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This is the forecourt at the north front of Wilton House.The house was built for the first Earl of Pembroke when he was granted the old nunnery estate after its dissolution in 1544.

The Doric pediment above the doorway of the house to the right reminds us of our links with classical Greece.

It is interesting to note that the parish church seems to belong more to the adjacent manor house than to the village.

When the roads became negotiable, a brick-built toll house was constructed here. It ceased to operate in 1871, at the time when most toll roads were abolished.

Later housing faces Victorian buildings on the edge of this large village. In days gone by, Sapcote was a centre for cheese-making and the framework knitting industry.

The Mansion House was built by Charles Welford between 1795 and 1808. It passed through several owners before being bought by the Grammar School for £187 in 1887.

This picture of it was taken in West Mills, where the tower and west door suddenly loom large between tightly packed houses and cottages.

The row of houses on the left-hand side are known as Cliff Terrace; they look across the sands and coastline towards Saltburn.

Many of the wealthy clothiers' houses were built on terraces cut into the hillside.

The photographer appears to be quite the centre of attraction as the ladies from the left-hand house peer over the hedge.

In narrow alleys leading down to the river, similar to the one depicted here, there was an abundance of small taverns and public houses catering for the working man.

This castle was originally a fortified manor house built by Sir John de Broughton in 1306; battlements and a gatehouse were added by William de Wykeham in 1405.

The small mill, the miller's house and the allotment behind make a nice group.

Lake Road, with houses overlooking the main lake, is undoubtedly a delightful place to live.

75 years after this photograph was taken, Great Brington and the adjoining parkland became the focus of world attention when Diana, Princess of Wales was laid to rest in the grounds of Althorp House.

The wall on the left of the picture marks the entrance to the Rothwell House Hotel.

There were plenty of inexpensive boarding houses charging only a shilling or two per night.

Unusually, the church was built before the houses. The Parish of Christ Church stretches down to Baker Street and Alfred Street, where the school and church hall were built.

This is really a church without a village, for only a few scattered houses and farms are nearby.

The museum has changed little today and houses a notable collection of stuffed animals, including the skeletons of two whales washed up on the Irish coast in Victorian times.

This famous 16th-century, timber-framed house with its three jettied or projecting storeys, was the residence of Sir Richard Willis, the Royalist governor during the Civil War.

Below that, however, is the imposing bulk of the Palace and New Opera House which opened in 1889 and featured what was then the largest ballroom in Europe.

St Bride's Hotel was built on the site of an old white house where previously a farm had stood.

On the top of the low cliffs are (from the right) the Marchesi Brothers' restaurant, the Albion Hotel, the Victoria Restaurant, and Blades guest house.