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The house on the left has been totally restored and renovated. The building opposite has changed beyond description.

So often forgotten by travellers through Hertfordshire, Wareside is one of the county's prettiest villages.

There are several stories as to how the zulu got its name, but the first of the type does appear to have been built around 1879 at the time of the Zulu War.

The large piece of puddingstone (we get a good view of it in S377013) is reputed to have been turned up by a plough on a field called 'Plain', and it was set up in the street opposite the church gate.

The church of St John has a beautiful tower, which overlooks this splendid-looking family home.

This jetty was only used at high tide.The view shows more of the terraces of fine houses built above the cliffs, including Royal Terrace.

The Victorian temperance movement was sufficiently concerned at the drunkenness of commercial travellers to set up and encourage the building of alcohol-free hotels everywhere for them.

Oswestry was the site of the Battle of Maserfeld in AD 641. King Oswald of Northumbria was killed, his body cut into pieces and the pieces hung in a tree - hence Oswald's tree or Oswestry.

This is one of Norfolk's most interesting and historic parishes. Situated on the Peddars Way on the banks of the River Nar, it has an old castle and a picturesque priory.

This view could be Cofton Woods, Pinfield Wood or Lickey Warren, among others.

Today there are woods for much of the way to Uplyme and beyond.

The Pilot Boat Hotel (left) is pictured in the time of Robert Warren, advertising livery stables, carriages and transport for invalids, as well as daily coaches to and from Bridport, which was

Now we can see the clock erected in memory of the old boys who had lost their lives in the First World War.

Opened in June 1904, this elegant structure, sited at one end of the harbour, was designed to cater for pleasure- seekers in all kinds of weather.

This area, surrounded by buildings, was known as Exchange Flags when it first opened at the end of the 1700s. At one time you had to be invited to walk on the Exchange Flags.

Birkenhead, the largest town on the Wirral, was the dream of one man, John Laird.

This old wool town is situated north of Cheltenham in the deep valley of the River Isbourne.

One of Anglesey's best-known sailing resorts, at the eastern end of the Menai Strait, Beaumaris was founded by Edward I, who built one of his great castles here, although it was never finished.

At this time Warburton was a small village on the south bank of the Mersey, five miles west of Altrincham and twelve miles from Manchester.

This picture was taken just two years after the horse-trams had been taken over by the operators of the coastal electric tramway.

Duck Street forks to the right of the tree, Monxton Road to the left. King Charles I campled near the village with a force of 5,000.

Visitors to the tourist attraction of Stockbridge enter downhill at either end of the High Street. Almost a mile long, it runs east-west, with narrow ribbons of houses on either side.

The 11th-century church of St Peter and St Paul is heavily restored. Cakeham Manor House is a medieval palace of the Bishop of Chichester.

The partly-restored, moated, 13th-century castle was once one of the regular residences of the Scottish kings.