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King Harold was the founder of Waltham Abbey.

Here we see a closer view of the south porch, displaying carved figures of King Osric and Abbot Serlo on either side of the entrance.

The coloured cliffs of Alum Bay are one of the most enduring sights on the Isle of Wight as far as visitors are concerned.

The square is named after the founder of the burgh.

The street was developed during the 1830s as the town grew in response to the construction of the harbour for the export of coal.

Canford Manor, not far from Wimborne, dates from the early years of the 19th century, though it stands on the site of an ancient house which once belonged to the Earls of Salisbury.

Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth and surviving wife, was born here in 1512; at that time the castle was in the hands of Sir Thomas Parr.

The County Hotel is one of the main hotels in the centre of Kendal. It dominates this part of the old town, whose wealth was founded on the woollen and textile industries.

This view of the church tower clearly shows the tenuous link between it and the main body of the building.

The steep, winding stairs and the difference in levels of the houses show how the buildings cling to the steep cliff, the summit of which rises high above.

The village of Rushton is mentioned as Riston or Risetone in the Domesday Book.

Queen's College, named after Philippa, wife of Edward III, was originally founded to educate 'Poor Boys' from the north of England.

In the niches either side of the central arch of Stonebow are statues of the Archangel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary, an Annunciation scene in effect.

Warwickshire`s vernacular architecture characteristically uses a mixture of building materials; with stone in the Cotswolds, for instance, and an abundance of timber in the formerly well

This, it was claimed, gave the benefit of the health- giving rays of the sun to those sitting behind its protection.Walkers could stand on the roof of the shelter to enjoy the view.

A bronze tablet removed from an earlier bridge reads: 'Pray for Humfrey Pakynton Esquyer borne in Stanford which payde for ye workemanshepe and makyng of this brygg the whiche was rered & made the first

The County Hotel is one of the main hotels in the centre of Kendal and dominates this part of the old town, whose wealth was founded on the woollen and textile industries.

To the east of Margate, and south of Foreness Point, Kingsgate Bay is marked by this gap in the cliffs.

This spot is beloved of tobogganers in the snow and strollers the rest of the year.

This group of buildings next to the church was built in the 16th century on the site of a medieval castle. Traces of the motte and the moat are still visible in the garden.

Warwickshire's vernacular architecture characteristically uses a mixture of building materials; with stone in the Cotswolds, for instance, and an abundance of timber in the formerly well-wooded areas of

This fine view of the Howden Dam, with the forbidding moorland of Bleaklow beyond, is taken from Abbey Bank, on the edge of the Howden Moors.

The cliff line of Dorset breaks to give access to a small cove and the village of Burton Bradstock, with the River Bride gurgling away to the end of Chesil Beach.

Chelwood Gate stands at the site of one of the old 'gates' into the medi- eval royal hunting forest of Ashdown.