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A late 19th-century advertisement for the George Hotel reads: 'This house, being in the centre of the picturesque scenery of Pangbourne, affords every accommodation for tourists, boating parties or

This is the corner of St Anne's Road West and Garden Street (right) before it was fully surfaced.

A late 19th-century advertisement for the George Hotel reads: 'This house, being in the centre of the picturesque scenery of Pangbourne, affords every accommodation for tourists, boating parties

The village of Cookham is synonymous with the colourful tradition of swan-upping, which dates from time immemorial and involves the swans being upped, or counted, classified and marked.

Judging by the debris and the description of its location on a bend of the river, this is where the water-powered mill used to be situated.

The former statue of George II which used to stand on St Stephen's Green. Regarded as symbolic of British oppression, the statue was bombed away in 1937.

A classic rural Irish scene of this period, a pleasing main street, devoid of any traffic save for a farmer chugging up the hill in his tractor.

Kingsgate takes its name from a gate erected to commemorate the landing of King Charles II and his brother the Duke of York on 13 June 1683.

A panoramic view of the area, with Abergavenny in the somewhat hazy distance. Note the railway sweeping round towards the church in the centre of the picture.

The town's name in Welsh is Tref y Clawdd, meaning 'the town on the dyke', and indeed it is located on Offa's Dyke, that great earthwork that separated the Welsh from the English tribes of King Offa.

The Icknield Way was a pre-Roman, Iron Age trading route running along the northern border of Hertfordshire. At Baldock it formed the length of White Horse Street and Hitchin Street.

Looking west along the High Street, one is struck by the minimal amount of traffic. Nonetheless, in 1976 it was necessary to build the Ware by-pass to alleviate congestion in the High Street.

On the left is the fine front of the Post Office - the words can be seen below the window box on the first floor, and above is a royal coat of arms (both still remain today, though WH Smith use the premises

He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1719, received the prestigious Copley Medal in 1739, and was elected to the French Academy in 1753.

Victoria Pier used to be known as Crab Head until it was renamed following a visit by Princess Victoria with her mother the Duchess of Kent.

The institute, which offered a range of evening classes for workers, and was famed for its penny lectures, was one of the earlier projects linked with a major redevelopment of the town centre

The Duke of Bridgewater has been called 'the parent and father' of our canal system.

The tiny church of St Olaf at Wasdale Head is said to be among the smallest in England.

This is one of the classic mountain views in the Lake District, with the glaciated knife-edge of Striding Edge leading off eastwards towards High Spying How.

Positioned cosily under the downs, and with its cluster of thatched and slate-roofed cottages around it, the Perpendicular tower of St Lawrence's Church rises above the surrounding gravestones.

In 1497 John Cabot, under the patronage of Richard Amerycke, sailed from Bristol in the ship 'Matthew'.

The crypt of St German's used to house the bishop's prison, where those found guilty by the ecclesiastical court were imprisoned. The bishop's prison was last used in 1780.

Otford is on the main Sevenoaks to Dartford road, alongside the River?Darent; it has become something of a commuter village today.

One of many millponds used by the Sussex iron industry.