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Designed by Robert Adam, Wenvoe was built in 1775 by the wealthy Yorkshireman Peter Birt. 11 years after this photograph was taken, it was destroyed by a fire so devastating that the owners could not afford

The tower of the church of St Peter was rebuilt in the 18th century after the previous one fell down.

The 11th-century church of St Peter and St Paul is heavily restored.

Panshanger was built in 1806 by Peter, fifth Earl Cowper on high ground close to the valley of the River Mimram.

The church of St Peter, with its 14th-century tower made entirely of wood and supported inside by a framework of huge oak timbers, also has a 13th-century chancel and a south aisle added a hundred years

Board sailing was invented here: this was confirmed by a High Court ruling in 1982 stating that Peter Chilvers invented the sail board at Hayling in 1958 when, as a boy of ten, he used a sheet of plywood

The cars appearing here in St Peter's Square, where a roundabout now guides traffic, were to be followed by many more as car ownership increased from the 1950s.

Its graceful parish church, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, is dominated, as is the town, by its octagonal crossing tower.

This photograph shows how the church was extended in the 1850s — at this time there was great demand for pews in St Peter's.

Outside St Peter's church, an ornate cast iron signpost erected in 1830 has hands pointing to London, Yarmouth and Framlingham.

On the right is St Peter's, the parish church of Blaenavon, built by the ironmasters Hopkins and Hill in 1805.

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul, a favourite dedication of King Ine in Anglo-Saxon times, stands on a knoll overlooking Uplyme village.

The tower of St Peter's Roman Catholic Cathedral can be seen in the background.

It is remarkable to think that St Peter's Church, at the top of the street, sits right on the site once occupied by the headquarters building (or principia) for an ancient Roman legion.

This view from the river shows almost the whole village, including the church of St Peter, whose tiny churchyard is a designated conservation area with particularly interesting ferns, lichens and flowers

The church spire in the distance is that of St Peter's; it was built between 1860 and 1868, during the pastorate of Canon Calderbank.

We are on the Downs, just north of Seaford.The church of St Peter has a fine Norman fonty.

After a working life based in York, he returned to Horbury to build, at his own expense, the new church of St Peter and St Leonard in 1794.

Rossall Hall, Peter Hesketh's ancestral home, became Rossall School on 22 August 1844.

The later image shows that the aspect of St Peter's Square is more open, with a lifted tree canopy over Bunyan's head and the removal of the railings around the gardens behind the statue.

Taken from the west edge of St Peter's Green, this view looks north up the long avenue towards Bedford Park.

St Peter's School stands at the top of School Hill.

His grave, in St Peter's, Frimley, contains a cross made up of wood from that ship.

Bottom left: St Peter's Church, Greenhill, completed in 1965, has an unusual square spire rising from a circular brick exterior.