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In 1838 the South Midland Temperance Association embraced a large number of towns, including Stratford-upon-Avon.

In the background is the Norman church of St Lawrence, which tradition suggests was the chapel of William the Conqueror's royal palace.

At the northern end the two largest stones form an entrance; inside, just visible to the left of the photograph, on the eastern side of the circle, are the remains of ten stones arranged in an oblong,

The granite stone of Bodmin Moor supports a natural oddity, the impressive outcrop known as the Cheesewring. The summit of the hill encloses a stone fort probably associated with the Bronze Age.

The large lettering of the Stroud Brewery across the façade takes precedence over the smaller hanging signs of the Prince Albert Hotel on this attractive corner.

In AD1001, Viking raiders under the command of King Sweyn landed in the Exe estuary, raiding and burning the town of Exanmutha before marching on to Exeter.

Standing on the site of an Augustinian convent which was founded in 1232, Lacock Abbey is the place where, in 1835, William Henry Fox-Talbot took the world's first photograph - a negative of

The long, steeply banked street of Gilesgate is still occasionally known by its medieval name of Gillygate, meaning the street of St Giles.

The meaning of the place name is 'church of St Bridget', which is the church shown here.

This general view shows typical houses of the time; the terrace in the foreground is followed by 1950s semis leading down to the waters of the inlet of Carmarthen Bay, with the Gower peninsular just visible

The Guinness clock at the top of Old Town Street was a popular rendezvous. It stood where the southern end of Drake's Circus shopping centre now stands.

The completion of the road bridge in 1961 signalled the end of the Saltash Ferry.

Avon Castle, on the opposite bank of the river from Ringwood, is an area that has become increasingly built-up and urbanised since this photograph of a country gentleman's home was taken in the last full

Over the centuries a number of inns were established in Ringwood, many brewing a variety of local ales.

The simple spire of St Peter's Church, Sheffield is typical of many such post-modern churches, which were built as large new council housing estates were erected in the suburbs of 'the Steel City', now

The village's name derives from a long bank along the river Ouse, on the right of the photograph, defending the low-lying land from flooding.

From medieval times until the early 19th century, Meldreth consisted of several small communities scattered along a two-mile stretch of winding road.

South of the market-place, the old grammar school is centred around a wide, seven-bay red-brick building of 1765.

The working lives of the Dorset labourers who lived in cottages like these was hard, with poor wages and long hours.

Looking across the river to the suburb of Handbridge. Featured is the church of St Mary-without-the-Walls, which was completed in 1887; its distinctive spire is something of a local landmark.

A great deal of older residential housing was demolished in Victorian times to make way for Cheapside.

St Mary's Butts is in the centre of Reading. The chequerboard flint and limestone tower of the church of St Mary's is a distinctive local landmark.

We have a glimpse of the sea at the entrance to the north coast harbour inlet of Port Gaverne. Note the recent cliff top housing developments on the outskirts of neighbouring Port Isaac.

The beach below White Cliff has long been one of Seaton's favoured bathing places, recommended in many guidebooks, though a charge of 4d was made during the earlier decades of the last