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The Custom House was built in the Palladian style in 1683 by Henry Bell, then mayor of this thriving port.

Known more these days as a container port, Felixstowe in 1906 was a genteel seaside resort, and steamers would have pulled up at the pier bringing passengers from Great Yarmouth, Walton-on-the-Naze, Clacton

The riverside site at Eynsford has been occupied since at least Roman times - a short distance away is the well-preserved Roman villa of Lullingstone.

He used to preach with the church door open so as not to miss fellow cock fighters passing by on their way to matches at Darlaston Fields - and would cut short his sermon to follow them.

The footpath between the low hedge and the rendered bungalow (right) offers a short meander to the gates of Gopsal Park and Little Twycross.

The most famous resident of this attractive village was Sir Winston Churchill, who lived a short walk away at Chartwell.

He used to preach with the church door open so as not to miss fellow cock fighters passing by on their way to matches at Darlaston Fields - and would cut short his sermon to follow them.

As we walk around the village it is not at all apparent why it should be named Cleeve or 'cliff'; but in fact the village sits just a short distance away from a steep 200ft cliff overlooking

This view looks north-east past the war memorial cross of about 1920 towards Watling Street, which forms the Green's short east side.

It has had its share of illustrious visitors, including Elizabeth I in 1572, and Charles I in 1642, shortly before the Battle of Edgehill.

The church of St James, with its broach spire and Anglo-Saxon long and short stone work in the nave, was newly seated and restored in 1854-55.

Within a short distance, the river becomes the border between Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. Further on, it subsequently becomes the border between England and Wales.

On this side of town the Midland operated a short goods branch to Brampton.

These imposing Dock Offices reinforce Hull's position as a major port.

The thatched roofs of the Ship Light's and Port Cottage lie in the valley at Lower Eype.

The passenger ferry from the Essex port of Tilbury approaches the Town Pier at the end of its journey across the Thames.

Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.

This very attractive fishing port used to be a busy port for agricultural and fish product exports.

A short-lived second villa gave way to the house pictured here, built by Edward Haycock c1820.

After the dissolution came a short period of disuse before Sir Walter Mildmay restored parts of the friary for use as a college.

The bridge carries the road over the River Deben, where a short-lived quay was built in the 19th century. A bridge of 1764 was replaced by this one of white brick and stone in 1798.

During his short career Archer notched up 2148 wins from 8004 mounts, but despite this success he took his own life while in a state of temporary insanity induced by typhoid fever, according to the

The force is not very high, but it generates immense power; some of the water was formerly conducted in a large pipe to workshops a short distance downstream where locally quarried slate

Traffic was still so light in the 1920s that the Mall was not treated as a major artery of even a short cut.