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Public executions were held in The Square in earlier days, with the bell of St Lawrence's tolling mournfully as the victim was brought before the crowd.

At the time of Leland, Worcester was a busy centre for the cloth trade.

In 1282, the Countess of Devon, aggrieved with the merchants of Exeter, constructed a weir across the River Exe obstructing access to the city's port.

The statue of Lord Frederick Cavendish, in front of the building in this photograph, now stands behind it; the spot where it stood is now part of the modernised precinct.

The statue of Lord Frederick Cavendish, in front of the building in this photograph, now stands behind it; the spot where it stood is now part of the modernised precinct.

Westbourne, on the west side of Bournemouth, retains a village atmosphere even today, with spacious houses and hotels situated around an attractive woodland chine leading down to the sea.

From early times, Bridport was famous for the growing of hemp and the manufacture of rope. In the small streets and alleyways off South Street, the old rope-walks can still be seen.

In 1924 the estate had 1,552 acres, 400 of which were parkland. The Havering manor was a crown manor from the time of Harold, of Hastings fame, until 1828.

Nestling on the south bank of the Humber, the wide boulevard of Whitecross Street has changed little.

Cobbles, brick, timber and tile - an enchanting corner of Bletchingley over 100 years ago.

Piel is one of three islands off the coast at Barrow, and is crowned by the ruined remains of 14th-century Piel Castle, which boasts the largest medieval keep in the north-west of England.

The rich fields of the Tamar Valley have long been the source of Plymouth's fruit and vegetables.

Standing at the junction of several ancient roads, Lyndhurst has attracted travellers for centuries. Many of the town's inns would have been established for these traditional wayfarers.

Although it is set in the heart of the largely industrialised Aire Valley, Steeton retains its air of rural tranquillity.

The village grew from about the 14th century as people migrated into Weardale following the discovery of iron ore and further veins of lead.

The town of Little Walsingham grew up to serve the many thousands of pilgrims that came to the priory; it has more early 17th-century houses than any other town in Norfolk.

The village green at Crakehall, two miles from Bedale on the Wensleydale Road, lies at the heart of the village, and is still the site of the village cricket ground.

This view shows the sturdy, buttressed bridge over the Swale at Grinton, which is situated on the south bank of the River Swale nine miles west of Richmond.

Here we see the junctions of South Street and Union Street. The monument was erected to commemorate the Crimean War; as with most of such things, it came complete with captured Russian cannon.

But on the enlightened Isle of Man they already had it. Women were given the vote in 1881; the first woman member of the House of Keys was Mrs Marion Shimmin, elected in February 1933.

An interesting view of the church of St Cross from the porter's lodge, where a visitor can be seen receiving the traditional 'Wayfarer's Dole' of bread and ale.

Marten had been one of the signatories to the death warrant of Charles I, and as such faced almost certain death himself at the Restoration of Charles II. His life, however, was spared.

Old Fore Street, later known as Culverhay, by 1912 was a mixture of architectural styles and had a good selection of shops.

Said to have been founded by the Spanish Ambassador's valet, the 18th-century pub, with its adjacent toll house, formed the entrance to the Bishop of London's Hornsey estate.