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Five miles south of St Austell, Mevagissey is first recorded in 1410. The local class of pilchard driver and long liner was about 40ft in length with a beam of 12ft.

This Georgian promenade around the base of the castle provides impressive vistas of the river below and across to the other side.

Many of the cottages inside the Forest boundary are of considerable antiquity, being either renovations or replacements of buildings that have stood on the same sites for centuries; it is hard to imagine

This beautiful Tudor mansion was built at the end of the reign of Henry VIII by the successful lawyer Sir John Hynde, partly from materials salvaged when they pulled down the church of St Etheldreda in

The headquarters of the Yorkshire Gliding Club at Sutton Bank, on the edge of the North York Moors high above the Vale of York with views to the distant Pennines, must be one of the most spectacular in

Faulkland hamlet, in the parish of Hemington, declined with the end of its coal mining industry.

Here we can see Winsford nestling in the Exe valley below Bye Hill, with the valley of the Winn winding up to the left.

Elizabeth gave one Chelmsfordian another cause to smile: in 1563, she sold the manor of Chelmsford to Thomas Mildmay. Three years later he was dead.

The so-called Rayleigh Weir—the source of one of the tributaries of the River Roach—gives its name to this busy junction on the Southend arterial.

One of the principal roads from the south into the Forest of Rossendale was from Bury to Clitheroe, the route skirting the edge of Holcombe Hill and Haslingden.

The oldest church register now extant is that of Ballaugh, and was begun in 1598. The church was one of a number repaired by Thomas Wilson, Bishop of Sodor and Man.

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.

This view shows the wall walk, originally passage- ways in the thickness of the third storey of the higher keep. Jumbo can be seen to the right of the town hall's soaring tower.

There are boats of every description on this busy part of the river.

Bodinnick lies opposite and slightly upstream of Fowey at the narrowest point of the estuary of the River Fowey.

Our picture shows Arno Park at its best, and showing evidence of the best of care and attention.

Brassington lies in the heart of the White Peak lead mining country, and there are many reminders of the work of 't'owd man' – as the lead miners were called – in the surrounding fields.

Another view of Market Square, with the ivy-clad building of Wilson's High Class Confectioners and the Esthwaite Cafe in the centre of the photograph, and the King's Arms in the background.

The pretty estate village of Hovingham in the Vale of Pickering is famous for Hovingham Hall, built about 1760 by Thomas Worsley, Surveyor General to William III.

The trams of the Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co linked Clifton to the city by way of Hotwells Road.

The quiet village street at Appleton-le-Street, west of Malton, shows little passing traffic outside the village pub.

In this quintessentially English scene, one can almost hear the sound of bat hitting ball, followed by the ripple of applause from the knowledgeable spectators.

Sir William More, advisor to Elizabeth I and related to Sir Thomas More, built this Elizabethan mansion in 1568 for the then princely sum of £1,640 19s 6d.

Built to link the Promenade to the attractions of Princes Park, the doubly-named bridge rests on two artificial islands in the Marine Lake.