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Worcestershire is fortunate to have many thousands of delightful buildings, a number of which are of considerable antiquity.

Chesil Beach is a great ridge of shingle eight miles long, with a lagoon of brackish water between it and the mainland.The stones tend to be larger at one end of the beach than the other.

The Bishops of Rochester, who owned the manor of Bromley from 862 until 1845, maintained a palace here from the 10th century.

At the beginning of the 11th century Wales, the 'territory of the Welshmen', was owned by the wealthy Mercian thegn Wulfric Spott, who also owned lands in Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

Late Victorian guidebooks often described the central part of the island in terms such as 'mountainous and beautifully diversified; streams, flowing through narrow leafy glens, with precipitous sides,

Laxey's popularity with holidaymakers grew after the opening of the coast electric tramway. The operators of Laxey Glen Gardens were among the pioneers of today's leisure and theme parks.

Much of the building was destroyed at the Dissolution and many of the stones removed to other sites. This photograph depicts the magnificent ruins of the abbey in their timeless setting.

This picture of the new pier was taken shortly after it opened. The trackway used in its construction can still be seen on the beach.

The village lies next to Bolton on Swale five miles east of Richmond; it has the largest walled green in the whole of the country.

Looking west past the Abbey gatehouse to the tower of St Lawrence's church, the photographer was standing on the site of the great Norman nave of the abbey church.

The original house on Holme Island was built by John Fitchett of Warrington in 1832.

for Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Goodwood House was designed by James Wyatt and includes in its structure parts of a previous house built in 1720.

This is another of Tintern`s hotels, pictured not long after it had been transformed from the Carpenter`s Arms. Note the decorative brickwork and the many chimneys.

It used to be said that George Square reminded visiting Londoners of Trafalgar Square, but the central column was a monument to Sir Walter Scott rather than Lord Nelson.

In 1978 the section of the pier between the concert hall at the end, from which this view was taken, was destroyed in storms.

Grimsby is a major port, lying at the southern entrance of the River Humber.

This historic photograph of Thirlmere was taken from Hell How.

This photograph appears to have been taken from the site of the memorial to the dead of the two World Wars, although it would obviously not have been present at the time this photograph was

Long before the advent of mass tourism, the coastline here had been exploited as a source of income for local people.

This was the home of the local fishing fleet, many of whose vessels are seen moored here at low tide.

The sandy beach is overwhelmed by a tide of holidaymakers, most of whom have probably arrived here by train at the station in the left background.

Now a crowded suburb of Folkestone, this once rural village on the heights of the Downs just behind Sandgate has been transformed by the construction and rail links accompanying the building of

Southwell is a Norman church built on the site of a Saxon minster founded in AD956 on land given to Oscytel, Archbishop of York, by King Eadwig.

The churchyard contains the tomb of Caroline Bowles, the second wife of the poet Robert Southey. She lived virtually all her life in a nearby cottage, and was a poet in her own right.