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It was built around 1160 on the edge of the town by Cistercian monks, who found the natives not very friendly when they tried to establish an abbey here in 1147.The Commercial Hotel can be seen on

The two men with the horse are not far from the brook which runs through Downham - it is the haunt of white ducks and mallard.

Boscombe developed to the east of Bournemouth in mid-Victorian times, attracting the wealthy and fashionable including Sir Percy Florence Shelley, the son of the poet.

Here we see the harbour on Hollingworth Lake. Not only were rowing boats, racing skiffs and dinghies a common sight, but there was even a time when the lake had its own paddle steamer.

The narrow ancient streets of Harlech, a town that sprang up to serve the stronghold, have changed little over the years, as is shown by this picture of the High Street.

It was built as the Vicarage in 1851 and became the home of Sir John Arrow Kempe (1846- 1928), who chaired the Board of Customs from 1894 and was then Comptroller and Auditor- General.

James I was entertained here lavishly in 1617 as the guest of Francis, Earl of Cumberland and his son Henry Clifford.

Browne's Hospital is one of the most important medieval almshouses in England, dating from 1475 when it was founded by the wool merchant William Browne.

Two soldiers relax on a bench next to the bandstand in the sunlight at Canbury Gardens, downstream of Kingston railway bridge.

Ecclesfield lies 5 miles north of Sheffield. The village used to be in Derbyshire. Its industry was based on small engineering and the flour mill.

Behind the disused mill was the Wharfedale Brewery, which supplied many of the town's fifteen taverns. The brewery closed during the First World War, and was then used as billets for troops.

The date 1960 is inscribed on the side of the bridge, which is now a fixed bridge with rolled steel joists and a wooden deck.

Built between 1804 and 1844 by Richard Crichton and the Dickson brothers for Charles and James Moray, Abercairny is an example of a departure from the traditional approach to the design of country houses

This quiet lane, now the B4100, was a teeming main road until the M40 relieved it of traffic in the early 1990s. Now it is relatively peaceful again.

Beyond Blisworth and virtually within earshot of the M1 (which opened in the late 1950s) Milton Malsor survives proximity to Northampton remarkably well.

The warehouses of Boston have suffered in recent years; the ones on the right on the opposite bank have been converted into flats, but the distant one has been, like so many of its companions, demolished

Almost swallowed up by the caravan sites to the east that merge Mablethorpe with Sutton on Sea, Trusthorpe clings to some independence.

Ludham sits on 'high' ground, which in Broadland can be just a few feet above sea level.

This charming village straddles the banks of the River Bure amidst beautiful marshland.

The River Dee rises at Bala, and makes an 80-mile dash for the sea, sweeping through a dangerous switchback of rapids and rocks to Llangollen.

The Mumbles railway began as a tramroad authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1804; it carried limestone and coal until one of the original shareholders, Benjamin French, used a horse-drawn wagon to carry

Ogmore lies two miles to the south-west of Bridgend.

Building commenced on the site of the former red brick market in 1891. Inside there was space for 43 shops and over 100 stalls. In addition, a fish market offered 16 choice counters.

Here we see a busy scene at the height of the tourist season. Carriages come close to bursting at the seams with passengers.