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The coming of the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway, which opened in 1857, led to the building of the promenade alongside it at Grange.

The lights have been hung ready for the summer illuminations.The pier was always a spectacular sight at this time of year.

The building to the right of this image is the Bull, known as the Bull's Head in the 17th century.

Moving north, deeper into the Vale of Taunton Deane, we reach the cob or earth wall country, where whitewashed rendered cottages with thatched roofs become common.

At the end of the Parade, behind the trees on the right, stands the Castle, the home of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Rooks Nest was the home of Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-78), leader of the Gothic revival in architecture, a style that befitted small country churches as well as major metropolitan landmarks.

The tree cover at the front is quite dense now, so much so that little of the building is visible from the road.

The village hugs the huge limestone hillside, once the site of much lead mining and smelt mills.

Holt, between Fakenham and Cromer, boasts a wealth of fine Georgian houses, which huddle haphazardly around its broad market place.

Lynn's market place is one of the very finest in England, enriched by a profusion of Georgian and Victorian public buildings, including the florid Corn Exchange built in 1854.

As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.

The Monument and the tower of St Magnus's Church stand side by side - we are looking from the centre of the sixty-year-old London Bridge.

The first recorded wooden bridge was built in 1583, and was destroyed during the siege of York.

Built around 1280 for the Abbot of St Mary's Abbey, the building was enlarged in the 15th century.

The fields of Whitecliff Farm (foreground) hosted summer camps for militia and artillery volunteers in late Victorian times.

St James' Church at Kingston, in effect the Scott family chapel of the Earls of Eldon from Encombe House, viewed looking southwards from cottages in South Street.

Very little of the Roman occupation of Dorchester, Durnovaria, remains.

This view, taken on the northern edge of the village, is almost unrecognisable, for extensive changes have taken place. Lydford is a place of great antiquity.

DunhamMassey is now part of Greater Manchester, although it was still in Cheshire at the time this photograph was taken. The house, and extensive grounds, are preserved by the National Trust.

For most of the century the city's parks retained their popularity and were maintained meticulously, only in the last quarter of the century suffering from a lack of management and care.

According to Christine Smith (author of 'Sutton Coldfield under the Earls of Warwick'), on the death of Richard I (Richard the Lionheart), Lord Bassett enclosed a hunting ground - Bassett's Heath

Here we have another view of Prince's Corner on the right, with a glimpse of the High Street beyond the pseudo-timbering of The King's Arms (now The Fallow and Firkin).

Moseley Hall was the medieval home of the Grevis family, but in 1891 the hall and its surrounding parkland became the property of the city.

The open-air bathing pool was a new attraction, opened in time for the long hot summer of 1914.