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During the early years of the 18th century, facilities were improved with the construction of a harbour and quays.

The castle eventually passed into the hands of the Neville family, and in 1471 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, came here to be tutored by the Earl of Warwick.

This view pre-dates the Swinging Sixties, with echoes of a less materialist era: the Gothic-arched building on the right is the former Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School of 1903.

This tranquil scene, showing the church of St Mary, tastefully rebuilt in 1860 by Henry Woodyer, and the picturesque village stores and post office, gives little hint of a gruesome legend which developed

Along Padleys Lane, which curves north out of the village amid 1950s and later estate houses, we pass Burton Joyce Primary School.

All survives in Bridge Street, which leads out of the south- east side of the Market Place in the distance.

Out of view to the right and spanning the canal is the former Pickford's Depository, a warehouse built in the early 19th century in yellow brick (the rest of the town is in red brick).

Red Bank is one of the spots from which you can cross the sands over to Kents Bank.

Having accommodated men of the United States 1st Infantry Division before they left Weymouth and Portland to land on Omaha Beach in the D-Day invasion, Freshwater Holiday Camp remains one of the busiest

He was the first Catholic Lord Mayor of London since the reformation, and St Raphael's was the first Catholic Church to be built in Kingston since this time.

The advent of the railways in the mid 19th century was to enhance the use of the Thames for pleasure as day-trippers took to the water in punts and sailing boats.

After buying the farmhouse of Townlands Farm in 1875, Charles Kempe promptly began to enlarge the property in a style in keeping with the existing small house.

The prosperous Georgian feel of the town originates with the presence of the castle and with its role as a market town and agricultural centre.

The imposing 18th-century building on the right with the round-headed doorway has a twin nearly opposite.

Half a mile south of the hamlet with the parish church and Chiddingly Place is another small hamlet, Muddles Green, where cottages fringe a small green.

One of the earliest buildings in the Albert Park estate was the Grammar School, fronting the Cresent east of the park.

In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants to build a canal; they saw it as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and transporting other goods out into towns in the heart of Lancashire.

Now very much part of Lancashire, the village of Slaidburn was in Yorkshire at the time of our photograph.

A Dimond had already traded on the High Street for some 80 years when this photograph was taken, and Dimond's (left) are happily still in business, though the shop front has changed slightly

Situated on the main coast road, this public house is extremely convenient for tourists and the villagers.

Brampton Park covers about 100 acres and in 1898 it was the property of the Duke of Manchester. There had been a grand house on the site since the 12th century.

To the west of Jervaulx lies this pretty village, nestling around the spacious green.

This is a view along East Street to the former Market Place, from the Greyhound Hotel (left) which faces the wonderfully elaborate Georgian shop-front of Beach and Company.

Next-door, the International Tea Company`s Stores Limited has re-branded itself as the International Stores, and would remain a major grocery chain until the coming of purpose-built supermarkets