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The modern white gabled houses in the distance, Swan Mews, were built in 1995.

The Heath, extending from Kenwood House in the north to an area around Parliament Hill in the south, occupies some 800 acres; it has been popular with artists and authors (and the Gordon Rioters) since

When the hotel finally closed, it was bought by Sherborne School and recommenced life as a boarding house in 1962. The river in the foreground is the River Yeo.

The main street is lined with comfortable houses as befits a well-managed estate, which brought in improved agricultural methods and established the linen industry.

Their mark on the scene is the stone-built Tower House to the left of the terraces. It was built in 1637, soon after the charter from James the First brought the Scots to make the new plantations.

The main shopping centre has moved up the hill to Leigh Broadway but this High Street is still popular with its cafes, public houses and antiques shops.

The William Brown Library, with its fine portico of six Corinthian columns, was built in 1860 to house the natural history collection of the 13th Earl of Derby; this had been bequeathed to the town in

Almost every decade saw the construction of a new city landmark: the Methodists' Victoria Hall in Norfolk Street in 1908, Sheffield Newspapers' Kemsley House in High Street in 1916, the City

Almost every decade saw the construction of a new city landmark: the Methodists' Victoria Hall in Norfolk Street in 1908, Sheffield Newspapers' Kemsley House in High Street in 1916, the City

No 8 dock is away to the right, and the area where the sheds are is now the Quay House.

was twice held by the Royalists, and was besieged by the unpleasant characters Colonel-General Poyntz and Colonel Rossiter, who were responsible for allowing the massacre of 140 defenders of Shelford House

Tetbury's Town Hall, or Market House, is one of the grandest of its kind found in the Cotswolds, and for centuries has been at the hub of the town's life and business.

The small house in the background is currently unoccupied and apparently derelict.

The only part of the much-rebuilt Norman Castle that remains is the Tower House and Great Chamber. William Inge was born here in 1860; he later became a controversial Dean of St Paul's Cathedral.

All has been swept away since, to be replaced by housing estates. The hospital's name is preserved in a road name: St Lawrence Way.

Duke Bar is on the outskirts of Burnley.The Duke of York public house can be seen in the centre of our picture.

the population of Cinderford stands at around 7,500, but up until the 19th century Cinderford was no more than a tiny hamlet clustered around the building that is now The Bridge Inn on Speech House

An attractive village south of the railway line and the River Wreake, Frisby has a number of good houses.

A 17th-century house built of ironstone and Collyweston slates, facing the large green but spoilt by an odd door.

The Town Hall now houses Baldock's fascinating museum. The lonely Vauxhall E Series (centre) drives towards Letchworth along Hitchin Street past the shops and inns.

When Hunsdon won the Hertfordshire Best Kept Village competition in 1960, the winner's sign was erected in the garden of the house next door.

Substantial tree growth has filled the gaps around the dwelling house in our picture, and the height of the trees has rendered the windmill barely visible from Moor Lane.

Teas are still being served on the corner of The Village and Arrowe Park Road at the Stone House Café (U36010, right), and the Horse and Jockey Hotel still occupies the junction of Rake Lane

By the gate leading into the churchyard are the overhanging eaves of the old priest's house, later to become the centre of the local Girl Guides troop.