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This scene shows the view from near what is now the garden centre, and is somewhere near the site of the port of times past - the tide is now held back by the railway.

The area south-east of the city was marshy and virtually undeveloped until its draining after the Witham Act of 1812.

The High Street is part of Old Swindon, which was the extent of the town before the railway arrived.

The palace was built by the 33rd Archbishop of York, Walter de Gray, in about 1250, using stone from a previous manor house that he had had demolished.There is a large amount of wonderful medieval

Before the availability of cars, visitors would explore the Isle of Wight in a variety of ways - perhaps on foot or bicycle in combination with the Island's excellent rail network.

The Sandown we see today is mostly Victorian in origin, and most of the buildings are functional rather than decorative.

One of the last bobbin lace makers at work. The industry started around the time of Queen Elizabeth I, and by 1700 there were the astonishing number of 4,695 people in the area engaged in the trade.

The most interesting feature of the town is the Rows, enormous numbers of parallel alleys leading off to the west of King Street.

Described by Leland as 'a great long town', Marazion, close by Penzance, was in the Middle Ages a sizeable settlement of Jews smelting tin.

The unique, richly-carved granite exterior of St Mary's is one of the glories of the town.

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

The head office of the Wilts and Dorset Bank, built in 1869, is now Lloyds Bank, and is just one of a row of large, impressive buildings along the northern side of the Market Square.

This photograph was taken 2 years before the famous statue of King Alfred was erected in the middle of the road, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of his death - albeit belatedly, as he died in

This street of small distinctive shops and handsome 18th-century terraced buildings is the commercial hub of the town.

Billy Butlin bought the land here and opened one of his holiday camps in 1945. In 1995, just beside the old Butlin camp, the modern chalets of Primrose Valley Holiday Camp were built.

Broad Street is famous throughout Oxford for its assortment of bookshops.

The present-day Market Place was formed from the outer bailey of the castle.

This photograph was taken 2 years before the famous statue of King Alfred was erected in the middle of the road, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of his death - albeit belatedly, as he died in AD 899

As a resort Alnmouth was noted for its excellent golf links, said to be one of the oldest in England.

This photograph is taken inside the walls of the Iron Age hillfort of Worlebury.

The Church of St Mary stands at the top of the hill above the old Cluniac Priory of Prittlewell.

The so-called Rayleigh Weir—the source of one of the tributaries of the River Roach—gives its name to this busy junction on the Southend arterial.

One of the principal roads from the south into the Forest of Rossendale was from Bury to Clitheroe, the route skirting the edge of Holcombe Hill and Haslingden.

The oldest church register now extant is that of Ballaugh, and was begun in 1598. The church was one of a number repaired by Thomas Wilson, Bishop of Sodor and Man.