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The Green is now tidied up, but it retains the signpost of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

The House of Correction stood on this site until 1829. The county jail was then relocated and the new Town Hall was built incorporating some of the cells.

This is what children of all ages like best: fishing about in the rock pools at low tide.

This is also known as St John's Gate and is thought to incorporate a stone arch taken from the Norman church of St John. Notice the zigzag stone work on the arch which is typical of that period.

Up School Hill, northwards from Merriott, the sign of the Three Horseshoes can be seen in the distance.

Here we see Castle Dock, with an assortment of spars and rigging dominating the view.

Millions of visitors have enjoyed the pleasures of this lake and wandered through the grounds. The bridge in the distance leads to the island on which the pagoda is located.

A girl pushes her bicycle along what was one of the great stagecoach routes of England - the London to Exeter road.

The lighthouse gave warning of a dangerous reef called The Stones that lies on the northern side of St Ives Bay.

This view of Waterhead shows the Waterhead Hotel, built to serve the increasing numbers of tourists who were arriving by train at the lakeside station at Bowness, and catching a steamer up the

On the left, the high walls at the rear of the gardens give an indication of the flood problems associated with living on a river.

The front of this charming Georgian house, with its bay windows and portico at the front door, is now obscured by the addition of a single-storey annexe which provides a riverside eating area for customers

This view of the riverside promenade looks past the Archbishop's Palace to Maidstone Bridge and the chimneys of the industrial area beyond.

The scene is dominated by a colossal cast iron lion weighing 16 tons, erected to commemorate 300 men of the Royal Berkshire Regiment who died in the Afghan campaigns of 1879-80.

This fascinating photograph shows the intricate detail and sumptuous carving of St George's Chapel.

St Peter's Hill climbs out of the village towards Caversham's striking parish church of St Peter, which occupies a pleasant setting above the Thames.

This view, one of the earliest in the book, shows the east end of the cathedral with no east chapel, only ragged masonry. The Lady Chapel became ruinous in the 16th century and was pulled down.

After 1856, a residence north of the border of not less than three weeks was required before a marriage could take place.

This shows another aspect of the delightful river Lathkill.

Kingsgate, surmounted by the little church of St Swithun- upon-Kingsgate, is one of just two surviving medieval gateways at Winchester.

By the 19th century the North Gate had suffered from years of neglect (see picture 25412), and was in danger of disappearing altogether.

This scene looks over the top of the stage and the pier can be seen in the background.This Parade has always been a popular walking area, with its occasional views of the sea through the trees.

This picture shows Deganwy before it had pretensions of being a resort.

This Norman nave is the longest of any parish church; the Miraculous Beam was originally in the nave. The reredos is shown hung with flags of the victorious Allies.