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Through the 16th century, and into the 17th, rooms were added; in c1820 the brick wing clearly visible in the photograph was built.

In the early 1970s the mill was a definite 'No Go' area for Kempston children. Semi-derelict; a collection of rusting iron and crumbling brick, its former glories (few) were well hidden.

Wrexham stands on a tributary of the river Dee. It has a long history - it was known to the Saxons as Wrightesham or Wrightelesham.

This view from the top of Whitehall Park looks over the flower beds to Darwen beyond.

In front of the church is the County Museum; nearer the camera, behind the 'No Waiting' sign, is one of Aylesbury's best town houses, with arched sash windows to the ground floor.

This massive medieval structure, formed of flint and ruddy Dutch bricks, squats close by the river, near Bishop Bridge.

This view is from an upper balcony of Eldon House, one of the eleven-storey blocks of council flats built c1960 on the Loughborough Estate.

Nine Mile Ride runs east to west from south Easthampstead to south of the Arborfield Garrison, originally cutting through Windsor Forest; it is now developed with long lines of bungalows.

This imposing brick building was built in the Gothic style to the design of George Gilbert Scott in 1868. In the distance is St George's church, another Victorian creation.

The architectural style is actually one which is common to areas around the Bristol Channel.

Although Church Street has had much rebuilding in recent years it still retains its character and is one of the best streets in the old town.

The High Street of the old village, now traffic calmed, has shops somewhat marred by security shutters, but in the 1950s all that was in the future.

The High Street, fashioned in the 1930s, drops down to the original village centre, with the graveyard to St Martins church on the immediate right.

Built by Archbishop Warham in the early 16th century, this small manor house, consisting of a three-storey brick tower, a gallery (later turned into cottages), and the single-storey storehouse beyond

The battlemented tower of St Bartholomew's (left) just shows above the row of rather good brick and tile cottages, into which the post office has been thrust.

The battlemented tower of St Bartholomew's (left) just shows above the row of rather good brick and tile cottages, into which the post office has been thrust.

This area was called Crouche in 1400; the name derives from Old English 'cruc' or cross, but does this mean cross-roads or near to the cross?

This wonderful photograph shows a beautiful convertible car, probably belonging to one of the landed gentry; the two delivery men enjoy a break whilst their horses tuck into their nosebags; and the little

All Saints' Church looks out over the marshes by Church Farm, and stands at the west gates to the castle (not now the public entrance, which is from the Wartling Road).

At the end of Church Lane to the west of All Saints' Church the base of a medieval cross survives with its new shaft and head of the 1920s.

Syston, a Domesday village situated about four miles north of Leicester, was industrialised by an influx of framework knitters in the 19th century, which generated standardised red brick buildings

This lovely village extends from Highwood Hill to the north to Mill Hill East underground station in the south.

The foundation stone was laid by the Hon Miss Mary Ann Ursula Addington, daughter of Viscount Sidmouth, on 20 April 1843 after a service conducted by the Vicar of Sonning, the Rev Hugh Nicholas Pearson

The modern architecture sits very uncomfortably with the earlier buildings – an example is the Fine Fare building, which now houses Super Drug.