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Wesley's Cottage, on the north side of the High Street to the west of the Town Hall, where the founding preacher of Methodism stayed on the night of 12-13 October 1774.

The Old Quay Swing Bridge opens by pivoting on the pier on the left hand side of the canal.

Off West Street, behind Sparnham House, was the site of one of Ashburton's two umber mines - the only ones in the country.

All the men in this photograph are wearing suits, so it is no wonder that the Fifty Shilling Tailor did a lot of business, It was the accepted mode of dress, particularly for work.

There have been race meetings in Doncaster since 1600, but it was the St Leger of 1776 that put the town on the racing calendar.

The Village 1908 Of the houses and cottages in this view, only the slate- roofed row with the chimney smoke survives.

Looking south down the wonderful architectural hotch-potch of Trinity Street, with the medieval church of Great St Mary in the distance.

A long-vanished view of Hoveton in the days of the horse and cart, the flaming torch sign for the school approach and the neatly thatched cottage.

Excavations were carried out on the Chapter House in 1902, when the graves of five Abbots, including that of Abbot Sampson, were discovered.

The late 17th-century Town Hall was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, whose father was Dean of Windsor.

The narrow streets of Cowes are typical of many southern English coastal towns, designed for use rather than orna- ment.

Another general view of Matlock Bath, looking up towards the wooded Heights of Abraham on the skyline.

In Upton's churchyard lies a landlord of The White Lion.

On the corner of Kings Mill Lane, some timber-framed cottages are built gable-end to the street.

Only a mile or so from Petworth, the village of Byworth typifies the rural community in this Edwardian photograph.

On the downlands close by are a considerable number of prehistoric barrows - burial grounds of some of the earliest inhabitants.

The sign on the creeper-clad walls of the Old Bridge Hotel proclaim it as 'one of England's best'.

Looking south down the wonderful architectural hotch-potch of Trinity Street, with the medieval church of Great St Mary in the distance.

This waterfall is not as spectacular as the Rhenass falls of Glen Helen or those of Glen Meay or Dhoon Glen, but even so the Frith cameraman managed to provide us with a pleasing view of the Colby falls

The River Trent is navigable for some 93 miles, and plays a vital role in linking the waterways of the North East with those of the Midlands.

To the north-east of Allenheads beyond Nookton Fell lies the village of Blanchland. It was here in 1165 that an Abbey Church was founded by the Praemonstratensian Order of monks.

These views show the town from the 1890s to the 1960s; they record both the many changes that have taken place and also, paradoxically, how much of the old town survives.

The village (the name means 'the dwelling by the bow of the river') has two greens; because it was all part of the Pudsay estate, there was no pressure to expand or to pull down and rebuild.

This is a fine view of Holy Cross Church with the Abbey Buildings on the left. The Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society Institute is on the right.