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The Derby winner has always been celebrated by sporting artists, but it was not until Victorian times that race-goers themselves caught the imagination of the art world.

Newport has a rich history, with Roman occupation at Caerleon, a medieval castle, and the Chartist Rising of 1839, which was put down by troops.

The paper mill was built on the site of a corn mill called Okestubbe Mill, which was owned by St Neots Priory and continued to operate until the early 19th century.

The church is a short distance from the Nower, another one of Dorking's parkland areas.

As part of the Temple Moore restoration of the church, the De Brus Cenotaph was reassembled to look as far as possible as it would have been in the days of the priory.

There is the modern settlement by the Ilford Works, two communities either side of the Mobberley Brook, and a cluster of houses by the Bird in Hand.

The cathedral is accepted as being one of the most beautiful buildings in Europe; it dominates the uphill area of the city and its surrounding buildings.

The Moot Hall has now been renovated, and looks worthy of its status as the Town Hall. This fine Georgian town house became the Moot Hall and residence of the Town Council around 1800.

The church of St Edward the Confessor contains a medieval effigy of a crusader monk, which was found in the wall of nearby Netley Castle and probably came from Netley Abbey.

The monument of 1903 commemorates 17 Suffolk Protestants who were burnt at Bury during the reign of Queen Mary. The ruins of the Charnel Chapel are between the two avenues.

Pronounced 'clibbery', Cleobury Mortimer is famous for the crooked spire of its church.

The Moat Garden is the private garden of the Governor of the Castle. It is very well maintained and has been created in what remains of the original dry moat that surrounded the Round Tower.

Ann of Cleves House is possibly the most impressive of Ditchling's 16th- and 17th-century buildings.

The war memorial lists the names of members of the armed forces who lost their lives, especially in the First World War. On the far side of the green, the duck pond is a haven for wildlife.

One of Lamorna's most famous residents was the painter Samuel John Birch, who moved there in 1892 and stayed for the rest of his life.

Swans are afloat on the river on a sunny day.

Low Row is one of several pretty villages which mark the length of Swaledale, many people's favourite among the Yorkshire Dales, with its spectacular scenery and long history of lead mining.

One of the attractions of England's villages is how each one seems to play a part in the greater history of these islands.

In the fishing era, every household had at least one cat, for the very practical purpose of keeping the net cellars free of mice. Natural fibre nets of that time were damaged by mice nibbling at them.

This pub has a date of 1635 in sheep's knucklebones set in the floor of the bar.

The tower contains a grand carillon of forty-seven bells. Built to remember the fallen of the Great War, it is a fitting tribute, for one of Britain's two bell foundries is in the town.

Cow Lane has changed in recent years, with infill building visible to the left of the house in the centre of this picture.

On the left-hand edge of photograph H252061 (page left) we see the shop George Hilton & Sons, which was built in 1932 and designed by Harold Turner (a local architect whom we will meet elsewhere

The archetypal memorial is sited at the junction of Frolesworth Road and Station Road, offering a permanent reminder of the inevitably sad consequences of war.