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It is unusual in that it is an L-plan building incorporating the Abbey chancel, crossing and north transept with its 13th-century tower and 14th-century belfry.

The Astor family once lived there, and it is now owned by the National Trust and let as an hotel.

The Reach dates from the 13th century and used to extend further into the town.

Situated on the Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart, Clydebank was little more than farmland until 1871–72, when J & G Thomson began the construction of a shipyard.

The river basks in afternoon sunshine, with swans and a hired rowing boat on the water.

Haverfordwest first developed when the Flemings established a town here and built the castle. Henry Tudor also passed this way with his army on the way to Bosworth to defeat Richard III.

Behind us is the bridge across the young River Pant. As recently as the early 1900s, it could still only carry horses - not carts.

Like much of Bridge Street and the Circus (shown here in the foreground) this street, too, is now a smart pedestrian area.

Once a common sight throughout the country, roadside petrol pumps such as those shown here are a severe fire risk, and are now placed well away from the kerb.

Only a couple of miles from Kettering, the village of Barton Seagrave retains plenty of charm and character.

These were the days when blazers and boaters were de rigeur for a trip down the river to Eccleston.

The mill is situated on the Broadfleet river near Broadfleet Bridge, where tradition has it that the devil, angered at being outwitted by the Cockerham schoolmaster, left the mark of his cloven hoof.

Our photographer is standing on the bridge over the lock which separates the dock from the Lancaster Canal basin.

The 1870 view of the bridge is particularly interesting, for it shows the Berkshire bank before the spread of late Victorian developments that brought large houses and villas to the Berkshire hillside

The inclined floral bed in the foreground survives, and is planted each year with a different theme. The concrete block walls replaced railings lost during the Second World War.

Apart from vinegar-making, the site of several skirmishes for control of the bridge during the Civil War, and an old church with an oddly-shaped tower, Upton's other claim to fame is that Henry Fielding

The Langdale Pikes are among the Lake District's most popular and recognisable hills.

Since then and the completion of the M25, the twin tunnels are one way; vehicles crossing from the Essex side use the graceful Queen Elizabeth II suspension bridge which soars above the river.

Lord's Mill was one of the main watermills along the Chess south-east of Chesham and is behind the photographer who is looking over the Moor Lane bridge parapet.

From the Bridge 1899 A town when the Domesday Book was compiled, and a settled place as far back as the 7th century, Fordwich was a flourishing port on the River Stour for Canterbury when the river was

The view from this bridge has changed significantly in the last 50 years.

Just to the left of All Saints' Church the Railway Bridge can be clearly seen standing where Queen Ethelfleda's castle was built to control and watch the Runcorn Gap and protect her kingdom

The Macclesfield Canal passes through the outskirts of Congleton, complete with an elegant iron aqueduct where it crosses Canal Street, and several attractive bridges.

As we look from Tower Bridge, the dominance of William the Conqueror's White Tower keep, dating from the late 11th century and still the focus of the castle, is now somewhat reduced by office blocks, including