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The great ruined chancel of Bolton Abbey in Wharfedale is one of the great architectural treasures of the Yorkshire Dales.

This photograph gives us a good view of the new sea wall built as part of the widening of the Promenade.

The 15th-century Perpendicular west tower of the Church of the Holy Cross is remarkable for the three sculptures of heraldic lions, which crouch at the corners of the battlements.

Another delightful view of the Cat Nab area of Saltburn, with the distinctive profile of Huntcliffe beyond.

In olden days a beacon fire was lit on the headland to alert the countryside to threats of raids and possible invasion.

These features included a tower-keep separated from the rest of the castle by its own moat, multiangular towers, and ornate machiolations of the type seen here adorning the tops of the hexagonal corner

A view of Lyme on a clear summer's day in the 1950s, with the conical clifftop of Golden Cap in the distance. A boatman's sign promises a 'mackerel fishing trip round the bay' for two shillings.

This photograph shows some of the numerous monuments housed within the Lumley Chapel that once formed part of old Cheam Church.

The church boasts some of the most grotesque gargoyles in the Cotswolds.

Here we get a splendid view of the frontage of the 1926 Fox Inn building, largely unchanged today.

St Peter's Church, Nevendon is an ancient church built in the 13th century by a member of the Fitz-Lewis family.

This quiet enclave of art gallery, library and Manor House flanks the church. Out of sight to the right is the Grammar School of 1913, now the offices of the Borough Council.

This club house was opened in 1898 by Mrs W J Pirrie, wife of the managing director of Harland and Wolff; among the well-wishers was Mr Gustav Wolff, also representing Belfast craft of a larger size.

In remembrance of the men of the county of Pembroke, who at the call of King and country left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced dangers and finally passed out of the sight of men by the

The late 15th-century half-timbered Chequers Inn, with its gabled frontage and a swinging sign said to have been put up in the reign of Elizabeth I, stands on the west side of this busy street.

The late 15th-century half-timbered Chequers Inn, with its gabled frontage and a swinging sign said to have been put up in the reign of Elizabeth I, stands on the west side of this busy street.

Built on the site of a failed attempt to erect a structure to rival the Eiffel Tower, this building, apart from its twin pepper-pot towers, cannot be said to be a thing of great beauty.

With the parish church, the Hall stands on the deserted medieval village of Wistow, about half a mile to the south of Newton Harcourt.

This picturesque Cotswold town in Oxfordshire lies on the slope of a steep hill above the Windrush valley about 20 miles east of Cheltenham.

Whitehall is on the extreme left of this photograph, taken at this junction of Park Lane and The Broadway; the widening of the Malden Road has yet to take place.

There is a pleasing lack of uniformity about the facades and rooflines of the buildings in the High Street, some of which are small cottages, and others grand town houses.

On the stony Stanton Road, Domesday Scepecote (meaning 'shelter for sheep') was home to the powerful Bassett family.

At Kyleakin stand the ruins of Castle Moil. It is said that the castle was built by the daughter of one of the Norse kings of the Western Isles.

The parish of Kibworth originally bracketed together Kibworth Beauchamp, Kibworth Harcourt and Smeeton Westerby, sharing the mother church of St Wilfrid.