left, now demolished and replaced by St Thomas's Church Hall, was a cottage for the tannery workers.

Famous Citizens: The Council's Commemorative Plaques Attached to a number of buildings in the town are circular Westmoreland green slate plaques erected by the council; they are carved by the nationally

Much of the college is hidden from the street.

Three of the terraced houses on the right were once shops. On the opposite corner, Skoulding's grocer's and draper's had traded since the 1850s.

A fast flowing mountain stream has been diverted into a millrace to power the overshot wheel of Ogwen Mill near Bethesda.

We can clearly see the derelict state of this particular yard in Church Street.

Here, scaffolding has been erected to allow repairs to be made to several parts of the aisles and chapels. The buildings to the left are Warner's Almshouses.

It dates from the 13th century and has an octagonal ground floor with the upper floors supported on four posts, each of which is a single tree-trunk.

That the area is not disfigured by Victorian brickwork is an indication of how slowly the town developed. The varied facades create a flowing and pleasing harmony.

Tucked away among 'surroundings that are indescribably beautiful', boats nestle in the placid harbour waters of this picturesque village with its long, straggling street.

When this photograph was taken, Sheringham was a small fishing village on the north Norfolk coast, noted for its crabs.

While Norwich has operated as a port for hundreds of years, it is only in more recent years that the recreational aspect has become more important, although it is known that Nelson almost certainly learned

At the time this photograph was taken, the fort on the Nothe was equipped with quick-firing guns, searchlights and accommodation for a battalion of soldiers.

The church and green were once the subject of railway posters promoting Suffolk.