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Built in the Irish style, the round tower dates from the 10th or 11th centuries, and would have been used by the monks as a place of refuge during raids by pirates or Vikings.

Bruce's heart was carried on a crusade against the Moors of Granada by Sir James Douglas.

This view shows the esplanade (left of centre) and the twin piers protecting the channel into Bridport Harbour (right).

The reverse view from D69020, looking south towards the ancient cross-roads of Watling Street and the Icknield Way.

On the face of it this picture is the same as the previous one.

Rose Cottage (left), a handsome Gothick Revival villa on the corner of Queens Road and Quaker Lane, was extended and converted into the Victoria Cottage Hospital in 1899.

This is the heart of Hardy Country - Hardy called this village Lew Everard.

The Royal Cromer Golf Club was formed in 1887 with HRH Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) as its first Patron.

The Custom House is a memorial to the importance and value of sea trade to King's Lynn.

The building dividing the junction was built in 1739 as a toll-house, but since the late 1930s it has been the home of Hudson's ice cream.

The town's reputation for its fine market harks back to the 14th century, when the first rights were granted to the abbot of Cockersands.

Attractive flower beds and shrubberies surround an ornamental lake, which draws large numbers of water birds.

Spanning the narrow street of this hill-top village, which rests high on the chalk uplands overlooking the River Nar, is this monumental arch, ancient gateway to the castle, which lies ruinous close

The right-hand side of the street has changed almost beyond recognition over the years.

Dating only from 1737, Hanley was a township in the parish of Stoke until 1857.

We are looking westwards to the Victorian skyline of Westgate and along the cliffs to Ledge Point.At the time this picture was taken,Tower House Retreat at Westgate, founded in 1879, was the only

Sandwiched between St Nicholas Street and the old market place at Cross Cheaping, Bishop Street was one of Coventry's main shopping thoroughfares.

This shows the northern slope of Capstone Hill and its junction with Ropery Meadow (centre, in front of the chapel) as it was before any development took place.

The manor of Bamford was owned by the de Bamford family from the 13th century until 1816, when it was sold to Joseph Fenton of Crimble.

Widnes was then just a sleepy little hamlet of a few houses on the banks of the Mersey.

Widnes was then just a sleepy little hamlet of a few houses on the banks of the Mersey.

This is a small village beside an old Roman route through the Worth Forest.The Church of All Saints was built in 1843.

King Charles II is said to have taken refreshments here in 1651 while fleeing from the Battle of Worcester.

Locals soon found a nick-name for our end-of-the-pier Victorian edifice.