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Cockermouth is best known as the birthplace of the poet William Wordsworth, and there is a stained glass window memorial to this fact in the parish church of All Saints.

From the area of Miller Ground, sunsets have always been a much-admired Windermere feature, with shafts of silver/ copper light escaping from heavy clouds and crossing the water from Claiffe Heights

Many of the trees on the Green were planted in the 1850s, when prosperous locals were invited to plant a tree for the hefty sum of £5 each.

Perry is a similar drink to cider, but is made from pears instead of apples.

It is a quiet day in Tadcaster's High Street as a cyclist pedals unconcernedly down the middle of the road.

Here on the right is the old town hall, the first offices of Somerset County Council.

Behind the 'No Waiting' sign outside Clark's drapery shop (left), we can glimpse the attractive double curved windows of North's, the chemist.

The Great Ouse is as much a part of Kempston life as it is that of Bedford.

On the left is Wheeler's Hotel, and at the top of the street, just visible, is the hop leaf symbol of Simond's Brewery - once a common sight on local pubs.

That great huntsman William I held the manor of Lyndhurst in his own hands after the land around was taken in as a hunting forest.

In 1852 a suspension bridge was built over the Dee to link the suburb of Queen's Park with the Groves on the north side of the river. In the distance can be seen the mills and the Old Dee Bridge.

The views are of the Town Hall in the centre, the sunken gardens on Broadway, the Parkinson Rock Garden in Oak Hill Park, Blackburn Road and St James' Church.

The Town Hall was built on the site of the town watermill. It was designed by the Bath architect Bryan Oliver; it cost £9,375 4s 3d, and was opened in 1886.

The small hamlet of slate-roofed farm houses and cottages lies at the end of a lane near Black Head, sheltered in the valley which climbs up from Hallane Beach.

This photograph looks back at the same houses as those shown in 41386 and 41387.The well-laid out public gardens give a tropical air to the scene.The Lees Hotel was one of the many hotels to be found

East Street and West treet form part of the old coaching route between Exeter and Dorchester.

In 1698 the traveller Celia Fiennes noted that there was a considerable industry of cutting and burning the bracken on Cannock Chase.

Where the road ends, just out of view, is Hawley Church. Both of my children went to this school, which retains its village atmosphere.

Beyond the trees is the River Avon, and the houses in the distance are in Bristol Street and part of Burnivale.

This is a rare photograph of the House of Lords chamber showing the Mace in place behind the Lord Chancellor's seat on the Woolsack. The government benches are to the right.

Currently, there are huge breakwaters built of boulders, which have been constructed in an effort to attenuate the scouring action of the water.

It suffered during the Dissolution and again at the hands of Cromwell's men. After two centuries of neglect, Sir Gilbert Scott restored it in the 1870s.

The street is dominated on the south side by the slender spire of St Nicholas's Church, unfortunately demolished in 1955.

When it was built, it was right in the centre of town. At the time of this photograph, coastal erosion hasn't yet come that close to the building.