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The Town Gate, rebuilt many times over the life of the town, has had many uses; at one time tolls were collected here for all manner of goods and livestock.

The Curzon Cinema, on the left, opened its doors for business in 1911 as the Cheam Road Cinema.

This spacious village was built around the estate of the Coates family, who lived at Helperby Hall.

Croston lies on the banks of the River Yarrow, 10 miles from Preston. Cobbled Church Street leads to the church of St Michael and All Angels - the parish boundaries once extended to Chorley.

This plainer room is one occupied by Queen Victoria when she stayed at Thoresby, enjoying the lavish hospitality of Earl Manvers.

Since it was gradually absorbed to become a suburb of Royal Tunbridge Wells, this small village south of Tonbridge supported a number of businesses in its commercial centre.

Lying just to the north of Chilham is this small and curiously named hamlet where, until the beginning of the 20th century, an annual race was staged between two village youths and two maidens for a

Although built at Catsfield, Normanhurst was intimately connected with Hastings.

Further up Castle Street and at its junction with Bristle Hill to the right and Elm Street on the left, the photographer is looking towards the great east window of the parish church.

Here we have a closer look at the four-gabled house in picture 42179 (pages 16-17) – it originally comprised two houses.

The photographer stood with his back to the market place looking towards Bancroft. On the left is the Cock Inn - it was given its name from the cockpit at the rear.

Compare this view with No O45043, and note the cottage on the right with the broad light-coloured band above the front door running across the house front. This building appears in both pictures.

The once flourishing herring fishery was already in decline at the time of this photograph.

Aberystwyth became a popular resort for the well-off, who came here to bathe and socialise from the late 18th century.

This settlement commanded the lowest fording point on the River Medway, and here, in 455, the invading Jutes under Hengist defeated the native forces led by Vortigern.

The pretty village of Elham, at the heart of the valley of that name, is clustered around its market square and this High Street, lined with buildings from several periods.

Marten's Tower and its flanking turrets was erected between 1285 and 1293 by Roger Bigod III.

Situated to the south-east of the town on the left bank of the river Teith at its junction with the Ardoch, Doune Castle derives its name from the Gaelic word 'dun', meaning a fortified place.

James III inherited his father's passion for heavy ordnance and commissioned the construction of Mons Meg, a brute of a weapon for its time that made a great hole in James's defence budget as well as anything

Back at Chesham Bois Common, the common acts partly as a buffer between the village and Amersham, although it merges to the east and west.

The Town Hall is described as built with 'squared, coursed limestone rubble with slate roof' (Department of Heritage List).

At the south end of Cheap Street, seen on the right, were the premises of H R Hughes; the building has a narrow three-sided front and a stone-tiled roof, also with three planes.

Nearing the coast, in a steep wooded combe 400 feet above the sea, Culbone's church is well-known to walkers along the Somerset and North Devon Coast Path , but is inaccessible by public road

The stylish design of Berthold Lubetkin's enclosures at Dudley Zoo is seen to good effect in this view of the Gorilla House.