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A ground floor view of the Long Room showing the flanking busts of scholars. Famous students of Trinity include Oliver Goldsmith, Jonathan Swift, Edmund Burke, Oscar Wilde and Samuel Becket.

Because of the unstable nature of the cliffs above Bournemouth's beaches, many of the buildings were built at a distance from the cliff edge.

Edgbaston is the most famous of all Birmingham’s suburbs.

The abundance of Union Jacks and other flags in this view of Wood Street suggests that the photograph was taken in 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation.

Westwards from Folkestone, and now linked to it as a suburb, Sandgate shared in the popularity of its neighbour as a seaside resort around the turn of the century.

These timber-clad cottages, standing at the foot of the white cliffs, are part of a small community which developed both as a bathing resort and as a residential quarter in the closing years

High up above Todmorden, half of which used to be in Lancashire, we find this small Pennine village with a surprising number of mills for its size.

Described as 'Robin Hood's village', Edwinstowe lies south of the Sherwood Forest Country Park.

Washington is on the main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up

Westwards from Folkestone, and now linked to it as a suburb, Sandgate shared in the popularity of its neighbour as a seaside resort around the turn of the century.

These timber-clad cottages, standing at the foot of the white cliffs, are part of a small community which developed both as a bathing resort and as a residential quarter in the closing years

The priory was founded by William Marshall, the Earl of Pembroke, and it was never to be promoted to the status of abbey.

This photograph is a peaceful distant view of the remains of the ancient Guisborough Priory, which flourished, but with various setbacks, in the period 1120-1538.

Ducks sometimes swim on the river flowing through this charming village, which used to be renowned for truffle hunting.

The compact market place on the north side of the town is enhanced by its octagonal timber market cross, built in 1903 in celebration of Edward VII's coronation to replace a stone Gothic cross of 1826.

The manor or honour of Tottington covered 15 square miles, and was awarded to General George Monck (1608-70) for services to the Crown.

This was once the seat of the Fitzalans, hereditary High Stewards of Scotland.

The father-in-law of Squire Clifton, Lord Lowther, and also Lady Cecily Lowther, were remembered in the naming of Lowther Gardens. This ornamental pond was a transformation of the farm pond.

Not far from Batley, once home to the world famous Variety Club, Roberttown was part of the industrial heavy woollen district to the south of Leeds.

Looking at this view, it is difficult to envisage the hamlet of Keninton mentioned in the Feet of Fines in 1232.

In 1931, the widow of Stafford Bourne (the son of one of the founders of Bourne & Hollingsworth's store in London) sold Garston Manor to Benskins the brewers, who transferred it to the North West Metropolitan

St Andrew's Church stands on the high ground to the west of the River Ash's water meadows. Adjacent, to the north, is the old palace which belonged to the Bishop of London.

The name of the town of Letchworth appears to derive from 'lecha weorthig', 'the farm by the rivulet'.

An evocative view from the north-east of the part of the town immediately below the Castle and the impressive Castle and prison itself.