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Aberystwyth's castle was one of a line of coastal fortresses built by Edward I to impose his will upon the Welsh.

There has been very little change to the appearance of this magnificent structure owing to careful restoration and repair, but the surroundings of the Minster have altered.

The great breakwaters around the eastern shores of Portland entirely enclose Portland harbour.

By the 1950s, the popularity of a cheap and cheerful holiday camp atmosphere brought thousands of visitors to camps like Wick Ferry each year.The model steam train was a popular attraction, as it

Kendal Castle was built by the Normans to the east of the town, probably by Ivo de Tailbois, the first Lord of Kendal in the late 12th century, and it still commands good views to the north and

There is not much traffic—a car and a motorcycle with pillion passenger—in this view of the road running down from Dunmail Raise into Grasmere.

Known until 1933 as the Kings Arms, the Pack of Cards was built in 1626 as a town house by George Ley to celebrate a win at cards.

The former toll house was demolished as part of a road-widening scheme, and access to and from West Street was blocked to traffic in the interest of safety.

Of the fairies, Fferrand wrote: 'amongst the uneducated people in Rochdale the superstition of fairies has not been dispelled, and Shakespeare, Drayton, and other poets, in the exercise of their poetical

The coastline of the Isle of Man is one of outstanding natural beauty.

Frampton, 'the settlement on the Frome', is an attractive downland village north-west of Dorchester. The old manor house of Frampton Court was demolished in 1939.

In the 14th century the nearby village of Malpas was under constant threat of attack from the Welsh, and there was an unsuccessful attempt to have the chapel on the Cholmondeley estate raised in status

The great eastern face of Honister Crag dominates the Honister Pass between Borrowdale and Buttermere and Crummock Water, which can be seen in the distance.

Shap Abbey, near the banks of the River Lowther, was founded by the 'white canons' of the Premonstratensian order at the end of the 12th century, but it was dissolved, like so many others, in 1540.

Further down the Thames are the Houses of Parliament - or rather, the Palace of Westminster. This replaced the old palace, which burned down in 1834.

The hunt assembling at the front of the Bugle pub, a former coaching inn. Note the sturdy porch, similar to that of its opposite neighbour the Dolphin Hotel.

A pair of loaded working boats on the Aylesbury Arm near Broughton on the edge of town. The wooden stumps (bottom left) are known as strapping posts, and were used to tie up boats.

This is a much more recent view of this district of Worthing. Nearby there is a large old cemetery and chapel, with many graves of the wealthy.

On the left are two of the well-known hotels of the time, The Imperial and The Westward Ho! The elegant street lamps were a feature of this road. To w a r d s t h e P i e r

Our tour of the towns and villages near Lincoln starts in Gainsborough, a town of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey that ruled what is now north Lincolnshire.

The Crown Hotel, formerly one of Lyndhurst's inns, was rebuilt in the Tudor style late in Victoria's reign. Lyndhurst is an ideal spot from which to explore the New Forest.

Bradford-on-Avon has changed little in the last century. There has been no by-pass, no rash of new developments.

The Trinity Weslyan Methodist Chapel, on the corner of Mawney Road and Linden Street, was built in 1888 and provided seating for 750 worshippers.

Nazeing's name means 'settlers on the projection of land'. It sits above the River Lea, and is a world of arable fields and market-garden glasshouses.