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During the first half of the 20th century, whole families from the poorer parts of London travelled down to the hop picking areas of Kent for a week or two's 'holiday' whilst earning money hop picking

This view of the village was taken in the days before its castle, once the home of Anne Boleyn, became internationally famous and attracted hordes of visitors.

The artist David Cox painted the original signboard of this old coaching inn when, with several fellow artists, he frequented Betws in the first half of the 19th century, painting the Machno Falls.

One of Anglesey's best-known sailing resorts, at the eastern end of the Menai Strait, Beaumaris was founded by Edward I, who built one of his great castles here, although it was never finished.

In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants; they saw a canal as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and getting other goods out to the towns in the heart of Lancashire, and to the growing

The Corporation's policy of providing a sufficient number of public parks and recreation grounds for both residents and visitors was actively pursued during this period of expansion.

The Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire is unique: modern village life and ancient stones live side by side in a common and mutual existence, where the past is indelibly a living part of the present.

Setting up a monastery gained influence with the Church, which was the civil service of the time, as well as gaining merit for the Hereafter.

The broad straight streets tell of land recovered from river and docks. The church tells of the human needs that followed.

The pinnacled tower of Swanwick's parish church stands four-square at the end of Derby Road.

The Mill Bridge in the pretty hamlet of Alport crosses the River Bradford near its confluence with the Lathkill, three miles south of Bakewell.

Ringstead village had gone into a decline in the early years of the 20th century. The advent of popular motoring brought it back to life as a new generation of tourists discovered the nearby beach.

Castor stands on the junction of the two main Roman roads in this part of Cambridgeshire, Ermine Street and King's Street.

Typically, much of the older part of Maidenhead has long since disappeared, replaced by modern urban development.

Boulters Lock is probably the most famous lock on the Thames, and was the first and the lowest on the river of the first set of eight to be built under the legislation of 1770.

This is the Medley section of the Thames - or Isis, as it is known hereabouts. Only a glance at this wonderful photograph gives an idea of the phenomenal popularity of rowing a hundred years ago.

On the north side of the village is Manor Farm, with its astonishingly complete array of farm buildings.

His neighbours were a mixture of old and new residents.

The chapel is almost Byzantine in design, but its transepts are reminiscent of Italian Romanesque rather than Byzantine.

Though probably the least spoilt of all the English county towns, little survives of pre-1694 Warwick. In that year much of the town centre was destroyed by fire.

This is the oldest part of the cathedral - the stiff-leaf carvings on the capitals of the north-west side are simpler in design than those east of this point.

While Chorley Old Hall is still recognisable for what it was, and lies, still with its moat, on the outskirts of Alderley Edge village, Hawthorn Hall, originally part of the hamlet of Morley, is

During the days of early popular motoring, the fine scenery in the valley of the Severn attracted many day-trippers from the urban areas of the Midlands.

This interior view of the castle shows the 13th-century entrance porch or gatehouse.