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This is one of many ferries across the river, now almost all gone. The ferryman's cottage remains, but is now inaccessible and very private, with the river path blocked by a gate to its east.

The old buildings in the foreground of the exterior view of the church were swept away and replaced by the well-designed Church Hall; in this view it has just had an extension completed, for its

A new decade would usher in an era of rapid decline. Both Bute East and West docks neared closure. West finally succumbed in 1964 with East surviving a further six years.

Redditch was slow to provide educational facilities in the first half of the 20th century.

The picture over the altar represented the presentation of Christ in the temple, and was considered to be a rare and costly work of art.

By the 1890s Glen Helen was one of the island's favourite beauty spots, offering visitors extensive facilities. An excellent dinner could be had at the Swiss Cottage Hotel for just 1s 6d.

Tilly Whim Caves 1894 Tilly Whim Caves, on the coast west of Swanage, are a strange mixture of quarrying and erosion.

This splendid view of the pier, which had charming little kiosks along its entire length, shows a paddle steamer approaching the landing stage.

Looking upstream from Essex Bridge, the Trent is here being joined by two arms of the Sow, flowing in from Stafford.

The Cups Hotel on the right has now gone, as have several of the buildings on the left and those in front of Jumbo, mostly not for the better.

Born at Alloway, Ayrshire in 1759, Burns's love of poetry was instilled in him by his teacher, John Murdoch.

Famous for a ballad about its vicar, who, against a turbulent political climate, regularly changed his religion to avoid losing his very desirable living, Bray is one of the most attractive villages

During the Reformation, the interior of the church was defaced, and altars and relics were destroyed. In 1559, John Knox was appointed minister of St Giles's.

King David I built the first manor house at Linlithgow, and the church of St Michael next to it.

Nine miles south-west of Norwich, Wymondham is noted for its fine priory church.

Whitewell is a really small village: this medieval church and the Whitewell Inn are the only buildings of any note or size.

This view shows how the Cathedral also played the role of a parish church; it was surrounded with the burial stones of the town's faithful.

Along with Woodhouse Moor to the north, the park was considered the chief lung of the city, where for a few hours at the weekend factory workers had an opportunity to get away from the dust, grime, noise

Leeds was one of the pioneers of segregated tracks, keeping trams and other vehicles apart.

The grave of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846 - 91).

Newport is the commercial capital of the Isle of Wight, its ancient port still busily in use, five miles inland on the River Medina.

The prominence of brick buildings here demonstrates a late flourish in the development of this town: the railway brought both bricks and visitors to the town.

Looking north past Bridge End Cottage, we see the old chapel of 1879 and Town End Farm.

Many of the houses have attractive pargeting, including Butlers Cottage on the right of the picture. The leaning timber-framed house on the left is known as Tudor Cottage.