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The village of half-timbered and weatherboarded buildings clusters around the green, known locally as 'the Heath', but the village church itself is nearly two miles away.

Another of the stunted carved crossheads in St Buryan's churchyard. The crucified Christ figure is robed; this indicates an eastern Byzantine style rather than western Roman influences.

Waterfalls are a feature of Manx glens, and the Rhenass Falls at Glen Helen are probably the finest. Alas, the upper bridge and pathways no longer exist.

One of Kenilworth's prisoners was the deposed Edward II, who was held here prior to his transfer to Berkeley Castle where he was murdered with a red-hot poker.

First his coffin was lost in the sands of the bay, but it was subsequently recovered.

Five golfers on the municipal golf course at Lower Towneley. The photograph looks in the direction of Causeway End and Todmorden Road.

Children enjoy playing in the harbour whilst the huge mass of the Nab behind them gives a fascinating reflection into the water.

Thirty years can do a lot of damage, even to a statue. The statue is now discoloured, and the surrounding area overgrown.

The ancient parish church of Holy Trinity dates from the 13th to the 15th centuries and has an unusual brick-built chancel.

These impressive caves, their interiors hewn out of the limestone rock, were later to be used to house the wartime 'bouncing bomb'.

Perhaps the flowerbeds in the foreground are a taste of things to come. In 1968 Ryton won the Britain in Bloom trophy.

Here we have another view of the village, with its cottages and barns built in its local sandstone.

Work began on the New River with funding from Hugh Myddleton in 1610, and despite a number of delays through objections by local landowners, the project was completed within a few years.

The fifth cottage down from the start of the terrace, No 84, is a chapel, and No 74 is now the village shop. The last house in the terrace was the master shipbuilder's house, now a pub.

The first was in the Market Place, near St Ann's Square, built in 1729 at the expense of Sir Oswald Mosley, Lord of the Manor. It was taken down in 1793, and a new Exchange was started in 1806.

Preston (which means 'the priest's town') stands on the River Ribble. It is famous for its Guilds, and the Preston Guild Celebrations are held every twenty years.

Since 1958 when the first shops began opening, Basildon town centre has been the home for a whole host of differing consumer needs.

The first was in the Market Place, near St Anne's Square, built in 1729 at the expense of Sir Oswald Mosley, Lord of the Manor. It was taken down in 1793, and a new Exchange was started in 1806.

A range of 16th-century houses and cottages descends the hill towards a central crossroads, notably Old Forge, Bowries and Ricksteddle.

Looking west along the High Street, we see buildings which are characteristic of North Norfolk: flints set in mortar, with brick facings.

It is surrounded by six massive buttresses capable of withstanding cannon and battering ram attacks.

Steamer trips from the pier were highlights of many seaside holidays all over England. The'Lady Rowena' was a well known paddle steamer.

Beauchief Abbey lies four miles south of Sheffield. The abbey was founded in 1175; all that now remains is the west tower.

On the right is the Town Hall in all its Gothic splendour, which was completed in 1873 at a cost of £100,000.