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Within a few decades, the face of Cleckheaton had changed beyond recognition with the establishment of machine manufacturing.

East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (left), was built by J and T Gale in 1784 and has been widened.

Roman remains are extant at Caldecott, but it is the later thatched and slated farmhouses, and rows of cottages (some with date panels) fronting onto the High Street which present a unified entity

Rothley lies some five miles to the north of Leicester, and to the west of the busy A6.

Also known as Piper`s Hill Common, this beautiful nature reserve has developed from wood pasture; that is, rough grazing with a scattering of trees.

The old village consists of a number of small, picturesque thatched and timber-framed cottages to the west of the church and along a lane running west from the river bridge.

Lyme Regis harbour, or the Cobb, was once a seafaring settlement separate from the old town.

The name of this cottage is a reminder of a very important medieval and late medieval building tradition in this area, possibly associated with the abundance of oak trees in the Bernwood Forest and

The name of this cottage is a reminder of a very important medieval and late medieval building tradition in this area, possibly associated with the abundance of oak trees in the Bernwood Forest and

We are looking south-eastwards across the centre of the village towards the Springhead home of environmental guru Rolf Gardiner and the hills of Cranborne Chase.

Unable to take the fortress from Robert de Mowbray, third Earl of Northumberland, William headed south, leaving the prosecution of the siege to others. Mowbray attempted to escape, but was captured.

The market town of Baldock developed at the junction of a Roman road and the ancient Icknield Way in the mid 1100s.

The Co-operative's elegant range of buildings with a clock tower was another victim of 1960s development in the town. The Society was formed by a group of silk workers in 1864.

Sheffield in the Victorian period also saw a very large expansion of its housing stock not only to house the rapidly growing number of workers in the light and heavy steel industries but also to

In 1635 the town archery butts stood at the eastern entrance to Twickenham in Richmond Road - a reminder of the need for a standing army in a constant state of readiness for war abroad.

Just visible inside the Round House is the broken granite stump of the old Newport Cross, which from 1529 to 1831 was the spot at which Newport's two MPs were declared.

Having completed the tour of Daventry town centre, we now look at some of the 20th-century housing and industrial development.

In 1887 the Board of Governors of the newly reconstituted Guisborough Grammar School commissioned Alfred Waterhouse, an eminent Victorian architect, most famous for designing the Natural History Museum

The impressive facade of the Hotel Metropole, with the Ship Hotel next door, faced the end of the Jetty to greet the thousands of holidaymakers who travelled down on the paddle steamers.

slope of the chalk country.

The window boxes of the George Hotel are still a feature today, and the range of buildings on the right of the photograph continues to be used as shops, now antiques and furnishings, although previously

These opposing views of the town centre illustrate the character and quality of life in Aspley Guise.

The construction of the Manchester Ship Canal resulted in access to Runcorn Docks having to be made by way of locks opposite the town's waterfront, or through the Eastham Locks.

We are on the peaceful, reed-fringed shores of Rydal Water, near Grasmere. Rydal was the home of William Wordsworth from 1813 until his death in 1850, and Rydal Water was one of his favourite lakes.