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Started in June 1838 to accommodate the Liverpool Music Festival, which was held every four years and had become a very popular event, St George's Hall is one of the greatest buildings in England.

Villagers cut rushes growing by the River Wyre; rushes were made into rush lights or stored in readiness for the rush cart, which was led in procession twice a year for the strewing of fresh rushes in

The town had been keen to keep out of the National Park when it was created in 1954 as it perceived that this may restrict such development, whereas places like Lynton, Lynmouth and Porlock saw the

Details are difficult to make out in this pre-restoration photograph, but in front of the gateway tower is the ruined barbican, and in front of that is the much overgrown octagonal island, which at one

Construction of Colchester Castle is thought to have started around 1080, and in 1101 it was granted to Eudo the Steward by Henry I.

It is thought that the name Knot came from the sea bird, as there used to be flocks of them here—Knott End assumed the extra 't' only in recent years.

Sixty years after No 24920 was taken, the proliferation of the motor vehicle occupying the kerbs is noticeable.

They lived in a cluster of mud-daubed cottages built of wreck timber close to the walls of the church - hence Church Town.

The south-west side of Ware High Street changed drastically when it was decided to build a new Tesco Store in 1960.

Heysham Tower was built by T J Knowles in about 1837, and it was the home of the Cawthra family.

The small section with the bell tower is the only remaining part of the old Freeston High School; it was built in 1592 with an endowment from John Freeston, who lived at Altofts Hall.

This view shows Peveril Point, eastwards to its lookout and fort (far left), which with a semaphore mounted on Round Down, operated as a Royal Navy signal station during the Napoleonic Wars

Farther downstream from here on the other side of the bridge were the premises of the Wye Fisheries, Stuart House.

We can also see St Luke's Church at the top of the street. This church was designed in 1802 by John Foster Senior.

Situated at the edge of a wild tract of limestone country, the town was generally called Skipton-in-Craven.

The foundation stone was laid on 29 October 1852 by Joseph Fielden, but it was 30 October 1856 before it opened.

The dome of the Infirmary is on the left, and Lewis's tower is in the centre.

High on the hill are the abbey ruins and over to the left, the lovely Norman church of St Mary. The church is reached by a climb of 199 steps that leaves the fittest visitor beathless.

Built south of the town, the new docks were 825 feet long by 450 feet wide and are still busy.

A fine view down the length of Union Street in the last peaceful days before the First World War.

Its castle, one of four block- houses built by Henry VIII, was garri- soned until Victorian times, such was the prolonged fear of invasion from across the channel.

The memorial in St Giles dates back to 1841; it stands on an island in the road and was designed by George Gilbert Scott. Behind it is the Church of St Mary Magdalen.

The most recent commemorates the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

This view of Matlock Bath is taken from the station on the Midland line, and shows the beautiful setting of this Derwent-side village.