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This small village, about three miles to the east of Loughborough, has in recent decades expanded to accommodate country- dwelling commuters.

This famous watering-place owes its present prosperity to Dr Russell, of Lewes, who removed hence in 1750.

The gateway on the right, facing the Eynsford Castle Inn, leads to the ruins of the Norman castle which was the property of William of Eynsford.

Potter Street Junior School and the infant school were on the same campus, and were typical of the many schools that had to be provided quickly for the very large percentage of school-age children in Harlow

A closer view of Market Place, minus its Saturday morning stalls and with only the refreshment stand by the lamp- post facing onto the 17th- and 19th-century shops and offices.

The harbour is the site of the original Tor Quay, which served the little village of Tor Mohun inland.

The first effective spinning mill in the west of Scotland was built at Rothesay. Between 1787 and 1834, the number of cotton mills in Scotland rocketed from just 19 to 134.

Typical sailing cruisers glide majestically along the River Thurne, passing one of the essential wind pumps which drain the fields throughout the Broads area.

As with several other fishing villages along the Yorkshire coast, Staithes clings alpine-like to the sides of steep cliffs and ravines.

The chimneystacks of Lord Burghley's Hospital are an eye-catching feature along the south bank of the Welland.

In the centre foreground of the picture stands St Peter's church, intact at this time, built out of locally quarried Triassic red sandstone and identified by its unusual helm-roof tower.

This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

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.

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.

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.