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This is the bottom or western end of Westgate.

Ebbw Vale was one of the first steelworks. Bessemer steel was produced here as early as 1866, and this process continued until the last Bessemer blow in 1962.

Here is a wonderfully atmospheric shot, typical of the best of late 19th-century photography, illustrating the beautiful view from which Belvoir derives its name.

The Church, seen across the combined waters of the Avon and Stour on their way to the sea, is a commanding feature of the scenery.

This is the top of Market Street, adjacent to Piccadilly.

The only set of traffic lights in Kettering coped with a trickle of traffic.

This is not Isaac Newton's Woolsthorpe, but the village west of Grantham in rolling countryside right on the Leicestershire border; it has fine views of Belvoir Castle a mile away on its hill on the other

Middleham's massive castle overlooks the lower reaches of Wensleydale. These impressive ruins were once the home and meeting place for the most powerful men in the land.

The chapel is prominent on the right in this view of the small hamlet of Rosedale Abbey, which sits in the heart of Rosedale on the southern edge of the North York Moors, seen filling the background.

This is the corner of the Bowness boating area used by rowing boats for hire, following the onset of mass tourism from the mid19th century.

A product of the increasing urbanisation of Dinas Powis at the close of the 19th century, Mill Road preserves the name of the nearby Mill Farm.

This is the second incarnation of the pub – the original was destroyed by fire in 1907.

The church dates back to the Norman Conquest, but very little of the original church remains; the initial period of restoration in the 1820s dramatically altered its structure.

The increase of the houses of visitors must tend to spoil the original individuality of a population, but in Hastings these qualities are preserved to an unusual extent, especially among the fishermen.

The east end of the High Street, looking east.

Eight miles south of Hornsea, Aldbrough is a more genteel resort about a mile inland - although coastal erosion shortens this distance each year.

Views of Kersey are among the best known picturesque images of Suffolk. The terrace stepping down the hill on the left is dated 1880.

The parvise above the south porch contains a small museum with various artefacts associated with the history of the abbey.

A comparison of this picture with the earlier one taken in 1898 (picture 42179, opposite) shows that nothing has really changed here other than the volume of traffic - even the blinds seem

Lord George Cavendish rebuilt the house in 1840 to a design by the then Earl of Burlington, later Duke of Devonshire; this design closely resembled the original building.

Dating from the 7th century, and named after Winifride, or Gwenffrewi in Welsh, the holy well has been the site of pilgrimage ever since, and known as 'the Lourdes of Wales'.

The central tower of the castle dates from a licence of 1454 when the thane was permitted to erect Cawdor 'with walls and ditches and equip the summit with turrets and means of defence, with warlike provisions

A closer view of the transept.

The north-eastern end of Sherborne Lane descends to Lym House and the Angel Inn (centre left).