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Ship-handling facilities at Douglas were greatly improved in 1872 with the completion of Victoria Pier, as it allowed steamers to come alongside regardless of the state of the tide.

The Victorian Parish Church of Saltburn illustrates many architectural features characteristic of the 'High Gothic' style of architecture.

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.

Cottages become the retreats of young executives, and thus the ugly chocolate box Grange Dairy makes its appearance.

The Norman fortress begun by Alan the Red of Brittany in 1071 dominates the entrance to Swaledale.

Behind the Barley Mow pub in the centre of the picture, the northern and southern branches of the River Wey unite.

Tirley lies a few miles downstream from Tewkesbury on the Severn. The school was established by the church in 1842, and its design is typical of others found in villages hereabouts.

There are records of millers in Neston dating back to 1672, and the Mostyn Estate map of 1814 indicates two windmills in the area, but one was demolished in 1822 following severe storm damage.

Gatesbury lies to the east of the B1368 close to the junction for Puckeridge.

It was the creation of Bernard de Neufmarche, one of many Norman conquerors, to keep the Welsh in their place. This site, on higher ground at the confluence of the Usk and the Honddu, was ideal.

The Drill Hall (left), which was then the HQ of the 4th Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, has recently had a complete restoration; it reopened on 20 March 2004 to resume its place in the entertainment

This early Elizabethan mansion was built on the site of the former house of the abbot of Bury St Edmunds by Sir William Cordell, Master of the Rolls, who founded the hospital on the Green.

Though parts of Pendle Hill reach over 1,900ft, it never quite makes it to 2,000 feet—the height when a hill becomes a mountain.

The attractive thatched house with the bow window supported by pillars dominates the centre of the village.

Back on the river, this view looks north-east from the Crowmarsh Gifford bank to Bridge House, with the remarkable spire of St Peter's Church beyond.

This inn is named after the Earl of Warwick, Richard Nevill. He was known as the Kingmaker and lived in Eridge Castle, the ancestral seat of the Marquis of Abergavenny.

South Warnborough's old church has something in common with the church of St Mary the Virgin at Greywell.

This central section of Regent Stret follows the line of the old Swallow Street, where London's notorious highwaymen left their horses in livery.

One casualty of the increasing maturity of the population can be seen in Wilmslow Opera's recent problems.

This exquisite royal estate was purchased by Queen Victoria for her beloved Prince of Wales in 1861.

The castle was briefly owned by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who later presented it to the Duke of Norfolk.