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Not far from Pocklington is Wilberfoss, once a home to the ancestors of the slave emancipator, William Wilberforce.

The DuCane family, merchants of Huguenot descent, bought a large estate near the village in 1751. Their house, built in 1670, underwent extensive alterations in 1752-56.

Apart from an increase of traffic and the removal of the creeper growing over Knights Templars Terrace on the left, this scene has changed little.

Unusual things have been found on the beach at Polzeath: in 1796 a 65-foot whale was washed up and the carcase used for manure, while in January 1866 280 casks of rum from the wreck of the 'Juliet' landed

Set up by the photographer, the group outside the Inn display a range of 19th-century garb: long skirts, long white aprons, and bowler, boater and trilby hats. Was that their Sunday best?

Beyond the terraced streets of the village is Woodchester Mansion, set in a remote valley and keeping its secrets within an unfinished masterpiece of Victorian architecture; mysteries and

Hall of 1818, but were themselves replaced in 1934 by this neo-Georgian pile on Coton Road.

Just sitting and looking about or wandering around splashing in the natural pool are the main activities for these holidaymakers. The tide is well out, revealing the great expanse of Hayle Sands.

Christchurch Road, seen here as it enters Boscombe, must be one of the longest streets in England, as it runs the full distance between Bournemouth and Christchurch.

Eype in the days before it was invaded by caravans and the steady influx of tourists who now descend to the beach at Eype Mouth.

This is another of the Lake District's classic viewpoints, the backdrop formed by the peak of Causey Pike (2,035 ft).

A small boy in a rowing boat gazes at his reflection in the waters of Windermere in this summer photograph.

The wings are additions of the 1800s. When this photograph was taken, Bower House was the home of the Ford Marketing Institute.

It is interesting to wonder whether the owner of the delivery van parked outside the New Inn was dropping off goods, or indulging in a pint of the excellent local cider?

Portland, 'The Gibraltar of Wessex', as Thomas Hardy called it, is not an island but a peninsula.

The horizontal plume of smoke from the funnel of the ship moored off Sun Pier suggests that the glass shelter on the right might have offered welcome protection from an off- shore breeze

Built of red sandstone, St John's has links with Queen Isabella (1292-1358) and the Guild of St John Baptist (founded 1342).

This pleasant stone-built Victorian seaside resort clusters beneath the steep craggy slopes of the coastal mountains on Conwy Bay, and looks across the broad eastern approaches of the Menai Strait to Anglesey

Some of the sandstone cottages in the village of Swainby are still known as the Miners' Cottages, remembering the village's brief spell as an iron mining centre during the 19th century.

This pond is a remnant of the castle moat, which was reshaped in 1784.

Davey Place was formed in 1812 to link the cattle market (in Castle Meadow in front of the castle) with the main market place, butting through the yard of the King's Head.

The Basildon Development Corporation aimed at providing a wide range of different types of housing—both for visual reasons, and also to attract residents from different income-groups.

Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.

King George III put Mudeford on the map when he visited the then tiny village in 1803.