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The parish church of St Mary’s was formerly the Priory. There has been a Roman basilica, a Saxon shrine and a Norman church on this site, long before the present church was built.

The heart of the city changed almost continuously throughout the 20th century as new public buildings, office buildings and department stores were constructed and road building and widening schemes

The transporter opened on 29 May 1905, but in 1911 the Widnes Runcorn Bridge Company transferred the transporter to Widnes Corporation; they strengthened it and added new electric motor.

This estate village, now owned by the Downshire family, was established around a wide green in the 17th century on land previously part of the Jervaulx and Coverham monasteries, abandoned in 1539.

17th- and 18th-century houses and cottages make Coxwold a delight to the eye.

The parish church of St Mary's was formerly the Priory. There has been a Roman basilica, a Saxon shrine and a Norman church on this site, long before the present church was built.

A real sense of space is offered here in the market place. Masham market was granted trading rights from 1393. At one time 40,000 sheep could be traded in one day.

Benjamin Beale, a local glovemaker and a Quaker, invented the bathing machine in 1751 to conserve ladies' modesty while they took a dip in the briny.

This long row of jettied timber-framed buildings (now known as Castlebridge Cottages) is unusual in a rural setting. The central bay was destroyed at some time and has been rebuilt.

Standing in 270 acres of parkland, Raby Castle was the seat of the Neville family for two hundred years.

King Henry III gave exclusive rights to hold a Wednesday market, and granted a charter to the town in 1251. It was discovered in 2004 that the town had 'lost' this historic charter.

It was designed to hold 350 people, and was equipped with a Willis pipe organ, which was played by its builder at the opening service.

King Henry I founded an Augustinian priory here in 1131, built a palace and established a new market town that rapidly became a place of considerable importance.

The parish church of St Mary at Standon has a three-stage detached tower - one of the few in England.

Ship-handling facilities at Douglas were greatly improved in 1872 with the completion of Victoria Pier, as it allowed steamers to come alongside regardless of the state of the tide.

The present red-brick house supersedes the much smaller original one designed for Jebb by Sir William Chambers; although it is large, with re-used features salvaged from other demolished London buildings

There used to be a Saturday market here, but eventually the larger markets of Boston and Spalding took its trade. The A52 leads to Boston, and the A152 goes on to Spalding.

An interesting collection of old cars can be seen along the left-hand side of the road next to the tea rooms on the main street of this pleasant village.

We are just north-west of Horsham. The church of St Margaret's has a neatly clipped yew tunnel at the churchyard entrance. Inside is an elaborate monument to the memory of John Caryll, an ironmaster.

We are on the southern slope of the Downs, north of Chichester. Boxgrove Priory, of the Benedictine Order, was founded in 1105.

Looking across the Menai Straits to Anglesey, the city of Bangor is the largest town in the north-west corner of Wales, the former principality of Gwynedd, and home to an ancient diocese and the University

The bay marks the natural harbour of this spot.

Towards the end of the 19th century it was decided that the town needed a town hall commensurate with its new affluent status.

During the 19th century, the well-laid-out streets to the south beyond Donegall Square were matched (at least in orderliness) by those built on the reclaimed land near York Street.